Director of Visual Media

Belmont University; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmont University seeks a Director of Visual Media to shape and execute the overarching strategy for video and still photography across branding, enrollment and engagement initiatives. You will lead a two-person team and student workers, ensuring high-quality content and on-brand storytelling for recruitment, advancement and campus communications.

Reporting to the Associate VP of Marketing and Communications, this role oversees video and photography production, live events, social media,

Qualifications

• Experience filming with DSLR cameras and cinematography techniques for quality visuals.
• Proficient in video editing, color correction and color grading using Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to analyze information, compare data and propose solutions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive visual media strategy aligned with the university brand.
• Lead filming, editing and production of video and still photography across platforms.
• Manage the visual media team, schedules, budgets and vendor relationships.
• Train campus partners in best practices for video production.

Skills

DSLR filming

Cinematography

Video editing

Adobe Creative Suite

Mac OS

Team leadership

Project management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Film/Video/Broadcasting/Journalism

Tools

Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

We are now accepting applications for a qualified Director of Visual Media at Belmont University.

Employment Type

Staff

Internal Job Category

Exempt (Staff)
Full-Time

Department

Marketing & Communications

Hours

37.5

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Director of Visual Media is responsible for shaping and executing the overarching strategy for video and still photography to effectively advance Belmont University’s brand, spread its mission, support its vision, and drive enrollment and investment. This role involves providing visionary leadership for the capture, production, and editing of high-quality visual content. The Director of Visual Media oversees the visual media team, ensuring excellence in visual storytelling and development across various platforms. Collaborating closely with UMAC colleagues and partners across campus, the Director ensures that visual media serves recruitment and engagement projects, reputational needs, executive communications, live-streamed events, social media, website needs, advertising, and special initiatives.

This position reports directly to the Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications and is a supervisory role. This position is responsible for a team of 2 direct staff and multiple student workers.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive visual media strategy that aligns with Belmont University's brand and mission. This role creates and executes on visual content strategies to achieve University marketing and communication objectives through compelling visual storytelling. Oversee integrated photographic and video productions.
• Develop, film, edit and assemble final video content, including scripting, interviewing, selecting scenes, color correction, audio mixing, transitions, special effects, graphics, narration, voiceover, background music and brand each video consistently by the University’s brand standards.
• Lead the visual media team, fostering a culture of creativity, innovation and excellence while managing production schedules, team workloads, deadlines and budgets. Oversee integrated production of video and still photography content, ensuring high standards and impactful storytelling to meet client requests and University needs. Maintain simultaneous ongoing projects, communicating with professional and student staff, vendors, supervisor and project collaborators.
• Contribute to visual content marketing strategy and storytelling. Stay abreast of how content is being consumed and optimize its findability and share ability across all channels to serve diverse audiences and support marketing and communications goals. Keep abreast of new technologies.
• Supervise purchase, maintenance and organization all video content and equipment, including, but not limited to, cameras, lens, lighting and audio equipment. Manage system for storing, organizing and tagging all gathered raw and edited visual assets in a consistent way that enables easy identification and access.
• Create, deliver and archive visual assets on deadline while ensuring creative products are in compliance with copyright, ADA and other requirements. Train partners across campus in the best practices of video production, including, but not limited to, filming with smartphones and editing footage to create video content that is consistent with the University’s brand standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position often works in an outdoor environment and may not be protected from weather conditions. This position's physical requirements include sitting, repetitive hand motion, hearing/listening, talking, standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, reaching overhead, pulling, pushing, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Required Qualifications

Belmont University seeks to attract and retain highly qualified faculty and staff who will support our mission and vision. As a Christ-centered and student-focused community, we aim to:

• Form diverse leaders of character;
• Equip people to solve the world’s complex problems through teaching, research and service;
• And be radical champions for helping people and communities flourish.

• Experience filming with DSLR cameras and a strong knowledge of cinematographic techniques to ensure the best possible angles and lighting for filming footage and recording high quality audio.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in video editing, including image manipulation, color correction, and color grading techniques using Adobe Creative Suite (Premier and AfterEffects) on Apple Mac Computers.
• An ability to identify issues, obtain relevantinformation, relate and compare data from different sources, and identify alternative solutions.
• Interprets and seeks information, uses independentreasoning to diagnose the root cause of situations or issues, identifies
  and tests solutions and thinks beyond what is typical or customary.Uses information to determine benefits and impact in makingdecision and/or recommendations.
• An ability to coordinate andadminister programs/project activities and protocols. An ability to manage resources, monitor activities, and assess risks and qualityissues associated with the program/project.
• An ability to present information to individuals or groups; ability to deliver presentations suited to thecharacteristics and needs of the audience. Ability to conveyinformation clearly and concisely to groups or individuals eitherverbally or in writing to ensure that they understand the informationand the message. An ability to listen and respond appropriately toothers. An ability to impact and influence others to further theinstitution’s strategic objectives.
• An ability to use MicrosoftOffice (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and basic databases and software.

Required Education

A Bachelor's Degree in Film, Video Production, Broadcasting, or Journalism

Required Experience

A minimum of 4 - 6 years of experience in film and video production is required. A minimum of 7 - 9 years of experience in film and video production is preferred.

The selected candidate will be required to complete a background check satisfactory to the University.

Belmont University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

Belmont University is a Christ-centered community. The University faculty, administration, and staff uphold Jesus as the Christ and as the measure for all things. As a community seeking to uphold Christian standards of morality, ethics, and conduct, Belmont University holds high expectations of each person who chooses to join the community. In compliance with federal law, including provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973/the Americans with Disabilities Act, Belmont University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, military service, or sexual orientation in its administration of education policies, programs or activities; its admissions policies; or employment. Consistent with applicable civil rights law, the University primarily hires employees of the Christian faith who are committed to support the mission of the University. The University has appointed the Chief Human Resources Officer/Deputy Title IX Coordinator to serve as coordinator of non-discrimination compliance for staff and faculty. The Director of Institutional Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator serves as coordinator of compliance for Title IX (sex discrimination) issues and questions for students.

*In accordance with accrediting standards for its professional education programs in law and medicine, the University does not apply religious criteria in hiring employees within those programs. All employees hired by the University, regardless of religious faith, shall be committed to Belmont’s Christ-centered, student-focused mission.

Belmont's Office of Human Resources will conduct ongoing evaluations of the means by which candidates for employment are sought, to the end that the pool of candidates will include qualified women, minorities, veteransand disabled individuals. Belmont University is an equal opportunity employer under all applicable civil rights laws.