Video Production Manager

Responsibilities

• The School of Professional Services is seeking a Video Production Manager to lead the strategy, planning, creation, production, and delivery of video and multimedia content that advances the marketing, recruitment, communications, and event initiatives.
• Reporting to the Director, Print & Digital Design Production, this hands-on manager supervises video staff members and leads end-to-end video production from intake and prioritization through concept development, scripting, storyboarding, production planning, filming, directing, post-production, quality control, publishing coordination, and final delivery.
• This manager ensures the discoverability and performance of video content across Google Search, YouTube, social platforms, and emerging AI-driven search and answer experiences by applying current video SEO and platform best practices.

Requirements

• Required Education: Bachelor's Degree in Film and Television, Video or Media Production, Communications, Digital Media, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, or a related creative discipline.
• Coursework or professional experience demonstrating advanced knowledge of video production, post-production, visual storytelling, and digital media is required.
• Required Experience: 5+ years professional experience in video production, post-production, multimedia storytelling, or related creative production, including demonstrated experience leading video projects from concept through final delivery and formally leading a video/creative team.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent productions and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, freelancers, vendors, agencies, or other production partners is required.

Preferred

• Preferred Education: Master's Degree in Film and Television, Media Production, Digital Communication, or a related field preferred.
• Preferred Experience: Experience in higher education, an in-house marketing or communications organization, a creative agency, production studio, or a similarly complex environment is preferred.
• Familiarity with evolving YouTube, social, search, video SEO, AEO/GEO, and AI-driven discoverability practices, with the ability to distinguish durable best practices from emerging or unverified tactics.
• Demonstrated curiosity about emerging video formats, production technologies, AI-assisted workflows, and process improvements while maintaining appropriate human oversight, accuracy, accessibility, and brand integrity.