Published: 12/03/2024

DEADLINE: Jan. 8, 2025

Position Supervisor: Jamie Hansen, Global Health Communications Manager

Position Title: Global Health Video and Digital Storytelling Assistant

Position Description: 

Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH) shares knowledge, equips leaders, and builds teams to address urgent global health challenges and achieve health equity. We are the hub for all things Global Health at Stanford, and we’ve launched a new program, Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH), which this position will support. SASH supports mid-career physicians from African countries to travel to Stanford for six weeks, gaining a specific skill set identified by the African scholars as a need to improve health outcomes at their academic institution. Physicians will then return to their home countries to conduct a year-long clinical improvement project focused on the skill set they identified. The first scholars arrive in January 2025.

The Global Health Video and Digital Storytelling assistant will highlight the perspectives and expertise of SASH scholars between late January and June of 2025, with a possibility to renew for the fall of 2025. This position will help film and edit 3- to 5-minute video interviews highlighting the perspectives of the scholars and their mentors, along with shorter form videos and slide reels highlighting the scholars’ experiences for social media. They will work closely with the scholars, the SASH team, and Stanford’s Global Health Communications Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity for a student passionate about global health, health equity, and storytelling. Their work will showcase an innovative new program while fostering multi-cultural understanding and learning around critical global health issues.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: 

  • Work alongside hired videographer to help film two-camera interviews
  • Independently capture “B-roll” on campus (work with Communications Manager to identify needed footage)
  • Edit video footage into a series of four short (3 to 5 minute) videos highlighting the perspectives of scholars and their mentors on their area of global health expertise
  • Assist with telling scholar stories over social media – Attend scholar events to capture photos, videos, and quotes, create slideshows and videos for LinkedIn and Instagram highlighting their perspectives.
  • Develop a guide for scholars to create “day in the life” accounts of their time at Stanford and assist the scholars as needed in executing the footage; edit footage for social media
  • Help collect content via email and text for scholars, help organize the content and footage in Box or Google Drive.

Position Length: The selected applicant will begin work in late January 2025, with the hope that they would continue the position through June 2025, with a possibility to extend through the fall of 2025.

Opportunities and Benefits: 

This is an excellent opportunity for students who would like to utilize innovative and engaging communications for social good, with a specific interest in global health, health equity, diversity in health leadership, and equitable global partnerships. The assistant will gain hands-on video and digital storytelling experience, develop relationships with global health researchers and leaders at Stanford and across Africa, develop an understanding of the global health academic space, and gain experience in the following areas: 

  • Videography/video storytelling
  • Marketing and social media creation 
  • Multimedia and creative content development 
  • Project management 
  • Global Health 

Students of all majors, interests, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Both undergrads and graduate students are welcome. 

Desired Skills and Abilities: 

  • Experience filming and comfort with using audio and lighting equipment to capture professional quality video
  • Experience editing video, preferably using Adobe Premiere Pro or a similar program
  • Experience managing or contributing to professional social media accounts
  • Detail-oriented and a strong self-starter, able to follow tasks through to completion with little supervision 
  • Strong written and oral communication skills 
  • Strong interest in global health and experience
  • Able to commit an average of 5 hours per week. Schedule is flexible and can be partially executed from home, with the need to film in person and attend some in-person events

Hours: 5 – 10 per week

Compensation: Hourly — will be commensurate with experience and will follow Student Wage Scales set by the University.

Application: To apply, please submit your resume and a brief cover letter, and at least one sample of your videography or social media work to jmhansen@stanford.edu by Jan. 8, 2025. Applicants must be current students at Stanford University.