Student - AI Videographer

The Kahlert Applied AI Institute is growing! We're a collaborative, hardworking team of top performers producing high-quality work to serve all UVU faculty, students, and staff as well as the Utah community. We are leading the state of Utah in AI. If you have a bit of experience with generative AI, and a track record of success, and we need your help. \n \nThis position may be a major career opportunity for anyone pursuing a career related to video production, filming, video editing, AI, marketing, media development, product development, curriculum development, or similar work.\n \nYour videos will be seen by tens of thousands of faculty and students (current and prospective), university administrators and presidents, legislators, and employers across Utah and beyond, and will be a permanent public portfolio of your professional work.\n \nAs an AI Videographer, you will report directly to the Senior Director of the Applied AI Institute, and you will be mentored by an industry leader at Utah TechBuzz (a popular media producer in Utah and a well-known expert in the craft of storytelling). In this role, you will become a pivotal member of the AI Media Team in generating and editing videos for social media. \n \nExample A Day in The Life\n\n Pick up film equipment, set up lights, tripods, mics, and cameras for a shoot, film in 8 different campus locations (including several b-roll shots)\n Receive feedback on the fifth draft of a video, make edits, and send it back to stakeholders.\n Move files from a new shoot to multiple backup locations and load them into your video editing software stack.\n Paste a script into HeyGen and generate 7 different iterations of the first part of a video, then share the output with stakeholders for feedback.\n Spend two hours editing a 10-to-12-minute video for a story.\n Spend an hour editing the 10-minute video into a 2-minute video, and share it with team members for feedback.\n Answer a few messages on upcoming projects. \n You prioritize feedback based on alignment with stated vision, project goals, and deadlines, and team capabilities. \n Update the project tracking tool throughout the day so everyone knows where the pieces of the project are at any given time.\n Film multi-location shoots for feature shots and b-roll (most often on campus).\n Assist in telling compelling, exciting, inspiring stories about impactful AI use.\n Use AI to generate, edit, and evaluate footage. Also, manually edit raw footage into polished stories of AI adoption.\n Incorporate feedback from team members, stakeholders, mentors, and the Senior Director\n Make suggestions to the production team on how to make higher-quality footage.\n Speak up if the footage you receive from someone else is unusable or substandard.\n Analyze, document, and present findings and lessons learned, and take follow-up action.\n Always ask: How can I better align with the strategy? How can I improve the results?\n Other diverse tasks and projects as assigned.\n Must be a current UVU student.\n \nPreferred Qualifications: \n\n Portfolio of video projects indicating professional-level expertise.\n Film and edit videos at a high quality and a reasonable speed.\n You already use AI for a variety of daily tasks to generate a high volume of quality work.\n You have an eagerness to learn new mindsets and skills, and you are often "self-taught."\n You're a top achiever, driven to create successful outcomes in difficult circumstances.\n Experience and/or education in video editing and storytelling.\n Ability to manage projects, work independently, and tie up loose ends.\n* High emotional intelligence and the ability to observe others' energy, mood, interest, etc.\n\n