Prunty-Russo Student Media Lab Specialist

Alfred, NY
Full Time
CLAS
Mid Level
The Prunty-Russo Media Lab Specialist at Alfred University is responsible for overseeing the innovative and strategic development of the Media Lab, ensuring it serves as a leading-edge facility for digital media content creation and education. 

Salary/Rate: $24.73-$27.47, 35 hours per week

Lab Management:
  • Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Prunty Russo Media Lab
  • Supervising the maintenance and upgrade of lab equipment to keep pace with industry standards
  • The Specialist ensures the Media Lab serves the creative and technical needs of students, faculty, and staff
  • Provide training for Work Study program students
  •  Facilitate student maintenance of the media hub website
  • Oversight of students borrowing equipment/space
Technical Proficiency:
  • Five years of experience producing digital media content and/or teaching the use of digital media tools
  • Expert knowledge and proficiency in digital media content production, including digital video, audio, and print media. This includes proficiency in using Adobe Audition, GarageBand, Audacity, Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve1 Adobe lnDesign1 Canva, Buffer, and Meta Business Suite
  • Skilled in multimedia and transmedia content design, leveraging tools like Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audition, lnDesign) for content creation
  • Collaborate with ITS on any projects related to the Media Lab
Strategic Planning and Administration:
  • Be a member of the Media Lab Steering Committee (which conducts strategic discussions to align the media lab's activities with the broader goals of the Division of Communication Studies and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), and contribute to implementing the collaborative vision of the Steering Committee
Teaching & Learning Development:
  • Lead both formal instruction in classroom settings and informal training through workshops, demonstrations, and one-on-one mentorship
  • Develop one credit class to teach students fundamentals of media lab equipment and audio- and video-editing
  • Cultivate an environment of continuous learning
Contribute to Artificial Intelligence & Digital Literacy Certificate:
  • Contribute to AU's proposed Al & Digital Literacy Certificate program aimed at both faculty and students. This program is a combination of practical and theoretical coursework designed to improve digital proficiency and adaptability in the rapidly changing media environment
  • The program would include a two-credit hour Media Lab course that focuses on a different skill each month. The Prunty-Russo Media Lab Specialist (this position) would teach that class
    • Audio {Podcasting, Broadcasting): Develop skills in audio production using tools like Adobe Audition, GarageBand, Audacity, and other broadcasting software
    • Video {Field and Studio Video Production): Learn both field and studio-based video production, including editing with software such as Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
    • Digital Journalism Projects: Participate in digital journalism projects that incorporate skills learned from the first two units. Cover local stories and profiles. Emerge with Adobe lnDesign skills
    • Social Media Content Creation: Develop and execute social media strategies and campaigns. Create engaging content for platforms such as lnstagram, TikTok, and Facebook including graphic design, video clips, and analytics using tools like Canva, Buffer, and Meta Business Suite
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Personal Protective Equipment must be worn when required. A respiratory function test and the ability to use respirators may be required. Stairs and uneven surfaces may be present; artificial lifts, etc. may or may not be available. The position may require the incumbent to walk outdoors in all types of weather to other buildings or offices located on the campus. The Campus is located in an area that contains numerous hills and slopes and may not always be fully accessible for mobility impaired individuals.

About Alfred University:
Lighting the way for students since 1836. “We've always been a place for makers, especially those who make the future. Our commitment to independent thinking, creativity, academic rigor and community have made us a unique kind of leader since 1836.”

Alfred University {AU) was founded on principles of social justice in 1836 by liberal, independent thinkers who placed high value on education for all citizens. The University has retained and built upon the strong values of its founders, developing as an institution of national and international renown that is responsive to the needs of contemporary society while remaining consistent with the spirit of its origins. Alfred University is the second oldest coeducational college in the United States as well as one of the earliest nineteenth century colleges to have enrolled African American and Native American students. It has a long-standing history of educating socially conscious students who make a difference in their professions and their communities.

Over the course of the twentieth century, Alfred University evolved into a complex institution offering a full range of programs in the liberal arts and sciences, art and design, engineering, business, education, counseling, and school psychology to its nearly 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students that live, learn, and play on a 232-acre campus located in an idyllic, creative valley in Western New York. To learn more, visit alfred.edu.
 

Alfred University actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee, student or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Protected veterans, minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

Share

Apply for this position

Required*
We've received your resume. Click here to update it.
Attach resume or Paste resume
Attach resume as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB) or Paste resume

Paste your resume here or Attach resume file

To comply with government Equal Employment Opportunity and/or Affirmative Action reporting regulations, we are requesting (but NOT requiring) that you enter this personal data. This information will not be used in connection with any employment decisions, and will be used solely as permitted by state and federal law. Your voluntary cooperation would be appreciated. Learn more.
Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran
  • A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
    • a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
    • a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
  • An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
  • An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
Veteran status


Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability
Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form CC-305
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026
Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Please check one of the boxes below:

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

You must enter your name and date
Human Check*