Media Services Engineering Assistant

OVERVIEW

JOB TITLE: Media Services Engineering AssistantLOCATION: OEC Multimedia Studio, St. PaulPAY RATE: 15.97HOURS: Primarily weekdays; opportunities for evenings and weekends during events

Department: ITS Media ServicesReports To: Director, Engineering and Production, Media Services

The ITS Media Services Central Engineering and Media Production teams are seeking a motivated Student Engineer with a strong interest in audio-visual systems, media production technologies, and engineering workflows. This position offers hands-on experience supporting the OEC Multimedia Studio, university-wide media production systems, and a variety of academic and high-profile event productions.

Position Summary

The Student Engineer will assist professional engineers and technicians in maintaining, configuring, and supporting studio and production environments across campus. This role is ideal for students passionate about emerging AV technologies, system design, networking, and live media production.

You will support studio productions, troubleshoot equipment, help integrate new technologies, and contribute to full-cycle media production workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Media Production Support (Full Life Cycle)

• Collaborate with instructors, clients, and production teams to record, edit, and produce content in university studios
• Work with the Sr. Academic Media Producer and STELAR media production team on video projects
• Manage post-production workflows (editing) for assigned projects, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables

Studio Recording Configuration & Operations

• Be available during assigned shifts to support instructors, student groups, and university productions
• Configure studio equipment to meet production requirements
• Occasionally serve as the operating engineer for studio productions

Studio Gear Troubleshooting & Maintenance

• Support daily operation of the OEC Multimedia Studio
• Troubleshoot issues with video routing, cabling, lighting, audio devices, and streaming/recording systems
• Perform on-the-spot break/fix repairs to keep productions running smoothly
• Maintain familiarity with professional studio production equipment

Emerging Media Technologies & Integration

• Alongside Student Production Engineer, explore and experiment with new live broadcast production and recording technologies
• Contribute to testing and adopting emerging technologies into existing infrastructure
• Work collaboratively with Media Services Central Engineering staff

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Ability to stay focused and attentive—willing to put personal phone aside on shift
• Strong interest in broadcast media production systems technologies
• High comfort level with computers and emerging media technologies
• Ability to learn quickly and work collaboratively
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Reliability, professionalism, and attention to detail

Preferred:

• Experience with broadcast media production technologies (from high school or college /university)
• Understand system design strategies, signal flow, and media production best practices
• Experience with network troubleshooting, VLANs, and LAN/WAN environments

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for student employment, St. Thomas students must be degree seeking at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Students must be actively enrolled at least part-time in courses for credit. For further information on eligibility please see the Student Employee Toolkit on One StThomas.

The University of St. Thomas is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.