Content Producer

Overview

POSITION OVERVIEW – National/Remote, Full Time, Salaried Exempt

The Content Producer is a full-time (100% FTE) position at MediaJustice (MJ). This role is a member within MJ’s 3 person Communications Team whose primary responsibilities include pitching and implementing original MJ content series, producing and managing marketing materials, creating digital and social media content and managing social media channels, maintaining MJ’s website, writing email alerts and blog content and developing other visualizers that move forward our advocacy, network and narrative work.

This role carries out creative production of all kinds, including but not limited to: videos, graphics, explainers, statements, event promotion, content series, and special one-off productions. This role must balance the demands of using communication strategies and tactics to advance our campaign and advocacy goals while maintaining, promoting, and growing the MediaJustice brand as a thought leader within media, technology, culture, and movement spaces. 

The Content Producer is also responsible for developing, maintaining, and adapting the Communication Team’s internal infrastructure; including but not limited to: creating templates, standardizing tasks, and evaluating performance to ensure the timely development of materials, especially as they relate to cultural commentary.

This role reports to the Narrative Director at MediaJustice and will work collaboratively across all teams at the organization. Our ideal candidate will have and hold a deep understanding of who MJ’s audience is and what are the best and most strategic ways to speak to and engage our people as well as introduce us to new audiences. As our organization seeks to venture into producing more original content that incorporates cultural commentary, our ideal candidate will have fresh, creative ideas, their finger on the creative pulse, and strong project management skills to bring new ideas to fruition.

 

WHO WE ARE

MediaJustice (formerly the Center for Media Justice) is a national media justice organizing and training collaborative led by and for underrepresented communities, and home to our signature project, the MediaJustice Network.  For over 10 years, MediaJustice has boldly advanced communication rights, access, and power for communities harmed by persistent dehumanization, discrimination, and disadvantage. We envision a future where everyone has sustained and universal access to open and democratic media and technology platforms; a future in which we are all connected, represented, and free.

The Communications Team leads MediaJustice’s narrative strategy, content production, and external communications efforts. At MediaJustice, we believe impactful, strategic, and culturally-relevant communications work is critical to achieving racial, gender, and economic justice in a digital age. We are storytellers at heart who understand media is a powerful tool to connect our communities to one another and inspire our digital audiences to take actions that get us closer to media justice.  

 

POSITION DETAILS

What you’ll do:

• Multimedia Production 
  • Pitch and execute audio and visual creative projects that advance our mission and respond to the current moment, including MJ original content such as our pop culture video series, That’s So Black.
  • Develop and manage production timelines of creative projects and associated promotional tasks; must be able to project manage the entire production process from ideation through promotion and distribution. 
  • Collaborate and coordinate with MJ staff and partners as needed, and determine who internally is needed to produce each project, what needs to be outsourced to consultants, who may need to be brought on as guests/co-hosts, and map out project promotion and evaluation. 
  • Develop, edit and package content (i.e., graphic visuals/elements, video editing, sound engineering).
• Digital Marketing and Communications
  • Develop content for, manage and evaluate performance of MJ’s website and various MJ social media channels (Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook), including producing graphics, visuals, and videos optimized for our platforms
  • Write and edit blog content. 
  • Update and maintain the editorial calendar and other elements of MJ’s internal communications infrastructure.
  • Fulfill communications requests received from other MJ teams, including developing graphics, promoting events on social media, sending out email alerts, and uploading blog content to MJ’s website.
  • Write email alerts, analyze email performance and identify and implement list-building activities to expand MJ’s online base and deepen online base engagement. 
  • Serve as liaison between programmatic teams and consultants when elements of communications projects need to outsourced, including supporting press coordination.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• 4+ years of experience in graphic design with demonstrated proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop and understanding of typography, layout, color theory, hierarchy, and branding 
• 4+ years of experience in video and audio editing including the ability to create simple animation and explainer videos, edit and package long-form recordings and sourcing appropriate sounds and soundtracks for videos and events
• Demonstrated proficiency in WordPress and Mailchimp and proficiency managing social media channels including Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook
• Strong writing skills across a variety of digital platforms and strong project management skills to manage creative projects

 

Who You Are:

• Iterative
  • Use trials and errors of previous projects to do better on the next one 
• Curious and Innovative 
  • Willing to try something new or different 
  • Interested in current events and the world around them 
• Connected
  • Ability and interest in developing new cultural partnerships with activists, allied organizations, artists and others with whom MediaJustice can collaborate.  
• Justice-Oriented
  • Demonstrated commitment to challenging racism, sexism, ableism and other societal injustices 

The Content Producer is a 40 hour/week, full-time, exempt position on the Communications Team that is fully remote, and reports to the Narrative Director. It includes the opportunity to travel occasionally.

Compensation / Benefits: 

MediaJustice practices a negotiation-free compensation policy and has set salaries based on level in the organization and years of experience. Salaries are benchmarked to be in the top 25% for the three most expensive U.S. cities. The salary level for this role is that of Specialist and the range is 75,500-87,000, based on the experience-tier you land in. This is a salaried, overtime-exempt position. In addition to the salary, total compensation includes the following benefits: 

• A fully remote organization, with work flexibility to meet your schedule.
• 3 weeks of vacation, 3.5 weeks of office closures, and 13 paid holidays.
• Monthly $150 wellness and $125 home office and $60 cell phone stipends
• Medical, Vision and Dental premiums covered at 100% for staff, 70% for their family. 
• Non-elective 401K contributions – regardless of employee contribution
• Paid sabbatical after 5 years
• And more

MediaJustice strongly believes in honoring the humanity of all of our staff, and in doing what we can to support our staff so they are able to be fully engaged in their work.  Our policies, benefits, and compensation attempt to ensure people are treated equitably and fairly.  We are  constantly assessing and revisiting our compensation, benefits and HR policies to respond to the needs of our staff.

MediaJustice is an equal opportunity employer and we value diverse perspectives and experiences at our organization. We are committed to ensuring that our organization is fully inclusive and engages with the intersectionality of the communities we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law. People of color, gender-diverse, LGBTQ+ individuals, formerly incarcerated people, and progressive visionaries are strongly encouraged to apply.

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