This is an exceptional time to be joining the University of Southampton and its Digital Learning Team within the University’s IT department, iSolutions as a Media Producer.
The Digital Learning Team is uniquely placed to support members of staff across the University to produce high quality teaching resources for our students.
The iSolutions Digital Learning Team works in close partnership with faculties to enhance student education using learning technologies. Within the wider team, Media Producers create engaging, interactive learning objects and we are developing innovative mixed reality learning experiences.
We work alongside Learning Designers and Learning Technologists to produce multimedia content and collaborate directly with academics, researchers and colleagues across all Faculties and Professional Services.
This role is currently remote with future flexible options.
What you’ll do
- Operate professional video and audio recording equipment to capture high-quality content;
- Plan, script and produce multimedia assets aligned with user specifications and requirements;
- Collaborate with academic staff to create engaging media for teaching, assessment, and research;
- Support colleagues across faculties and Professional Services in crafting promotional and community orientated material;
- Stay current with trends and technologies in the Media industry to meet the team’s operational needs;
- Maintain and update existing multimedia content to ensure relevance and accessibility
- Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and University policies.
What you’ll bring
- A passion for media production and emerging technologies;
- Proven technical skills in creating high-quality, innovative content that supports our digital education strategy across the University;
- Experience bridging creative media and educational objectives;
- Awareness of how technology enhances online learning experiences;
- Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to quickly establish trust and rapport with on-camera talent from all areas of the University;
- A creative mindset and a flair for visual storytelling.
Our culture
The University of Southampton is a research driven institution, home to some of the world’s leading minds, expanding our knowledge, and passing it on to future generations. iSolutions is the University’s IT support service whose 230+ staff support the delivery of the University’s research and education activities as well as the usual business operations. We would love you to join us and help change the world for the better.
The University of Southampton promotes a healthy work life balance with generous holiday allowance (20+ days), defined benefit pension, flexi-time and flexible working, generous parental leave and childcare provision. For more information on our benefits, please visit our human resources pages.
If you are passionate about media production, technology and love a good pop culture reference you’ll fit right in our close-knit team, and we look forward to hearing from you.
Don’t forget to include relevant links to media outputs to support your answers in the application.
As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. With a generous holiday allowance as well as additional university closure days we are committed to supporting our staff and students and open to a flexible working approach.
Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or recruitment@soton.ac.uk quoting the job number.