Academic Technology Consultant - Digital Media Technologies

Title: Academic Technology Consultant - Digital Media Technologies





Position Purpose:

Curricular and Research Computing (CRC) provides programs and services that help the faculty and students easily and effectively use information technology in their teaching, learning and research. CRC staff routinely consult and collaborate with faculty on a range of resources from using the college’s course and content management systems to creating media rich curricular content to developing computational and digital projects in support of teaching and scholarship.

The position involves collaboration with staff and faculty across ILS and the College to ensure the provision of computing services and resources in support of the academic mission of the College.



Job Duties:

• Provides hands-on services and support to faculty, students and relevant support staff in the appropriate use of 2D media technology to enhance teaching and learning.
• Actively pursues knowledge of information technology applications appropriate to a liberal arts setting and collaborates with faculty and students on evaluating and supporting established as well as newly emerging technologies.
• Promote and support digital media production in teaching, learning and research through the full digital media development cycle (pre-production, production, post-production, delivery)
• Take the lead in promoting and supporting audio projects (including but not limited to podcasts) in support of teaching and scholarship.
• Contributes to the provision of CRC services, especially by providing printing and photography support at the Bates Digital Media Studios (DMS).
• Manage and maintain CRC’s specialized printers (especially in support of curricular and capstone projects in the department of Art and Visual Culture).
• Contribute to the programming and day-to-day operation of the Digital Media Studios
• Administer and maintain the DMS’s inventory system (currently Connect2)
• Works in coordination with other academic technology service points (including the VizLab and the Language Resource Center) to provide a unified strategy for academic computational support.

Additional Job Functions :

• Coordinates and promotes services of DMS with other campus academic support services
• Contribute to the support of systems critical to campus teaching and learning initiatives, including the learning management (Moodle), video publishing platform (Kaltura) and content management (WordPress)
• Support studio photography, including portraiture, 2-D and 3-D reproductions for museums and archives
• Contributes to the support of cross-curricular projects in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences that involve digital media
• Participates in technology instruction programs for faculty, staff and students
• Purchase, manage, maintain, and arrange repair for the A/V equipment in the DMX
• Actively pursues professional development (by attending and presenting at regional and national workshops and conferences)
• Other duties (including serving on departmental and campus working groups and committees) as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Undergraduate degree (BA/BS/BFA) in relevant field (or equivalent experience)

Experience

• 2 to 4 years of demonstrable professional experience in multimedia production and comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals and techniques of video and audio post-production (editing and delivery).
• Experience staffing and managing the day-to-day operation of a user-focused computing facility desirable
• Experience with digital animation desirable.
• Experience as an instructor or teacher of multimedia production desirable.

Skills and Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of video and audio production
• Extensive knowledge of digital video and audio equipment
• Extensive knowledge of 2-D media production, photography & printing
• Advanced knowledge of media formats, compression standards, codecs and delivery formats.
• Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot technical problems and effectively communicate solutions.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong time and task management skills.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, sick leave, 24 days of vacation, 2 personal days, 12 paid holidays, dependent care subsidy, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more) and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace.



Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

Advertised: Jul 20 2022 Eastern Daylight Time
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