Audio-Visual and Multimedia Collections Specialists

Set up, adjust, and operate audio-visual equipment, such as cameras, film and slide projectors, and recording equipment, for meetings, events, classes, seminars, and video conferences.

Maintain hardware and software, including computers, scanners, color copiers, and color laser printers.

Install audio-visual equipment.

Instruct users in the selection, use, and design of audio-visual materials and assist them in the preparation of instructional materials and the rehearsal of presentations.

Plan and prepare audio-visual teaching aids and methods for use in school systems.

Direct and coordinate activities of assistants and other personnel during production.

Determine formats, approaches, content, levels, and mediums necessary to meet production objectives effectively and within budgetary constraints.

Confer with teachers to select course materials and to determine which training aids are best suited to particular grade levels.

Perform simple maintenance tasks, such as cleaning monitors and lenses and changing batteries and light bulbs.

Acquire, catalog, and maintain collections of audio-visual material such as films, video- and audio-tapes, photographs, and software programs.

Offer presentations and workshops on the role of multimedia in effective presentations.

Produce rough and finished graphics and graphic designs.

Construct and position properties, sets, lighting equipment, and other equipment.

Attend conventions and conferences, read trade journals, and communicate with industry insiders to keep abreast of industry developments.

Locate and secure settings, properties, effects, and other production necessities.

Develop manuals, texts, workbooks, or related materials for use in conjunction with production materials.

Develop preproduction ideas and incorporate them into outlines, scripts, story boards, and graphics.

Narrate presentations and productions.