Senior Educational Media Specialist

Company Description

About Covista 

Covista is America's largest healthcare educator, serving more than 97,000 students and supported by a community of 385,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University. 
 

Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals—they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education—they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers. 

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment. 

For more information, visit covista.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. 

Job Description

Opportunity at a Glance
The Senior Educational Media Specialist is a seasoned media specialist with at least 5 years of deep expertise in the conceptualization, design, scripting, and story boarding of educational media content. Senior Educational Media Specialists oversee the development of comprehensive media projects, working closely with strategic partners and managing third-party vendors; this includes the creation of new media content, as well as the search for suitable media content within Adtalem's owned content repositories and/or third-party media libraries. The Senior Educational Media Specialist manages multiple projects during different stages of development, each with varying requirements and milestones. As one of the most seasoned and experienced educational media specialists within the Product Development and Classroom Design team, the Senior Educational Media Specialist has a thorough understanding of digital product design and development theories, processes, best practices, and trends, integrating that knowledge to enhance the student learning experience by leveraging the correct media application, applying flexible approaches, and driving strategic innovation to anticipate, meet, and exceed partner needs. The Senior Educational Media Specialist mentors Educational Media Specialists in the organization in an effort to ensure all educational media created are of the highest quality and impact.

Responsibilities

• Generates vision and strategy that guide media development projects and supports the operations of the Product Development and Classroom Design team.

• Creates original visuals, audio/video, animations, tutorials, and interactives to meet the pedagogical objectives of the course and enhance student-learning outcomes.

• Delivers media products from conceptualization through delivery, both in a hands-on/developer capacity, as well as a leader and mentor of other media stakeholders.

• Manages third-party vendors and independent contractors required to ensure ample resources are available to execute the most comprehensive and challenging media projects.

• Collaborates with key stakeholders to create instructional material in a visually dynamic, engaging, and interactive format, while offering suggestions to enhance student engagement and learning.

• Maintains expert level, comprehensive knowledge of online learning principles, adult learning theory, and innovative media technologies.

• Works in a fast-paced production environment, collaborating with various institutional and product development stakeholders.

• Provides senior level leadership to and support of the project team during the development process to identify best media approaches to be used in designing, delivering, and/or supporting of specific learning content.

• Coaches and mentors educational media specialists, learning experience designers, and subject matter experts to ensure the media developed for online/hybrid course delivery is of the highest quality possible and supports student mastery of learning outcomes.

• Creates media development schedules and identifying necessary technical resources based on project timelines.

• Ensures appropriate delivery requirements are included in all media-related contracts.

• Ensures that all content meets media quality indicators and institutional style guidelines.

• Provides guidance and feedback, including documentation, to all stakeholders during media design and delivery; this includes all necessary metadata to support efficient asset management.

• Oversees the assembly of all media elements into the final product.

• Ensures project timelines are met and deliverables meet quality expectations of the institution.

• Works independently to complete assigned media projects at the course and program levels.

• Adapts to rapidly changing project timelines and deliverables.

• Although the Senior Educational Media Specialist does not supervise any other employees, mentorship and coaching of Educational Media Specialists is an important element of the role.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required. Master's Degree Preferred
• 5+ years of media industry experience.
• 2+ years of education media experience.
• Extensive experience managing third-party vendors and independent contractors.
• Extensive experience managing complex budgets and ensuring adherence to budget limitations.
• Proven expertise in at least three of the following: video-based media creation, digital product design and creation, application of multimedia technologies in student learning environments, audiovisual editing, and/or digital media programming.
• Exercise management, coordinate, and oversight of all vendor, contractor, and talent cast performances, scheduling, and deliverables—ensuring all media products meet and/or exceed Adtalem standards of excellence.
• Be a skilled communicator and expert collaborator, able to handle criticism, facilitate design meetings, coach and mentor Educational Media Specialists and Subject Matter Experts, and deliver highly engaging media assets.
• Have the ability to estimate and document production costs and manage a comprehensive media project budget.
• Be knowledgeable in a wide range of media approaches (e.g., video, interactive, animation, audio, etc.).
• Be a seasoned expert in the conceptualization, design, and creation of high-quality educational media.
• Understand professional media workflows and manage the most challenging media production cycles.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Have a strong working knowledge of contemporary media production standards and systems.
• Have strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.
• Be committed to results and consistently demonstrate accountability in all areas of responsibility.
• Possess the ability to apply best practices during media and course development.

Additional Information

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $61720.78 and $108334.92. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Covista offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Covista's Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.covista.com/benefits 
  
  You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation