Educational Video Management Specialist - Student Service

Purdue University; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 13,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Purdue University Online’s instructional design team seeks a dependable student worker to support a large-scale initiative to showcase course content on Purdue's YouTube channel. This role offers hands-on experience with educational technology workflows, video processing, and quality assurance in a higher education environment.

Work involves processing videos, generating thumbnails, and ensuring metadata quality, with mentorship from a Lead Instructional Designer.

Qualifications

• Learning agility: Ability to quickly understand and follow detailed technical processes.
• Attention to detail: Careful verification of outputs and metadata.
• Communication skills: Proactive in asking questions and reporting progress.
• Judgment: Distinguish problems you can troubleshoot independently vs. those needing supervisor input.

Responsibilities

• Execute a structured, semi-automated process for identifying, downloading, and processing course videos from our LMS and video distribution platform.
• Run provided scripts to modify videos and generate metadata and thumbnails for YouTube upload.
• Verify successful video rendering and conduct quality checks on metadata.
• Maintain accurate records of processed courses and any issues encountered.
• Communicate progress, questions, and roadblocks proactively.

Skills

Learning agility

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Judgment

Tools

Terminal

Jupyter notebook

Job description

Educational Video Management Specialist - Student Service

City: West Lafayette

Req Id: 40465

Job Summary

Purdue University Online’s instructional design team seeks a dependable student worker to support a large-scale initiative to showcase course content on Purdue's YouTube channel. This role offers hands‑on experience with educational technology workflows, video processing, and quality assurance in a higher education environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Execute a structured, semi-automated process for identifying, downloading, and processing course videos from our Learning Management System (LMS) and video distribution platform
• Run provided scripts to modify videos and generate metadata and thumbnails for YouTube upload
• Verify successful video rendering and conduct quality checks on metadata
• Maintain accurate records of processed courses and any issues encountered
• Communicate proactively about progress, questions, and roadblocks

Required Qualifications

• Learning agility: Ability to quickly understand and follow detailed technical processes, even without prior technical experience
• Attention to detail: Careful verification of outputs and metadata to ensure quality
• Communication skills: Proactive in asking questions, reporting progress, and escalating issues appropriately
• Judgment: Ability to distinguish between problems you can troubleshoot independently and those requiring supervisor input

Preferred Qualifictions

• Prior experience following technical procedures or workflows
• Basic comfort with digital file management
• Prior experience running programs in a terminal or working within a Jupyter notebook

Learning Opportunities

• This position provides experience with:
  • Educational technology systems and workflows
  • Video processing and quality assurance
  • Process documentation and execution
  • Working with automated tools and scripts
  • Professional communication in a higher education setting

Work Environment

• Flexible schedule of 10 hours per week, with a regularly scheduled weekly meeting
• Direct mentorship and training from Lead Instructional Designer

Hourly Rate

$11.00/Hour

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

Benefits Eligibility

NO

Posting Start Date: 1/21/26

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