at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50612
Department: Law Communications
Salary/Grade: EXS/9
Target hiring range for this position will be between $78,482 - $95,245 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Job Summary:
The Associate Director of Multimedia brings vision and storytelling acumen to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s programs and products presented across all major media, content, channels, and experiences — including the development and execution of a large variety of creative, multimedia solutions to support. In this position, you'll need to have a strong creative knowledge of non-linear video editing and graphics composition, as well as knowledge of pre-production and production processes. You’ll also manage and direct freelance photographers and videographers, and coordinate activity and direction with a variety of peers and colleagues across the institution.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Produce innovative, creative, high-touch, high-quality, image-based multimedia solutions to support high-priority communications objectives for the Law School
- Help prepare and direct comprehensive briefing documents, and coordinate and communicate strategies and status for development of deliverables.
- Direct the conception, execution, production planning and organization for a wide variety of multimedia projects including photography and video.
- Work closely with colleagues on the Marketing and Strategic Communications team as well as other Law School teams to ensure all content is inclusive and meets accessibility standards — as well as integrate branding and design objectives to develop visual solutions, coordinate design assets and offer support for multimedia projects across a variety of platforms (print, digital, social, online, live performance)
- Responsible for receiving requests for both existing photographs from entire NU community as well as requests for photographers for Law School events, which includes identifying vendors, and coordinating with vendors and internal departments on strategy for capturing images.
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