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• Job Type: Short Term Casual
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary: up to 4 months
• Hours Per Week: 20
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $20hr. - $20hr.

Position Summary

• The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards program is looking for a casual employee to assist with preparations for the awards ceremony and to help organize and digitize a video and audio archive of winners. 

Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparations for the duPont awards ceremony.
• Maintain an ongoing log of assets.

Minimum Qualifications

• Should be familiar with news programming and current events, and have basic digital media skills, i.e can load video onto YouTube or post pictures onto Flickr or Facebook, 
• Candidate is well organized and detail-oriented, mature and responsible, and can work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with news programming.
• Strong awareness of current events.
• Broader digital media experience beyond basic uploading (optional higher-level interpretation).
• Prior experience in a newsroom, media, or journalism environment (implied preference).

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

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