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Position: Videographer

Reports To: Manager, Creative

Last Updated: June 2024

Qualifications: A full-time or part-time daytime student at Sheridan College with a GPA of at least 2.5, and not undergoing a co-op term between the months of September and April.

Term: August 2024, to April 30, 2025

Location: Trafalgar Campus in-office / travel to all campuses for events

Commitments: 10 - 15 hours per week

Pay Rate: $16.80 / hour.

SCOPE AND NATURE

Sheridan Student Union Inc. (SSUI) is a student-led organization representing all full-time and day part-time fee-paying students at Sheridan College. Our mission is to create an exceptional student experience through student-focused programs, services, and advocacy. Our vision is to empower our student community to succeed in a changing world.

In conjunction with the Marketing, Communications, and Creative Department, and reporting directly to the Manager, Creative, the Videographer will assist in brainstorming and planning video content in relation to all SSU initiatives. The Videographer is required to have a working knowledge of editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and AfterEffects. They are expected to follow the timelines set by management and will aid in preparing video content for various SSU mediums, including but not limited to Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Create and edit video content for the SSU’s Marketing, Communications, and Creative Department.
2. Types of videos include promotion of events, coverage of events, promotion of services, and interviews with students and SSU staff.
3. Work closely with the Manager, Creative, other Creative Team members, and management to brainstorm and execute SSU video content.
4. Work respectfully with all SSU staff, volunteers, Sheridan College staff, and students.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The Videographer will report to the Manager, Creative, and will work alongside other Creative Video Editors, SSU Photographers, and Junior Designers.

VIDEOGRAPHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Direct and assist on in-person shoots and self-direct at events/concerts.
2. Execute assignments from conceptualization to final product.
3. Input music, closed captions, transitions, graphics, and effects.
4. Colour correct and stabilize footage.
5. Edit all video content within the assigned due date.

BENEFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience shooting and editing video content.
2. Understanding of how to light, block, and compose a scene.
3. Demonstrated experience with post-production principles such as editing, transitions, video stabilization, color correction, filters, and audio balancing.
4. Enthusiastic and positive energy.
5. Strong organizational and time management skills.
6. Willingness to travel to and from campuses (Davis, TRC & HMC) as required.
7. Experience with social media, motion graphics, or special effects are assets.
8. Ability to collaborate as part of a team and work independently as needed.
9. Passionate about the student life and community on campus.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please no phone calls.

The Sheridan Student Union is dedicated to employment equity and encourages applications from people of all genders, persons with disabilities, racial/visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples. The SSU is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). To request any accommodations you may require in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact Human Resources by emailing sawssan.matar@sheridancollege.ca.

Sheridan is deeply committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, Anishinaabe Nation, Huron-Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Sheridan is situated on these lands and it is our collective responsibility to honour and respect those who have gone before us, those who are here, and those who have yet to come. We are grateful for the opportunity to be working on this land.