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Job Description

Creative Media Service Team Lead

Department/School: IT Services

Contract type: Permanent

Overview

As the Creative Media Service Team Lead, you'll be responsible for overseeing and leading the Creative Media Service. This role involves not only providing frontline assistance to students and staff but also strategically developing the service for wider university benefit. You will manage a small team, ensuring efficient daily operations, including the loan of portable equipment and the use of specialised media spaces like the TV, Vlog and podcast studios, edit suites and media booths.

A core part of your responsibility is to develop relationships across the university to highlight the importance of media as an alternative assessment and to drive forward the strategic aims of the service. You will be responsible for the planning of media production workshops and online learning content, ensuring they align with academic objectives and are accessible to a wider audience. Your leadership will be crucial in expanding the service, creating sustainable support models and fostering a collaborative network among staff and students to continuously shape and improve the service.

Beyond these duties, you will be accountable for managing the service's budget, maintaining the asset register and reporting on performance metrics to management. You will also take the lead on producing live-streamed events, from high-profile lectures to graduation ceremonies, ensuring they reach a broad audience.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development of the Creative Media Service, creating sustainable support models to expand its benefits to the entire university.

• Manage a small team, overseeing all frontline support activities, including the loan of equipment, studio bookings and assistance in studios, media booths and edit suites.

• Build and manage strategic partnerships with internal stakeholders, including staff, students, Digital Learning and Education teams, to continually improve the service. This includes advocating for the use of media as an alternative assessment by developing and sharing best practices through case studies and conference presentations.

• Design, organise and deliver a range of media production workshops, seminars and lectures that directly support student assignments and academic modules.

• Develop and create online support resources, including content for the virtual learning environment (Blackboard) and the Creative Media Learning Hub, to ensure ongoing access to media creation guidance.

• Provide specialist knowledge to produce and direct a wide range of live-streamed events, from graduation ceremonies and festivals to high-profile lectures and one-off special events.

• Advise and promote best practices for media usage to stakeholders throughout the university.

• Manage the service budget, including spending, forecasting and advising on future equipment needs.

• Maintain and update the Creative Media Service asset register to track equipment and plan for its rolling replacement.

• Monitor and maintain creative media systems to ensure services consistently run to a high standard.

• Provide regular updates and performance reports to management, including key statistics on loans, bookings, events, and workshops.

• Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post

Person Specification
Our diverse community of staff and students recognises the unique abilities, backgrounds, and beliefs of all. We foster a culture where everyone feels they belong and is respected. Even if your past experience doesn't match perfectly with this role's criteria, your contribution is valuable, and we encourage you to apply. Please ensure that you reference the application criteria in the application statement when you apply.

Further Information

Next steps in the recruitment process

It is anticipated that the selection process will consist of a short presentation and interview. We plan to let candidates know if they have progressed to the selection stage within two weeks of the closing date. If you need any support, equipment or adjustments to enable you to participate in any element of the recruitment process you can contact it-services-recruitment@sheffield.ac.uk

Our vision and strategic plan

We are the University of Sheffield. This is our vision: sheffield.ac.uk/vision (opens in new window).

What we offer

• A minimum of 38 days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with the ability to purchase more.

• Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working for some roles.

• Generous pension scheme.

• A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel.

• A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal development (for example, Race Equality, LGBT+, Women’s and Parent’s networks).

• Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role.

• A commitment to your development access to learning and mentoring schemes.

• A range of generous family-friendly policies

  • paid time off for parenting and caring emergencies

  • support for those going through the menopause

  • paid time off and support for fertility treatment

  • and more

More details can be found on our benefits page: sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits (opens in a new window).

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.

Criminal record

A basic DBS check will be needed for this role. More details on the checks can be found on the Government website: gov.uk/criminal-record-checks-apply-role (opens in a new window).

Possession of a criminal record is not an automatic bar to employment at the University of Sheffield. We recognise the value of steady employment in the rehabilitation process and examine each case in its own right. More information can be found on our Information for candidates page:- sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/candidates (opens in a new window).

We are a research university with a global reputation for excellence. Our ideas and expertise change the world for the better, making a real difference to society. We know that when people come together with different views, approaches and insights it can lead to richer, more creative and innovative teaching and research and the highest levels of student experience. Our University Vision (www.sheffield.ac.uk/vision) outlines our commitment to building a diverse community of staff and students that recognises and values the abilities, backgrounds, beliefs and ways of living for everyone.