Bethel University has an opening for a full-time Video Content Specialist, who will be a highly motivated and creative storyteller, responsible for producing dynamic and engaging video content for the university's social media platforms and website.

This position will work with the Offices of Admission, Marketing & Communication and Student Life to effectively promote and market Bethel University to prospective students. Equipment includes a Sony mirrorless camera, lenses, LED lights, tripod, gimble, MacBook Pro, RAID storage drive, among other items.

Primary Functions:

• Conceptualize (20%), shoot (30%), and edit (50%) video content for social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube (Both short clips and longer packages; interviews and b-roll)
• Work closely with faculty, staff, and students to present a positive image of Bethel University through digital and video content
• Aid in developing marketing strategies targeting prospective students through social media and website
• Manage video projects from start to finish to meet deadlines
• Publish video content in different formats that engages the proper target market
• Stay up to date with social media and video trends, as well as industry standards and trends within the higher education marketing sector
• Collaborate with Admissions and Marketing & Communications teams to produce social media videos that target prospective students
• Work with Admissions and Marketing & Communications teams to develop videos and video elements for the university's website
• Collaborate with Student Life to collect and capture authentic student stories highlighting campus life and the culture of Bethel University
• Work with Student Life to create template videos introducing chapel speakers each week

Secondary Functions:

• Collaborate with Marketing & Communications to produce videos that expand awareness of Bethel's brand and reputation

• Collaborate with Student Life to create video solutions to promote programming and events

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in new media studies, digital media studies, videography, or related field
• Marketing/communications background preferred
• One to three years of related experience
• Experience and knowledge of video production including shooting, editing, lighting, color correction and audio editing
• Understanding of how to manually operate a DSLR camera
• Understanding of basic art and design principles

Desired Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere and After Affects (DaVinci Resolve an equivalent substitute)
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite preferred
• Proficiency with cameras and video production equipment
• Photography experience a plus

About Bethel University

The mission of Bethel University, affiliated with the Missionary Church denomination, is to be a community of learners building lives of commitment for leadership in the Church and world. Bethel's liberating academic programs challenge the mind, enlarge the vision, and equip the whole person for lifelong service.

Launched in 1947, Bethel is urban situated in the northern Indiana region hosting 250,000 residents, seven colleges (including Notre Dame), the 2nd largest shopping district in the state of Indiana, 15,000 businesses, 50 parks, and beautiful riverwalk developments in South Bend and Mishawaka. Resort venues on Lake Michigan are 45 minutes away. The university community is composed of about 1,500 traditional and adult/graduate students from 35 states, 90 students born outside the United States, and 225 full-time employees. Bethel also hosts more than 8,000 guests annually to arts productions, 25,000 annually in conference services, and many thousands of community members in support of 40 national athletic championships.

Bethel's 20,000 alumni occupy 49 states and 64 world areas and enjoy a medical school acceptance rate double the national average, 100% job placement rate in Nursing whose program was ranked No. 7 in the United States, a Top 4% finish nationally in competitive math performance tests, and 100% pass rate every year on the national performance standard for a unique academic major in American Sign Language.

For more information visit our website at www.bethelunviersity.edu

Bethel University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, disability, national or ethnic origin in employment opportunities, in keeping with applicable state and federal laws. In keeping with the mission of the institution, Bethel University seeks applicants with a strong commitment to the values and lifestyle of evangelical Christianity and who profess a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. As a Christian institution, we require faculty and staff to adhere to the University's Lifestyle Covenant and to enforce a religiously based statement of responsibilities for all University employees. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Bethel University, as an educational institution operating under the auspices of the Missionary Church, reserves the right to prefer employees on the basis of religion (Title VII, Sections 702-703, United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended).