Events and Media Specialist

Special Instructions to Applicants: In PDF form, applicants should attach a resume and cover letter in the Supporting Documents section of the application. 

About Rice

Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Texas, Rice University is ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio and a residential college system, which supports students intellectually, emotionally, and culturally through social events, intramural sports, student plays, lecture series, courses, and student government. Developing close-knit, diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition, which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.

Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty, staff, and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rice’s culture. They come through in how we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name — RICE — Responsibility, Integrity, Community, and Excellence.

Position Summary

The Rice University School of Architecture seeks an Events & Media Specialist to support the school’s events, social media, digital asset management, and archiving. This role is responsible for event planning, execution, A/V set-up and support, as well as photography, videography, and social media content production across multiple platforms, including podcasts. Additionally, they will collaborate with various staff to ensure all digital media assets—from faculty and student work to all communications collaterals—are retained in alignment with the school’s archival standards. The Events & Media Specialist will uphold professionalism, discretion, efficiency, and attention to detail consistent with Rice School of Architecture's values.

The ideal candidate will possess a refined visual sensibility, technical curiosity, and strong organizational skills—time and task management, detail focus, professionalism, discretion, and relationship-building skills. They will assist with event planning, set up, execution, and clean up; provide advanced and complex multimedia technical support for events, conferences, meetings and the like; identify and recommend appropriate vendors for activities that require more advanced A/V needs; produce visual and social media content and maintain archives of projects, photos, graphics, and other printed and digital media produced for the school. We seek a highly motivated colleague who can thrive in a creative, fast-paced environment and deliver results while working on multiple tasks and deadlines. Work is performed autonomously and, at times, without specific instructions or prescribed procedures and with delegated authority to exercise discretion and judgment regarding matters related to the school’s technical needs. Experience in the fields of architecture, art, or design is a plus.

The Rice School of Architecture is a uniquely sized, top-ranked program with a focus on design excellence, including exceptional student work, world-class faculty research, and meaningful community engagement. The school draws upon Houston’s diverse offerings in the arts, culture, and industry, to educate architects for a dynamic, interconnected world, and we work towards hiring with the same ambition.

Working Requirements

This position is exclusively on-site, necessitating all duties to be performed in person at Anderson Hall from Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and occasional evenings.  Per Rice policy 440, work arrangements may be subject to change.

Hiring Range

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position with a hiring range of $65,000 - $69,000. *Exempt (salaried) positions under FLSA are not eligible for overtime. 

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years’ experience in multimedia services and social media administration

Skills: 

• Proficient in the operation a variety of audio, visual and other multimedia equipment, components and applications
• Proficient in Adobe Suite, social media platforms, and other digital media software 
• Proficient in photography, video, and image editing 
• Ability to install, troubleshoot and repair multimedia equipment
• Ability to find