Broadcast Student Crew

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• A Resume
• A Cover Letter
• Supplemental Questions

Supplemental Questions:

1. Describe any experience you have with live event production audio video or broadcast including student media church or community production esports or volunteer work. If you have none tell us why this work interests you.

2. Live productions run nights and weekends and follow the event calendar so hours vary week to week. Describe how you will balance this schedule with your academic load.

3. Which crew position interests you most (camera audio replay graphics technical directing engineering producing directing) and why

4. What do you hope to be doing three years from now and how would this program move you toward it

For additional information please contact: Brendan Brucker at

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability protected veteran and other protected status.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal History Check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in Youth Programs may have additional Criminal History Checks every 2 years.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Note:All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval

This recruitment will be used to fill up to 15 part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Broadcast Student Crew positions for Academic Technologies University Information and Technology (UIT) at Oregon State University (OSU).

Real broadcasts real audiences real crew. Learn live broadcasting by making it.

The position is a paid student production crew within Academic Technologies. Crew members staff live multi-camera broadcasts and campus productions that go to air for real audiences including Pac-12 school-produced shows Athletics in-venue board shows commencement and other campus events. This is not a classroom simulation. You will work on real productions on a working crew using professional broadcast equipment alongside staff and industry professionals who do this for a living.

Everyone joins at Level 1 and learns the fundamentals of live production from the ground up. As you build skills and a trackrecord you will advance into operating positions and then into one of three Level 3 tracks. The levels are earned by learning the fundamentals first and the students who reach them will have worked in many of the roles on the way up. Training is hands-on and mentorship-based with shadow shifts and direct coaching from experienced crew staff and working on-air talent and engineers.

Program structure and pay:

• Level 1 Crew Member ($18.50/hr): utility and grip cable TOC setup and strike shadowing operating positions. All new hires start here.
• Level 2 Operator ($20.00/hr): camera operator A1 A2 audio replay graphics technical director. Advancement by skills check-off demonstrated performance time in program and recommendation.
• Level 3 Crew Lead ($22.50/hr): production leadership (student producer student director crew chief) broadcast engineering (EIC) or on-air talent. Provides peer training and mentorship to newer crew and performance feedback to program leadership. Advancement by skills check-off proven track record time in program and recommendation.

When you leave this program you will have run live television for real audiences. You will have worked shows on the air learned from professionals who do this for a living and built a network that knows your work. Your résumé will not say you studied broadcasting. It will say you did it.

Position Duties:

• Shadow and cross-train on all production positions complete skills check-offs and apply feedback from crew leads and staff to progress through program levels.
• Serve as a member of a live multi-camera broadcast crew for Pac-12 school-produced shows Athletics in-venue board shows commencement and other campus productions.
• Set up cable test and strike broadcast equipment including cameras audio intercom video routing and production control positions and serve as time out coordinator (TOC) during shows as assigned.
• Operate assigned crew positions as trained and advanced through the program: utility and grip (Level 1); camera A1 audio replay graphics technical director (Level 2); student producer student director crew chief engineer in charge (EIC) or on-air talent (Level 3).
• Follow show rundowns communicate clearly on intercom and execute cues accurately and on time under live conditions.
• Handle broadcast equipment safely and responsibly report issues promptly and help maintain an organized safe production environment.
• At Level 3 provide peer training and mentorship to newer crew members and share performance observations with program leadership (no supervisory authority).

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their this position students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

Communication Teamwork Technology Career & Self Development

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: be academically enrolled in a high school community college or university and pursuing a program or course of study

Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment

Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard

• High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
• Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
• Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
• Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
• Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*

*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered full-time by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by theOffice of International Services(OIS) and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds climb ladders stand for extended periods and work outdoors in variable weather conditions.
• Availability to work evenings and weekends following the event calendar including seasonal peaks as well as around holidays.
• Reliable punctual and able to follow direction and communicate clearly in a fast-paced live team environment.
• Willingness to learn multiple crew positions and to start at Level 1 regardless of prior experience.
• Ability to handle and transport professional broadcast equipment with care.
• No prior broadcast experience is required.

Additional Required Qualifications:

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal History Check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in Youth Programs may have additional Criminal History Checks every 2 years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior live broadcast or live event production experience particularly in a professional setting (three or more years for consideration toward accelerated advancement).
• Prior work with Pac-12 productions or other broadcast entities.
• Dante certification or other broadcast audio or video industry certifications.
• Student media or campus production experience (for example KBVR / Orange Media Network).
• Coursework or interest in media production communications or a related field.
• Available to work during winter and summer breaks.

Hours are event-based and follow the campus and athletics production calendar. Shifts are primarily evenings and weekends with occasional early mornings and commonly run 6 to 8 hours on event days. Work volume peaks seasonally (fall winter and spring athletic seasons commencement). Because hours are tied to events most weeks will not reach the 24-hour maximum and hours will vary week to week and term to term.

All work is on campus; no travel is required. Work takes place in production control rooms technical operations spaces and in and around event venues including outdoors in variable weather. The position requires lifting up to 50 pounds climbing ladders standing for extended periods and working around cabling staging and live production equipment.