The Curriculum Media Specialist is responsible for creating, editing, and formatting digital curriculum media assets including video, audio, and PDF documents. They must collaborate with internal teams to ensure all media meets accessibility standards, branding guidelines, and project timelines.
Essential Responsibilities:
Perform assigned tasks and support department team members in order to meet curriculum media timelines and deliverables, to include branding and formatting student/public facing pdf documents, captioning instructional videos, transcribing instructional audio components, editing video and audio, and other curriculum media elements as assigned.
Adhere to curriculum department requirements and expectations tied to all types of digital curriculum media, to include meeting accessibility standards, adhering to branding guidelines, and other criteria.
Coordinate curriculum media resources and manage assigned tasks to meet project milestones and deliverables
Increase knowledge and application of best practices in methods, strategies, standards, and effectiveness of creating/editing curriculum media assets
Collaborate in the development and/or refinement of tools and guides to improve the quality of digital media asset generation, editing and organization
Identify opportunities and share ideas for initiatives to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of curriculum media generation and the curriculum media phase of curriculum materials production, to include opportunities involving the support of subject matter team members in the creation of video, audio, and graphic components and within the processes and procedures of the curriculum media team
Other duties as assigned
Key Relationships:
Internal: Copyediting team, Subject Writer team, Content Tech team; and the Assistant Director and Director of Product Development, Curriculum
External: Staff of various Harris business units
Key Behavioral Competencies:
Knowledge of and experience with industry-leading digital video, audio, and graphic creation/editing software, to include Adobe Creative Suite software, Synthesia AI-assisted video creation software, and other media tools and software
Meticulous, detail-oriented approach to work
Ability to consistently produce high-quality work and prioritize tasks while meeting tight deadlines
Experienced in effective collaboration with writers and team members with varying skill sets and levels of technical abilities
Strength in effective communication with content writers, editors, coders, and other curriculum development staff
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
Qualifications:
Required:
College degree or equivalent certifications in relevant field(s)
Equivalent of 2 years of experience in professional digital pdf creation/editing and graphics creation/editing
Equivalent of 2 years of experience in professional digital curriculum media related to audio and video creation/editing
Command of Microsoft Office 365 products and platforms
Preferred:
2 years of experience with Adobe Creative Suite software (Indesign, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Premiere, and After Effects), media storage server organization and maintenance,
Proficiency with SmartSheet or similar project management software
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