SENIOR PRODUCER, EDITOR, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, Marketing & Communications, BU Productions

Boston University's award-winning External Affairs division seeks a Senior Producer/Editor. The Senior Producer/Editor reports to the Executive Producer/Creative Director and is a member of the team of Producer/Editors within Boston University Productions. The individual is responsible for regularly producing high-quality, high visibility, engaging video content firmly rooted in solid storytelling. The employee will be expected to work on high-level, complex productions and interact with executive-level leadership. The long-form video content (2.5-7 minutes) produced by this position will be used on the University's news and social media channels. On a continual basis, this position will pitch story ideas that best highlight notable stories and accomplishments among the University's students, staff, faculty, and alumnial while meeting strategic initiatives outlined by the Executive Producer. This position will focus on story-first, character-first, documentary-style storytelling and on research-based stories requiring precise and smartly articulated explanations of complex work. Occasionally, this position will also be required to execute high-level video work regarding messaging and/or explanation of complex concepts that require appropriate judgment and discretion for the situation. This position should be able to navigate a variety of interview subjects with the appropriate tone, composure, diplomacy, and discretion: casual conversations with undergrads, heady discussions with researchers, and respectful rapport with deans and administrators.

Required Skills

Requirements:

Typically requires a bachelor's degree with 5-8 years of related experience. Or a Master's degree with 3-5 years of related work experience. Demonstrate progressively responsible experience in a professional video editing/producing environment. Advanced editing experience with non-linear systems such as Avid is required. Must be able to deliver the best solution to find an approach to tell a story. Be able to develop solutions for technical issues and optimize and improve best practices, workflow, and processes in production and post-production. Remain current on the developments and applications of state-of-the-art video production technology. The Senior Producer/Editor is expected to be self-motivated, extremely detail-oriented, and always searching for the next story. The incumbent must have exceptional communication skills, the ability to put subjects at ease, and provide advanced creative direction. A background in documentary-style video production is strongly preferred, along with: 1) an interviewing style that returns a compelling, naturalistic narrative 2) an ability as a shooter to craft footage that generates cinematic and comprehensively covered scene work, often mostly handheld 3) an Avid-based post-production skillset to package everything into a complete story and overall package, including the ability to apply color correction and sound mix to the finishes.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.