This week’s featured job is an Assistant Director of Production for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics (job posting 941448). The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics works with MSU’s 23 intercollegiate teams, as well as club and intramural sports.

In this position, you will lead cinematography and serve as one of the primary feature producers for the EMMY award-winning docu-series ‘Spartans All-Access.’ In addition, you will collaborate with Spartan Vision producers to create engaging content for the Michigan State Athletic Department’s social media accounts and marketing initiatives. This includes producing, filming, and editing features for Spartans All-Access online. Other responsibilities include editing recaps, highlights, and player features, as well as defining color standards for Spartan Vision’s post-production workflow. 

You will assist producers in creating content for Michigan State Athletics’ various entities and provide insight to advance the department with emerging trends in social, digital media, and in-venue entertainment. In this role, you will fill network, local, and internal footage requests while meeting quick turnarounds to post high-quality videos the same day as athletic events. Consistency in brand guidelines and messaging related to all content produced is required. There will also be team/production-related travel involved.

The ideal candidate for this position will have a Bachelor’s degree in Television Production or Telecommunications. Three to five years of related work experience in studio and remote television production, editing, and the use of television equipment is required. Experience with long-format documentary production, 360/VR, and a Part 107 license is desired, but not required to apply. 

To learn more, visit the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics website. To apply for the position, please submit a resume, cover letter, and portfolio to the MSU Careers website.