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

Boston Universitys 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 Universitys news and social media channels. On a continual basis this position will pitch story ideas that best highlight notable stories and accomplishments among the Universitys 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.

Requirements:

Typically requires a bachelors degree with 5-8 years of related experience. Or a Masters 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.