WPSU

Outreach’s WPSU Penn State seeks an Administrative Support Assistant to perform a wide variety of administrative and office functions. This position provides primary administrative support to our Development and Membership departments and backup support to other WPSU departments. Typical work activities include, but are not limited to, management of the daily operations for the Directors of Business Support, Individual Giving and related staff, as well as processing of membership and underwriting gifts and pledges, monitoring development budgets, preparing financial reports and spreadsheets, assisting with special events, handling a wide range of confidential matters; coordinating the Director’s calendars and travel schedules; compilation and/or research of information; editing correspondence; responding to requests for information; and attending meetings. Typically requires a High School diploma or higher plus two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with financial management systems is highly desired. Analytical and computer skills with specific proficiency in Microsoft Word/Excel and database management is required. The successful candidate must be detail-oriented, highly organized and a self-starter and should demonstrate outstanding customer service orientation, excellent oral and written communication skills, and sound analytical skills and judgment. In addition, the candidate must use a proactive approach to managing work and solving problems, quickly adapt to competing priorities and have the ability to work effectively with people of diverse cultural backgrounds. We seek candidates who are able to demonstrate experience and ability to advance Outreach and Online Education’s diversity initiative. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding.

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WPSU Penn State is seeking a Marketing Strategy Specialist (Digital Media Marketing Specialist) with a passion for public media and four or more years of experience in brand social media, digital marketing, and online audience engagement. This position reports to the Director of Marketing for WPSU and will work closely with staff representing events, membership, digital content, and creative/multimedia.

The primary duties of the Digital Media Marketing Specialist are to lead the development of WPSU’s social media growth strategy, coordinate a station-wide social media content calendar, review consumer information to develop digital engagement plans for WPSU programs and projects, articulate the marketing strategy to the creative team for content development, create and deploy day-to-day content to support membership growth goals and programming and events awareness, and provide status reports on marketing effectiveness. Experience with Google Analytics and Google Marketing Integration tools is a plus. The digital media marketing specialist may lead a project team and/or be involved in projects at a tactical level with producers and station leadership. Supervision of one or more undergraduate interns is also a possibility. The typical working hours are Monday through Friday. The flexibility to participate in live TV productions and events at night or on weekends two to three times a month is required. We seek candidates who can demonstrate experience and ability to advance Outreach and Online Education’s diversity initiative. This job typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or higher plus four years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Salary is determined by experience and applicable knowledge and skills. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding.

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WPSU Penn State is seeking a Sports Producer/Director with proven experience in developing high profile, high production value projects. You should have a passion for Penn State Athletics, effective storytelling, and a creative sense of contemporary visual style. You will work with our Executive Producers to design and produce broadcast and non-broadcast sports projects, including short and long form productions. This position will manage all production elements including client management, personnel, talent, equipment, and budgets. Some travel may be required. Extensive, non-traditional hours are required. Applicants should be prepared to share a demo reel of past projects. We seek candidates who are able to demonstrate experience and ability to advance Outreach’s diversity initiative. This job will be filled as a level 3, or level 4, depending upon the successful candidate’s competencies, education, and experience. Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or higher plus two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience for a level 3. Additional experience and/or education and competencies are required for higher level jobs. Skills in non-linear editing and multimedia are preferred. Bachelor’s degree in Film/Video Production is preferred. Proven skills in production planning, directing, writing, client management, and coordinating a production crew are required. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding.

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WPSU Penn State not only houses the region’s National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations, but also develops national documentary film and education initiatives to raise awareness of important social issues, and works with a multitude of on-campus clients to deliver web, video and interactive solutions that promote Penn State and its mission. Our busy and growing multimedia team seeks a web development talent who enjoys learning new techniques, has a strong understanding of user experience, and loves the web. This job bridges design and development, but your focus will primarily be HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and content management system (CMS) installation, configuration, and customization. Core CMS development platforms include Craft, ExpressionEngine, and WordPress which all utilize PHP/MySQL. Core scripting tasks utilize MVC frameworks (Angular.js/React) and JavaScript (jQuery, vanilla javascript). Familiarity with other front-end frameworks (Bootstrap) and CSS preprocessors required. It would be a bonus if you have skills in Adobe Creative Suite, Drupal experience, knowledge of web accessibility, and understanding of web optimization techniques. You will create templates and prototypes at the beginning of development while working with content experts, designers, and developers to complete the implementation and launch. You’ll enjoy a team-oriented, casual atmosphere conducive to maximizing your potential but must be comfortable discussing and contributing ideas at any stage of the process. This job will be filled as a level 2, or level 3, depending upon the successful candidate’s competencies, education, and experience. Additional experience and/or education and competencies are required for higher level jobs.  Typically requires an Associate’s degree or higher plus two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience for a level 2.  Competencies critical to success are the demonstrated ability to implement one-off projects quickly while keeping long-term projects on schedule; rapid development/prototyping of front-end XHTML/CSS/JS; exposure or experience with widely used CMS; proficiency solving cross-browser issues; and a thorough understanding of responsive web design technique. We seek candidates who are able to demonstrate experience and ability to advance Outreach’s diversity initiative. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding.

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WPSU Penn State is looking for occasional wage employees for television production. Candidates must have or want experience in studio-based and/or remote-based production including one or more of these skilled areas: camera operation, lighting design and/or setup, studio and/or remote audio recording, audio reinforcement, wireless and boom micing and video editing. Due to short response time requirements, preference will be given to local applicants. Hours will vary according to the production needs and will not exceed 20 hrs/week. Pay will be commensurate with experience. Please supply a resume and references.

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WPSU is looking for a talented part-time Programmer/Analyst to join our team. Responsibilities include the development of solutions to enhance interoperability between WPSU and various partner APIs, working with the multimedia department to implement these solutions, and assisting in other programming tasks. Open standards and web-based programming development experience required with a focus on REST+JSON. Javascript and Swagger experience a plus. The candidate must also have strong documentation skills and be able to work efficiently and effectively in both independent and collaborative situations with other departments.

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The Sports Division of WPSU Penn State is looking for occasional Sports Wage Videographer/Editor employees for television sports production. Candidates must have or want production experience including one or more of these skill sets: non-linear video editing; non-linear video logging, remote videography, studio and/or remote camera, experience editing with Adobe Premiere, and applicable computer skills. Hours will vary according to the production needs and will not exceed 20 hours per week. Students are encouraged to apply. Pay will be commensurate with experience. Please upload a resume and references.

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WPSU Penn State’s Sports Division is looking for occasional production assistant wage employees for television sports production. Candidates must have or want production experience including one or more of these skill sets: non-linear video editing; non-linear video logging, remote videography, studio and/or remote camera, experience with Adobe Suite, and applicable computer skills. Hours will vary according to the production needs and will not exceed 20 hours per week. Pay will be commensurate with experience. Please upload a resume and references.

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