Temporary Media Production Specialist (Finance)
The County of Riverside's Human Resources Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) seeks to fill a Temporary Media Production Specialist position to support the Department of Animal Services . This is a full time temporary position located in San Jacinto.
Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 7:30am - 4:30pm (may change in the future)
Location: San Jacinto
Under general supervision, plans, develops, and produces multimedia programs for educational, public information, and training purposes; performs professional and technical work involved with production activities; and performs other related duties as required.
Incumbents are responsible for the production of video and other audiovisual programs covering a variety of topics and formats. Assignments require consultation and coordination with staff at various organizational levels on a wide variety of specialized or technical subjects.
Meet the Team
Benefits of Working for the County of Riverside• Plan, develop, and produce multimedia programs for educational, public information, and training purposes; consult with management, training, and technical staff to determine goals and objectives, and the content and format of planned multimedia programs.
• Conduct subject matter research in order to collect and determine information of most importance to intended audience; develop script materials including scene progression, action sequence, dialogue, narration, and sound effects.
• Prepare estimates of production expenses and maintain accurate records of such expenditures; develop production schedules and arrange for field locations, equipment, and personnel.
• Arrange for the use of other production facilities (e.g., public television studios, cable studios, or private production services) when necessary.
• Perform or supervise production activities (e.g., casting, staging, directing, lighting, and camera work).
• Perform or supervise post-production work such as editing, sound recording, dubbing and mixing, special effects, titles and graphic, narration, and duplication of completed programs.
• Operate video and sound recorders and other production and editing equipment; perform routine maintenance and minor repair work on media equipment; clean and repair equipment as necessary.
• Participate in the distribution of completed programs to other agencies and educational institutions.
• May periodically capture high-quality photographs during events, incidents, and ceremonies throughout Riverside County using cameras in various formats; print photographs in both color and black and white.
• Perform dodging, retouching, filtration, tonal, and contrast control operations; manage image and data files in computer databases.Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree, preferably with a major in communications, telecommunications, broadcasting, media arts technology, instructional media technology, or a related field to the assignment. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on the basis of one year of full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45 quarter units of the required education.)
Experience: One year in the design and production of multimedia programs, including writing scripts and script outlines, and the use of a variety of media production and editing equipment.
Knowledge of: Multimedia program planning and development, including techniques of subject matter research, development and use of scripts, formatting and visualization of ideas and scheduling the use of equipment, personnel, and locations for production; communication theory related to multimedia presentations; techniques, materials, and equipment used in the production of multimedia programs including still and motion photography, staging, lighting, directing, sound and videotape recording, and editing; operation, capabilities, limitations, and maintenance of a variety of professional level media production equipment.
Ability to: Plan, develop, and produce multimedia programs in accordance with defined objectives; read and understand technical materials of varying degrees of complexity and incorporate such information into multimedia formats; write scripts and script outlines including dialogue, narration and production schedules; operate media production equipment (e.g., still cameras, video cameras and recorders, audio mixers and recorders, editing systems, video and audio tape duplicating equipment, lights and reflectors, and other equipment) used in order to produce titles, special effects, or graphics on video tape; estimate time, cost, personnel, and equipment requirements for multimedia productions; analyze multimedia communication and production problems, devise workable solutions, and take effective courses of action; establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with those involved in the production of multimedia programs.This recruitment is open to all applicants.
Based on the number of applications received, the posting may close without notice.
For specific questions regarding this position, contact Jesus Berrelleza at jberrelleza@rivco.org
