About the Role
The Federal Work Study - Communications Assistant will support the daily operations of the Communications & Media Technologies Department. This role assists with department events, maintains studios and equipment, and supports students with gear and technical needs. It aims to enhance the student worker's understanding of broadcast production, video production, audio mixing, streaming, and administrative skills.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Department Director, Academic Administrator, staff, students, and faculty.
- Maintain department's general areas and office supplies.
- Create, post, and update flyers regularly.
- Update display walls as needed.
- Help set up classrooms between classes at the beginning of each semester.
- Perform basic functions for video shoots and audio recording in the studio.
- Manage lighting, stage set-up, and operation of equipment such as video camera, teleprompter, and chromakey.
- Maintain studio in working order.
- Manage color and black & white copiers, including calling for service, stocking paper, removing paper jams, and instructing faculty and students.
- Manage additional equipment like fax machines and printers.
- Survey equipment and rooms to report needed repairs to the Academic Administrator.
- Assist students with the use and maintenance of studio equipment.
Requirements
- Basic computer skills.
- Gear handling, wire handling, basic audio and/or film knowledge preferred.
Skills
- Broadcast production
- Video production
- Audio mixing
- Streaming
- Administrative skills
- Organizational skills
Location
- 79 New Montgomery Street, Room 250
Work Type
- Part-time
- Federal Work Study
Experience Level
- Student
Salary/Compensations
- $19.61 per hour
Benefits
- Paid sick leave
About the Company
- Academy of Art University offers a rewarding employment experience for those who excel in a dynamic environment and who can consistently deliver high-caliber customer service.
- We thrive on ingenuity and pursue ideas every day that lead to extraordinary opportunities for tomorrow.
Equal Opportunity
- Academy of Art University is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered regardless of age, Aids or HIV positive status, marital status, domestic partnership, medical condition or genetic characteristics, race or national origin, pregnancy, religion, sex, gender identity, gender or sexual orientation, name change, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other status protected by federal, state, local or other law.
- Academy of Art University will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
- Equal access to the hiring process, services, and employment is available to all persons.
- Applicants requiring accommodations to the application and/or interview process should contact the Human Resources Department at recruitment@academyart.edu.
