Student Production Assistant

Position Title: Student Production Assistant

Department: Mass Media

Advertised Pay: 10.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

The Student Production Assistant oversees checking out, setting up, tearing down, and returning film equipment for three courses that meet twice a week during the semester. This position requires solid knowledge of film/video equipment, but is not limited to film/video majors. The Student Production Assistant will be supporting film and video classes.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
-The Student Production Assistant will need to show up to the class 30 minutes prior to the start, stay during the class period, and stay for 30 minutes after the class ends to fulfill responsibilities.
-Be available for 15 hours of work each week that class is in session, excluding final week, and have a habit of begin on time for each session scheduled.

Non-Essential Functions:
-The Student Production Assistant is responsible for working directly with mass media faculty member, Matthew Nyquist, during the listed time periods. However, this position is hired by the chair of the mass media department, Kristen Grimmer, and will report directly to her for the execution of the position description and the hours worked. In addition, mass media faculty member, Sam Finch, who is also the faculty supervisor for the film and video equipment checkout room, and Tracy Horacek, office coordinator for the College of Arts and Sciences and senior administrative assistant for mass media, are considered supervisors for this position.
-The assistant is prohibited from managing the class or assisting in any way with classroom responsibilities such as grading, answering student emails, teaching or training students on the film equipment. This position is not a student tutor.

Required Qualifications:

-Strong organizational and communication skills are a must for meeting the class schedule.
-Ability to follow the established film/video checkout guidelines for use of inventoried equipment and the ability to work with the faculty supervisor and student assistant for the film and video equipment checkout room.
-Ability to troubleshoot any film equipment issues on the spot.
-Ability to check all film equipment for proper checkout and return, examining to ensure all pieces and parts are retrieved and returned. Any issues with equipment should promptly be reported to all faculty supervisors listed above.
-Ability to use the appointment booking software and the university equipment checkout program, essential to scheduling times to retrieve equipment. Training will be provided.

Special Instructions to Applicants: 

Hourly    
Background Check Not Required