Stanford's Graduate School of Business (GSB) has built a global reputation based on its immersive and innovative management programs. We provide students a transformative leadership experience, pushing the boundaries of knowledge with faculty research, and offering a portfolio of entrepreneurial and non-degree programs that deliver global impact like no other. We are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in service of our mission of developing innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change lives, change organizations, and change the world. We invite you to be part of this mission.
The Communications & Marketing Department at Stanford Graduate School of Business seeks a Video & Digital Content Producer. In this role, you will produce multimedia content that illuminates our faculty research and showcases the GSB experience and impact for a large global audience. You will have the opportunity to work with faculty, staff, students, and alumni in creating compelling stories. In addition, you will assign and manage freelance producers and agencies and collaborate closely with other team members within the department. This role reports to the creative director.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience creating high-impact digital content in a variety of formats, is a natural storyteller, and loves to explore and try new ideas. You are equally excited by the creation of short-form videos for social media as you are by producing high-production-value videos. You have solid technical skills, strong project management capabilities, and curiosity about new tools. You are keenly attuned to audience needs and are able to deliver on the broad communication goals of the school. You bring experience working with faculty or senior-level professionals, and you thrive on teamwork and collaboration.
This is a hybrid position and requires a minimum of two days per week on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, CA.
Your primary responsibilities* include:
- Create and oversee the creation of original, high-impact visual storytelling content. Lead the process from ideation through production to completion. Produce videos featuring alumni, faculty, and students tailored for high-impact dissemination on social media and the web, and shoot photos and videos of campus events and activities as needed.
- Independently lead high-impact video projects: Plan, research, prepare, produce, and archive digital content to support the dissemination of faculty research and other GSB communication objectives. Manage all ongoing video production, overseeing editorial calendar, ideation, and production plans. Requires extensive collaboration with faculty and other senior leaders.
- Create and produce content to support video dissemination across the web, social media, and video platforms. Oversee the development of written or multimedia supporting materials for videos, including brand development, YouTube descriptions, web stories, and related social media content. Create both video and written materials. May produce podcast or other audio content as well.
- Manage vendors on multiple projects, ensuring projects are produced successfully on time and on budget.
- Provide strategic video expertise to the department, and to stakeholders across the GSB to support and enable successful video production. Manage all aspects of video production including equipment, file management, and archiving.
- Contribute to the development of ongoing video strategy and manage the video production budget to align resources with strategy. Monitor video performance across all channels to evaluate effectiveness and evolve our strategic approaches.
- Serve as internal project leader. May provide guidance and video skills training to other staff.
To be successful in this position, you will bring:
- Bachelor's degree and seven years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
- Expert-level technical experience using digital media equipment, video creation, editing software, and/or motion graphics and effects software.
- Comprehensive knowledge in production techniques including videography, compression and file delivery and other production formats.
- Extensive knowledge of all aspects of professional quality productions, including field and studio camera, lighting, sound, and editing.
- Proven savvy and understanding of online video environment and online distribution. Social media content creation experience is strongly preferred.
- Ability to independently manage a variety of simultaneous projects within tight deadlines, excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading and training others.
- Ability to communicate and articulate digital media products and options and adapt to alternatives when appropriate.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, mature judgment, and diplomacy required to interact effectively with a broad audience, including high-level executives and faculty.
- Ability to work independently as well as effectively in a collaborative team environment.
- Experience planning, coordinating, and executing archival digitization projects.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Able to work a flexible hybrid schedule.
- Occasional work on evenings and weekends.
The expected pay range for this position is $108,000 to $141,000 per year.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.
How to Apply
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Why Stanford is for You
Stanford’s dedicated 16,000 staff come from diverse educational and career backgrounds. We are a collaborative environment that thrives on innovation and continuous improvement. At Stanford, we seek talent committed to excellence, driven to impact the future of our legacy, and improve lives on a global sphere. We provide competitive salaries, excellent health care and retirement plans, and a generous vacation policy, including additional time off during our winter closure. Our generous perks align with what matters to you:
- Freedom to grow. Take advantage of career development programs, tuition reimbursement, or audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or leader discuss global issues.
- A caring culture. We understand the importance of your personal and family time and provide you access to wellness programs, child-care resources, parent education and consultation, elder care and caregiving support.
- A healthier you. We make wellness a priority by providing access to world-class exercise facilities. Climb our rock wall, or participate in one of hundreds of health or fitness classes.
- Discovery and fun. Visit campus gardens, trails, and museums.
- Enviable resources. We offer free commuter programs and ridesharing incentives. Enjoy discounts for computers, cell phones, recreation, travel, entertainment, and more!
We pride ourselves in being a culture that encourages and empowers you.
The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
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