DescriptionAll interested applicants should attach a resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application preferably in a PDF format to avoid any formatting issues.
About Rice:
Boasting a 300acre treelined campus in Houston Texas Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6to1 undergraduate studenttofaculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lectures series courses and student government. Developing closeknit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.
Position Summary:
The Rice Basketball Creative Producer will be an integral part of the creative team responsible for creating highquality captivating video and multimedia content that highlights the stories and achievements of our mens and womens basketball programs. This role will assist in shaping the visual storytelling for both basketball brands ensuring alignment with the broader objectives and values of the athletic department
Workplace Requirements:
On campus position: This position is exclusively onsite necessitating all duties to be performed inperson at insert location and schedule. PerRice policy 440 work arrangements may be subject to change.
This role is classified as an essential position requiring onsite presence to effectively carry out its vital functions.
Hiring Range:Commensurate with experience.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in communications digital media graphic design marketing public relations or related field
- One or more 1 years of related experience
Skills
- Strong videography and photography skills with a solid understanding of social media trends
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite with experience in video editing and project management
- Able to assist with graphic templates as needed
- Excellent communication skills and proactive approach to content ideation and
- Portfolio showcasing relevant work specifically basketball
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team while also effectively managing projects independently
- Strong interpersonal skills and professionalism
- Committed to serving the Athletics department the University and studentathletes with high levels of leadership initiative and integrity
- Exhibits strong enthusiasm for college athletics and a passion for mens and womens Basketball
Preferences:
- Experience working in collegiate basketball
Essential Functions:
- Maintain a consistent and professional visual aesthetic across all content platforms ensuring adherence to Rice University and Athletics branding guidelines and maintaining a unified style theme and strategy across all mens and womens basketball content
- Collaborate with the creative team to conceptualize produce and edit compelling video content for our basketball programs including but not limited to highlight reels studentathletes and coach interviews behindthescenes features and longform stories that showcase the teams talent and culture
- Utilize strong cinematography and photography skills to capture and produce visually appealing content across multiple platforms
- Collaborate with the coaching staff and marketing and communications departments to ensure that content aligns with broader program and departmental initiatives branding and messaging
- Assist the Director of Creative with developing and implementing content plans and strategies for the basketball teams social media accounts throughout the year
- Regularly travel with teams for road coverage generating realtime content that enhances social media presence and engages fans
- Manage and produce engaging content for recruiting presentations social media team events and special projects; assist in coordinating photoshoots graphics and recruiting aids.
- Support the Director of Creative in organizing photoshoots for prospective studentathletes. Additionally design graphics electronic recruiting aids and other visual assets for use by the mens and womens basketball coaching staff
- Apply a strong understanding of visual design principles techniques and best practices to create onbrand content
- Additional duties as assigned to support the broader creative team within the athletics department
- Lead recruiting content efforts both basketball programs including campus visits photoshoots and collateral for graphics as requested by the coaching staffs
Additional Functions:
- Required to be oncall throughout the basketball season and NCAA transfer portal recruiting windows (including nights and weekends) for recruiting visits and content edits.
- Requires working evenings weekends and occasional holidays including attending and traveling to select mens and womens basketball practices home away games and outside events
- Thorough knowledge of NCAA basketball and compliance relevant to the role
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Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center ator for support.
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