Assistant Director, Content Production

Harlem Children's Zone

New York, NY

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$90,000–$105,000
LOCATION
New York, NY
POSTED
28 days ago

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) — a world-renowned education and poverty-ghting organization based in New York — seeks a highly-driven, creative, multi-talented Assistant Director, Content Production

The Assistant Director, Content Production will join our Communications Team at the forefront of innovation at HCZ. The individual will be a skilled producer, project manager, videographer, video editor, and photographer who will help lead a team that creates a range of content promoting the work and impact of HCZ, both locally and nationally.

Who you are

  • A versatile and curious leader and producer with hands-on experience managing lm productions from end-to-end — including overseeing a team of videographers and photographers, setting up and directing shoots, capturing compelling visuals, and helping to edit nal cuts
  • A deadline-driven hustler who thrives in low-ego, team-oriented environments
  • A strong relationship and community builder, excited to work collaboratively with stakeholders across our organization  

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Director, Content Production, the Assistant Director, Content Production will help lead the Content Production Team (part of the larger Communication Team) and support the end-to-end creation of a range of content to advance our key priorities: brand awareness, scholar enrollment, talent recruitment, thought leadership, staff culture, and fundraising. They will ensure that content is optimized for distribution on our various marketing platforms, including website, social media, email marketing, digital and print advertising, as well as marquee national conferences and events. Some physical work, including transporting equipment to and from shoots, and travel, is required.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end production of video and photography projects, including but not limited to: creative concepting, timelines, budgets, scheduling, shoot set up, video and photography capture, stakeholder coordination, and post production and editing
  • Help oversee a team of content producers and their projects, ensuring effective management and timely completion of deliverables
  • Own the post production workow on all projects
  • Provide line production support, including on- screen talent outreach and prepping production documents and schedules prior to shoots
  • Attend and manage all video and photography shoots
  • Capture video of and photograph organizational events, interviews, and other productions
  • Develop engaging motion graphics to enhance video content and branding
  • Ensure all visual assets meet brand standards and storytelling goals

Requirements

  • At least 7-10 years’ experience working in video/media production and/or project management
  • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and be exible with shifting schedules and assignments
  • Strong post-production video management knowledge
  • Knowledgeable of all social media platforms and have a strong understanding of content formatting for YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, and TikTok
  • Prociency in Frame.io, Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, After Effects) and Final Cut - within a Mac environment
  • Highly driven and energetic, proactive and takes initiative
  • Superior organizational, time-management, and interpersonal skills
  • Highly collaborative with strong verbal and written skills
  • Experience working at social impact organizations is a plus
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Able to work some weekends
  • Able to travel outside of New York City and the state for some assignments

Benefits

As a member of the Harlem Children's Zone team, you will join a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and our staff — thrive. We offer highly competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth.

Our exceptional full-time benefits include: 

  • Highly competitive base salaries
  • Paid time off 
  • Employee referral bonus 
  • Career Advancement
  • No-cost health insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-and long-term disability
  • Additional voluntary benefits
  • Wellness discounts
  • Commuter benefits
  • Financial wellness perks
  • Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)

 

The annual salary range for this position is $90,000-$100,000 with a comprehensive benefits package including employer-covered health insurance. To be considered, interested applicants can also submit a cover letter and resume to

hczcareers@hcz.org

No telephone inquiries or recruiters, please. Replies will only be sent to qualied applicants. HCZ is an EOE.

About the Company

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Harlem Children's Zone

Opened in 2004, HCZ Promise Academy Charter Schools serves over 1,800 children in two K-12 schools. Our mission is to provide a first-rate, year-round, extended-day K-12 school for students living in under-performing school districts. When students enter our schools, we make a promise to help each and every one get to and through college. Everything we give our students—from world-class instruction and exceptional extracurricular activities to social emotional support and healthy meals—is aimed at fulfilling that promise. Our schools have a longer school day and year, helping us keep our kids safe and engaged, ensure their success in core subject areas, and give them an immersive, well-balanced education that includes exposure to the arts, daily physical activity, and field trips to museums, performances, sporting events and, of course, college campuses.

In addition, our Promise curriculum includes grade-appropriate character education, helping students at every level build crucial non-cognitive skills such as resilience, grit, and curiosity. We also provide on-site medical, dental, and psychological services, as well as a healthy, freshly made breakfast, lunch and snack each day. Plus, the vast majority of our students participate in our after-school programs, where they receive extensive academic support and engage in a wide range of recreation and enrichment activities.

Not only do our students receive a high-quality, standards-based education, but they and their families also have access to HCZ’s comprehensive network of supports, including counseling, benefits assistance, and other social services. HCZ Promise Academy Charter Schools are rooted in the belief that all students are capable of academic and personal success when they are surrounded by parents, teachers, and mentors who provide support and maintain the highest of expectations.

COMPANY SIZE
1 to 9 employees
INDUSTRY
Travel, Transportation and Tourism
WEBSITE
http://hcz.org/