Multimedia Content Producer
The Lundquist Institute
Summary
The Lundquist Institute seeks a creative, digitally savvy Multimedia Content Producer to bring scientific discoveries, researchers, and community impact to life through compelling visual storytelling. This hands-on, production-focused role specializes in videography, photography, video editing, and multimedia asset development supporting digital marketing, institutional storytelling, community engagement, and events.
Job description
Summary
The Lundquist Institute seeks a creative, digitally savvy Multimedia Content Producer to bring scientific discoveries, researchers, and community impact to life through compelling visual storytelling. This hands-on, production-focused role specializes in videography, photography, video editing, and multimedia asset development supporting digital marketing, institutional storytelling, community engagement, and events.
A key responsibility is supporting The Lundquist Institute's Science and Your Health lecture series through event recording, post-production editing, and accessible educational video content. The producer works within the strategy and editorial direction set by the Marketing & Communications team.
Multimedia Content Production
- Produce video, photography, and multimedia content for institutional communications, digital campaigns, research storytelling, and community engagement.
- Film and edit long-form recordings into short, platform-specific segments aligned with approved editorial and digital strategies.
- Capture content in laboratories, clinical research settings, interviews, community programs, and institutional events.
- Collaborate with project leads on story concepts, interview questions, shot lists, and production plans; film interviews with researchers, leadership, donors, and partners.
- Edit video with graphics, captions, music, and other creative elements, maintaining brand consistency and accessibility.
- Develop supporting graphics, thumbnails, and photographic assets; recommend creative approaches to improve storytelling and audience engagement.
Digital Content Preparation & Distribution Support
- Prepare and optimize multimedia assets for LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, the Institute website, email, and other channels.
- Adapt aspect ratios, thumbnails, captions, and accessibility elements to platform requirements.
- Coordinate with the Digital and Social Media Marketing Manager on approved calendars, campaign objectives, messaging, and publishing schedules.
- Draft video titles, descriptions, and supporting copy for review and approval by designated leads.
- Support scheduling and publishing of approved content as assigned.
- Organize and maintain a digital library of footage, photography, b-roll, and finished assets.
- Provide asset-level performance data, including views, watch time, and engagement, and recommend production improvements.
Event Coverage & Digital Asset Management
- Provide dedicated production support for Science and Your Health lectures, including filming, recording coordination, editing, and short educational clips.
- Work with IT and event organizers on hybrid recording; technical AV operations and in-room presentation systems are excluded from this position.
- Repurpose lecture footage (including Zoom recordings) into accessible educational assets.
- Provide video and photography coverage for institutional events as scheduled.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience producing science or healthcare multimedia and interviewing subject-matter experts.
- Familiarity with scheduling and analytics tools, YouTube optimization, and digital asset management.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, digital media, communications, journalism, film production, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Three to four years of experience producing digital and social media content, including video and photography.
- Demonstrated ability to repurpose long-form footage into shorter, platform-optimized content.
- Experience in healthcare, biomedical research, science communication, higher education, or nonprofits preferred.
Requirements
- Proficiency in videography, photography, lighting, audio recording, interviewing, and video editing, demonstrated through a portfolio of professional work the applicant planned, filmed, and edited
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (especially Premiere Pro and Photoshop) or comparable tools
- Understanding of LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube formats, accessibility, and production best practices
- Excellent writing, organization, stakeholder collaboration, and ability to translate complex scientific topics into accessible content for general audiences
- Ability to manage multiple production deadlines; flexibility for occasional evening or weekend event coverage
- Ability to follow patient privacy, consent, and photo release protocols when filming in clinical and research settings
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, digital media, communications, journalism, film production, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Three to four years of experience producing digital and social media content, including video and photography
- Demonstrated ability to repurpose long-form footage into shorter, platform-optimized content
- Resume and portfolio demonstrating ability to produce and repurpose video content for social media
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- 401(k)
- Paid Time Off
- Day Shift
Company overview
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (TLI) is a leading nonprofit biomedical research organization founded in 1952 by visionary physicians seeking better treatments for their patients. Operating with a unique "bedside to bench to bedside" approach, TLI translates clinical challenges into scientific inquiry and discoveries back into patient care. The institute employs over 150 principal investigators and more than 550 research staff who conduct over 600 active studies annually, including approximately 130 clinical trials. Affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and partnered with Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, TLI focuses on cutting-edge translational research across multiple domains including cancer biology, respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, translational genomics, and metabolic disorders. The organization also operates extensive community health programs serving over 60,000 underserved women and children monthly in Los Angeles County, promoting health equity while fostering the next generation of scientific leaders through robust education and training programs.