Position Title: KTWU KAB Internship

Department: KTWU - Grants/Foundations

Advertised Pay: 12.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

The KTWU KAB intern will assist in all areas of production, including field and studio production (running camera, audio, teleprompter, lighting, set design) and post production; video promotions for shows, fundraising, social media and station image campaigns; and securing interviews for KTWU local studio productions (IGI, Working Capital and Inspire). The intern will expand their knowledge of shot composition, graphic composition, editing, audio recording, and other various skills required to create programming for broadcast television.

The intern will also support the production and marketing teams in managing and optimizing KTWU's YouTube presence. The intern will assist with video uploads, metadata optimization, analytics tracking, and ensuring compliance with KTWU's branding and copyright.

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 over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law 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:
-Assist ongoing productions with studio camera, audio, graphics, teleprompter for KTWU productions.
-Assist on field shoots for productions.
-Edit promo videos for the promotion or membership department. The intern will follow a script and edit video, add VO, music and graphics to create finished promotional pieces for a KTWU event or membership drive.
-Assist with taking photos, shooting videos and creating unique posts for KTWU's social media platforms.
-Assist with other production projects as needed.
-Prepare and upload video content to KTWU's YouTube channel.
-Format and optimize titles, descriptions, tags, and thumbnails according to best practices.
-Implement SEO strategies to increase video visibility and audience engagement.

Required Qualifications:
-Must be available to work at least 10-15 hours per week.
-Must be a sophomore at a Kansas university or community college in a degree program related to digital media, broadcasting, film journalism, or related field.

-Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.
-Skilled in critical thinking, time management, effective communication.
-Flexibility to adjust to actions in relation to others' actions.
-Good judgment and decision making skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
-Knowledge or familiarity with videography and photography and audio recording. Experience with YouTube Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere, After-affects and Photoshop and other media applications.

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