By Kayla Burton SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Jessica Filepek is the Lehigh University Multimedia Assistant Director, where she overlooks all media, from filming athletic events, to pre-game and post-game analysis, to live-streaming games, and additionally creating both feature and hype videos for Lehigh's social media platform.
She does it all.
For four years, Filipek has worked at Lehigh as an aspiring to be a producer. Because her job is extremely independent, having to do multiple tasks at hand, she is used to being reliable to keep things moving.
"It's a lot of work for sure," said Filipek. "You're constantly being put into different roles, whether due to the shortness of staff or simply because it needs to get done and I'm the only one there to do the job, I'll do it. It usually never goes as planned but I love knowing I'm prepared to get the job done."
Filipek said that although the job can be hectic at times, her confidence as a producer has most certainly increased as the years went on. Filipek said her skills have grown tremendously, working with different technical pieces while also directing students to complete a well-done production.
"I love seeing students go from knowing absolutely nothing to eventually coming into the office or on they field and pick up a camera, knowing exactly what they are doing that day because they know they can do it." Said Filipek.
One of the most rewarding components of Filipek's job is knowing as a woman in the sports industry, she is more than capable of taking measures into her own hands, needing no-one but herself to get the job done.
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