Creative Media Production Manager and Script Writer - Zurich, Schweiz - ETH Zürich

ETH Zürich

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Zurich, Schweiz

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

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Beschreibung

Creative Media Production Manager and Script Writer for Scientific-Educational Content:

40%-80%, Zurich, fixed-term:

The new Unit for Teaching and Learning, UTL (former LET) at ETH Zürich initiates and leads ETH-wide initiatives for strategic teaching development, co-designs the development of cutting-edge media and tech, supports curriculum design, and offers support and inspiration to lecturers for the design of their teaching activities.

The Edumedia team is part of the UTL at ETH Zurich. The Edumedia team crafts media that bridge education and science, collaborating closely with professors and lecturers at ETH Zurich.

Operating at the crossroads of art, innovation, and science, the team works in co-design to develop a wide array of media including videos, comics, animations, podcasts, GIFs, and new media like VR - and potentially AR in the future.

The team consists of interdisciplinary experts in graphic design, science visualization, animation, camera work, editing, UX design, and media studies.

Job description:

We're in search of a "Creative Media Production Manager and Script Writer for Scientific-Educational Content" to take a leading role in project based media productions.

The focus of the role is on conceptualization, text development, and the management of both analog and digital media productions.

Your primary duty will revolve around making complex scientific educational ideas accessible and engaging through crafting and refining scripts together with ETH's content experts.

These scripts will form the basis from which the media designer produce audiovisual content.

You will also be co-writing blogs, proposals and web content as the text expert in a team of other media professionals.

Further, you will be a key player in the idea development of new media projects within ETH, connecting with professors from all departments to initiative new projects from the ideation to proposal design, script writing to production management and final evaluation.

This entails not only shaping the narrative of these materials but also overseeing their conceptualization, coordination, and execution across various media formats with the team.

As a production manager, you'll ensure smooth project workflows and facilitate communication between professional media designers, lecturers and students.

In the absence of the team lead, you'll potentially be able to step in to represent the Edumedia Team in the future.

Your profile:

A Ph.

D. or Master's degree in media or film studies, applied literature or cultural studies, or an equivalent qualification

Two to ten years of work experience in related fields such as script development in a journalistic outlet, social media role, video or game production company or communication role in a university setting
Proven experience in organizing, coordinating, and executing media productions (e.g., media/film productions, theater productions, festival organization or similar)
Demonstrated expertise in editorial work
Curiosity and interest in working across the STEM heavy ETH curriculum
Profound appreciation for storytelling and narratology across various media formats (podcasts, videos, comics, etc.)
Strong aptitude for creativity, effective communication, and teamwork on the intersection of science and education
A methodical approach to work, combined with selfmotivation, flexibility and resilience
Genuine curiosity about current trends in technology, media, and science
Proficiency in both English and German (written and verbal)

A Plus:

Experience in science communication
Experience as a deputy head (SteV)
Successful grant proposal writing
Teaching experience
Experience with Generative-AI

We offer:

Opportunity to work at the forefront of new media in science and education (usually standard media projects but also technological lighthouse projects with e.g. MetaVerse, Hololens etc.)
Projectbased work: means, you always have a clear outcome of every project you're working with
Work directly with professors on scientific topics across ETH
Collaborate with passionate and dedicated experts in a diverse team
Creative, playful but professional and always deeply respectful team culture
Chance to coshape the future of media technology for scientific education

Contract and Benefits:

As the team is still building up at ETH. Therefore the contract is fixedterm for one year, with the option to extend the contract
ETH Zurich offers a variety of employment benefits, see here
Option to do hybrid work
Offices in the center of Zurich around the ETH main building

We value diversity:

In line with our values, ETH Zurich encourages an inclusive culture.

We promote equality of opportunity, value diversity and nurture a working and learning environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected.

Visit our Equal Opportunities and Diversity website to find out how we ensure a fair