What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Videographer position at ARA Brand?
ARA's Creative Media team is seeking a junior videographer, editor, and media designer. The candidate must be highly motivated, have excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to meet deadlines and execute multiple projects from inception to completion. Candidate must have a bachelor's degree in a professional communication or digital arts field, such as film, videography, photography, or graphic design. Must also be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop). Seeking a team player who can work collaboratively with others and is open to feedback from others and performance improvement.
Duties Include:
- Shooting and editing videos
- Creating animation and motion graphics
- Editing motion graphics for digital media/web projects
- Maintaining organized archived project folders
- Maintaining video products including scripts, storyboards, shooting/editing, and delivery to clients
- Maintaining and managing ARA-owned or rented video equipment
- Creating and assisting in the creation of advertising and promotion concepts
- Creating sound design and audio mix for animated videos
- Serve as a producer/audio technician for narration recording sessions
- Optimize video and audio for web delivery
- Participate in creative team meetings to assess project needs and recommend appropriate design solutions to meet project goals
- Understand and adhere to government 508 compliance requirements for video and create captions and image descriptions as necessary
- Demonstrating understanding of codes and encoding process.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field (professional communication or digital arts)
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop)
- Previous experienced and a firm understanding of video production and direction, scripting and operation of production equipment
Interviewee will be asked to provide a portfolio of previous work. Travel required up to 25%.
Company Information:
Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.
At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.
Please apply at www.careers.ara.com for the Junior Videographer position.
