Co-op Student, Video Production Assistant

Overview

We're looking for co-op student to join our Marketing team for 4 months as a Video Production Assistant. In this role, you'll work closely with the AV and Media Production team to support the development of video and other multimedia to promote workplace health and safety. This position offers hands-on experience in media production while working with a dynamic team in a public sector organization.

Part of the Experience, Communication, Marketing and Insights department, we partner with other divisions to understand and help meet the needs of our stakeholders and our employees. Beginning with research, our Experience and Insights teams develop plans with experience at the heart of their analysis and approach. Our Marketing and Communications teams collaborate to develop effective strategies encompassing channels, messaging, outreach, resources, and campaigns. These strategies are tested, revised, and implemented with an effective measurement plan in place, to enable continuous learning.

If you are interested in applying your talents and knowledge to support workers' health and safety and gain valuable experience, we want to hear from you.

This is a four-month long temporary opportunity starting January 2025.

H ow you'll make a difference: You'll apply what you've learned in your post-secondary program to benefit workers and employers across B.C.

Where you'll work

At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines the convenience of working remotely with the dynamism of working in one of our offices, based on the operational needs of the position.

In this role, you'll work primarily from your B.C. home and be on-site in our Richmond office at a minimum of once per quarter to attend team meeting, but also depending on department needs.

What you'll do

On Day 1 in this role, you will get a chance to meet your manager and get acquainted with your team. You will spend time setting up administrative and technological essentials, and completing onboarding tasks, including security and payroll setup.

During your first week you will engage in a comprehensive onboarding program designed to equip you for success. You will be partnering and meeting with your manager to discuss your goals and align them with the team's vision. Additionally, you will learn how our department contributes to the overall business strategy and supports the organization's mandate. You will also work through the onboarding program alongside your supervisor for added guidance and support.

Assist the media production team with video shoots (call sheets & paperwork, gear arrangement, site coordination, assisting crew and director, lighting & camera setup, etc.)

• Provide general support to our in-house media production team, including:
  • • Digitizing media
    • Archiving & updating previously created video projects)
    • Assisting with collection & organization of video gear
    • Collaborating with the media production team
    • Video editing
• Occasional accompanying the media production team on travel within the Lower Mainland and possibly elsewhere in B.C. (no vehicle necessary)

Is this a good fit for you?

We're looking for someone who can:

• Able to coordinate and assist with multiple ongoing projects, which includes working with deadlines, scheduling, and tracking progress;
• Ability of working effectively with groups of people;
• Working knowledge of common industry equipment, software, and processes for media production and post-production

Your background and experience

• Currently enrolled in a Co-operative education program
• Provide a work sample (does not have to be a finished video project)
  • You may include a link to a video project in your cover letter,
  • Or another type of work sample from a media project you have collaborated on or have done on your own (could be photo project, writing project - i.e. story boards, video project, etc.),
  • Describe the project and what your role on that project was,
  • Please include this information in your cover letter or your resume.
• Currently enrolled in film production or digital media production program.
• Previous co-op or relevant work experience is an asset but not a must have,

Learn more: Hear from past co-op students on what it's like to work here.

Importa nt to know

Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Confirm you're legally entitled to work in Canada
• Confirm you will be residing in BC for the entire duration of the work term
• Confirm you're a registered student at a post-secondary institution and is participating in a work integrated learning program

WorkSafeBC's COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the "Policy") is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect. Who we are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We're honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What's it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It's challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Our Benefits

As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work - and life. Along with a competitive salary, your total compensation package includes:

• 4% in lieu of benefits
• 4% in lieu of vacation

Salary: $23.05/hour

Learn more: Discover who we are .

Want to apply?

• A cover letter, resume and transcript are required.
• Submit all documents in one file (either Word or PDF files).
• Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.

• We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.