Job Description

General Description:

The Texas General Land Office primarily serves the schoolchildren, veterans, and the environment of Texas. The agency does so by preserving our history, maximizing state revenue through innovative administration, and through the prudent stewardship of state lands and natural resources. This position is with our Support Services division within Office of Communications.

Performs advanced (senior-level) consultative services and technical assistance work. Work involves planning, developing, and implementing major agency program(s) and providing consultative services and technical assistance to program staff, government agencies, community organizations, or the general public. May serve as a lead worker providing direction to others. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Veterans, Reservist or Guardsman with an MOS or additional duties that fall in the fields of Army - No military equivalent; Navy - OS Operations Specialist ; Coast Guard - OS Operations Specialist ; Marine - No military equivalent; Air Force - 8U000 Unit Deployment Manager ; or other related fields pertaining to the minimum experience requirement may meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Additional Military Crosswalk information can be accessed at:

Military Crosswalk for Occupational Category - Program Management

In order to receive Veteran's preference, a copy of the DD #214 is required at the time of interview.

Benefits:

• Free Parking
• Defined Retirement Benefit Plan
• Optional 401(k) and 457 accounts
• Medical Insurance - State pays 100% of the health plan premium for eligible full-time employees and 50% of the premium for their eligible dependents. State pays 50% of the eligible part-time employee's premium and 25% for eligible dependents.
• Optional Benefits such as dental, vision, and life insurance
• Minimum of 96+ Hours of Annual Leave a year Annual leave increases with length of service.
• Telework policy

Essential Duties:

• Captures and produces professional-quality audio and video products including broadcast PSAs, outreach features, and internal communications. Includes creation of video projects in support of division initiatives. Includes video photography, editing, encoding, and archiving. Includes production of web and social media content.
• Edits HD and 4K video and produces motion graphics, including Chroma-key compositing, title screens, lower-third name keys and closing credits using Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Photoshop. Works with press team to ensure text is written and edited in accordance with GLO Standards and Guidelines. Serves as production coordinator and video editor of assigned video products. Ensures preproduction, production and postproduction parameters, timelines and distribution goals are met. Ability to coordinate studio setups and the transportation of equipment and staff to on-location shoots.
• Responsible for weekly production and editing of Next Gen Warrior programing and other reoccurring projects such as Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach.
• Responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the agency's audio and digital video and photography archives. Oversee and maintain video-production equipment and studio-control room facilities. Provides assistance in purchasing video-production software and hardware. Ability to identify internal and external communication needs and help develop procedure improvements.
• Perform still photography as needed, including processing of photos and archiving.
• Serve as multimedia producer for agency public events. Ensure high quality audio/video for every event, utilizing GLO staff and external contractors in cooperation with GLO staff and Communications Director. Manage contracts with vendors for dependable and cost-effective event audio/visual services, as needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proficiency using non-linear editing system (Adobe Premiere Pro).

• Proficiency using digital video cameras of varying formats.

• Proficiency using motion graphics software.

• Accountable for inventory/property management.

• Maintain an established work schedule.

• Effectively use interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.

• Effectively use organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.

• Assess project needs and develop and promote effective solutions.

• Maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

• Establish and maintaining effective working relationships.

• Produce, direct, write, shoot, and edit video productions.

• Produce quality programs from concept to completion.

• Operate a variety of video studio equipment safely and competently.

• Assess and prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.



Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework communications, public relations, media studies or related field plus three (3) years of experience producing professional-quality audio and video products.

Experience editing standard and 4K video, producing motion graphics, including Chroma-key compositing, title screens, lower-third name keys and closing credits - using nonlinear editing software and digital tools, principally Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Photoshop.

Experience in video production, journalism, and/or documentary filmmaking.

Experience capturing multi-camera, still, video and audio footage in professional setting.

Experience overseeing and maintaining video-production equipment and studio-control room facilities.

Ability to juggle multiple projects at once.

Experience and education may be substituted for one another.

Preferred Qualifications:

A creative video specialist who can conduct video production from start to finish. This includes brainstorming, outlining and storyboarding, scripting, scheduling, shooting, and editing. Video production should be high quality, both formal and informal, and used primarily online for social media promotions and TV commercials when needed.

Physical Requirements:

This position requires the employee to primarily perform non-sedentary work; mobility (moving around the work-site) is routinely required to carry out some duties including extensive moving upon and traveling across uneven surfaces, rough terrain and/or desolate areas. The position also requires normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall, and apply certain practices and policies. It requires marginal or corrected visual and auditory requirements; constant use of personal computers, copiers, printers, and telephones; and the ability to move about the office to access file cabinets and office machinery. This position requires the stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions and the ability to move and transport records, documents, boxes and all related information, materials and tools, weighing up to 50 pounds. The individual must be able to remain stationary for long periods of time when commuting to and from assigned destination and when traveling on state business including fieldwork and training assignments. This position requires the ability to bend, stoop, kneel, reach and/or steer a boat as needed. This position requires the ability to work outside and adapt to adverse weather conditions to include sea, sky and land environments. It also requires the ability to work under deadlines, as a team member, and in direct contact with others.