Visual Content Creator

Position Title: Visual Content Creator

Department: Marketing and Communications

Location: Hybrid – Remote within commuting distance to Stamford, Connecticut

1 day per week on site (Stamford, CT)

Key Relationships:

Reports to: Director Multimedia

Direct Reports: None

Assignment Type: Full time

Compensation: $ 61,600 - $ 70,000

Benefits: Click here to learn more about our benefits!

Application Requirements: Applicants are required to submit :

• a professional portfoli o for this position (showcasing photography and videography),
• a long with their resume
• AND cover letter.
  
  

About Americares:

Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

Americares Values:

We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.

We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.

We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.

We are better together; partnership is at our core.

We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.

We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.

About the position:

To help tell the story of Americares in new and interesting ways using a variety of multimedia skills in and around the Stamford area and beyond. To help manage our digital assets to ensure they are safe, secure and available to the organization.

This Multimedia Team member, reporting to the Director of Multimedia, will be responsible for all local (in and around Stamford, CT) photography and videography (potentially with opportunities to shoot internationally), processing and archiving photo and video assets to our DAM and VAM, and keeping the Multimedia Studio and equipment in Stamford in good working order. This position will produce multimedia content designed for cross-platform integration to support Americares brand pillars and mission.

Here’s a sample of what a week could look like: On Monday you’re working from home editing a social cuts about our new mental health initiative in Ukraine; Tuesday morning- setting up the studio at HQ and recording a message from our Chief Medical Officer about our emergency response work in Haiti, and then archiving photos and video that came in from a freelancer in Colombia in the afternoon; Wednesday- y ou might travel to photograph/film a short doc. about one of our staff at one of our free health clinics in Connecticut; Thursday- you’re working from home coming up with a creative pitch presentation for an immersive video tour of our world-class distribution center. Friday- you’re getting interviews from the Philippines translated and archived for an edit, then traveling to Manhattan to photograph an Americares event.

Our work is global, varied, fascinating, and meaningful, and you will be helping us document and share that work with the world in new and interesting ways.

Key Outcomes:

In the first 90 days , the Visual Content Creator will :

• Learn and live the Americares values.
• Complete all require new hire onboarding trainings.
• Complete and present an assessment of our current Digital Asset Management and archive system, both photo and video.
• Film and edit a variety of social first multimedia projects based on new and existing content .
  
  

In the first 6 months, the Visual Content Creator will:

• Analyze competing DAM systems and present viable options for our current DAM system.
• Improve workflow on the current DAM system
• Reorganize and keyword our Video Asset Management system
• Assess and pitch ideas to improve our in-house studio capabilities
• Pitch and create social-first video templates
• Plan and complete local content trips
  
  

In the first year, the Visual Content Creator will:

• Plan and execute the migration to a more efficient and economical DAM system
• Instituted a remote video archiving and VAM workflow
• Created a well-oiled and efficient post-production workflow
• Pitch and execute social-first ideas for new and existing content
  
  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Working with staff from social media, programs, public relations, development, etc., on planning and executin g photo and video production assignments, including pre-production, lighting, audio, and recording video in our multimedia studio, distribution center, our local free health clinics, and events in the local and NYC area (and possibly traveling internationally to shoot on assignment with the team)
• Processing and archiving photo s from freelance and in-house photographers to our Digital Asset Management system (Canto ).
• Archiving, logging and managing video assets on our Video Asset Management server
• Owning and managing our asset backup system (physical and to the cloud)
• Managing the multimedia studio space and equipment .
  
  

These competencies are required for the role:

• Multimedia production skills (photography, videography, audio, lighting, editing).
• Experience producing, shooting, and editing social-first multimedia stories from start to finish.
• Post-production experience taking direction and contributing ideas for videos based on existing footage .
• Understanding of and experience with creative short-form storytelling for social environments and f ormats.
• Experienced with Digital Asset management (asset archiving, AP style captions, metadata, etc ).
• Highly collaborative, m ature , self-starter who can work independently and as part of a tight-knit Multimedia Team.
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently and juggle multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency using Adobe Premiere and Lightroom.
  
  

US work authorization is required for this role.

These competencies would be great to have, but are not required :

• Experience working with influencers/celebrities/high-profile individuals.
• Familiarity with Sony FS5II, A7SIII, A7RIV, Nikon DSLRs would be ideal.
• Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects.
• Certified commercial drone pilot license.
• Proficiency in a foreign language and extensive international experience.
• Fluency in languages that are spoken in at least one of our core locations (India, Philippines, Tanzania, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Colombia, etc.), in addition to English.
  
  

Additionally, our core competencies as an organization are:

• Ownership and results
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Equity and inclusion
• Teamwork and conflict resolution
• Leadership
• Prioritization
• Management
• Strategy and planning
• Decision making
  
  

We know not all applicants will demonstrate all the competencies we’re looking for, and that women and underrepresented groups tend to not apply unless they meet all the requirements. We encourage you to apply even if you do not check all the boxes above, and we look forward to reviewing your application holistically.

What you can expect , if you move forward in the recruitment process:

• Interview with People and Talent ( 30 minutes )
• Video interview with team ( 1 hour )
• Video interview with the Head of the department (30-45 minutes)
• Reference check
• Offer!
• Background check and onboarding
  
  

As a global health organization, we are committed to ensuring a safe environment for our staff, partners, and visitors. All Americares staff and visitors who are on-site at any of our locations or will be traveling for work are required to be fully vaccinated (which includes a booster, when eligible) against COVID-19 unless an exemption required by law is applicable.

Americares is currently authorized to support remote work employees in the following locations: Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington . Please note that we do not provide relocation assistance at this time.

Americares is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To request a disability accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected].