SayPro Content and Video Service

The Content and Video Specialist is responsible for helping to create and maintain a consistent flow of quality storytelling, photo and video content from Medical Teams’ programs to meet our fundraising content needs. This role will accomplish this through effective story editing, upholding our organizational photo and consent policies, digital asset management, video editing, and serving as an informational liaison between our programs staff and marketing. This role will report to the Global Content and Video Producer.

Medical Teams International Calling:

Daring to love like Jesus, we boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review and edit inbound story interviews for content, grammar, and consistency from domestic and global content collectors, ensuring the story and information are complete for approvals. Return edit requests to collectors as needed.
• Analyze content usage metrics and distribute content feedback reports to country content staff for insights on content usage and future improvements.
• Using the content strategy, create and distribute content request packages for assigned countries.
• Lead content check-ins with country communications officers, seeking information and input for marketing content and planning content requests for the upcoming quarter.
• Implement and manage deadlines in project management system for the country communications officer’s content package submission twice per quarter.
• Facilitate inbound content requests from internal stakeholders in marketing, development, and other content-dependent parties for your specific region of countries.
• Attend and collect stories of impact and images at a U.S.-based clinics.
• Assess and facilitate requests for additional photography gear from country staff, updating the camera gear log.
• Collaborate with country comms staff to create field-based video content for social, PR, and other timely video needs.
• Generate creative brand and story concepts to contribute to the video production team.
• Manage and update Marketing SharePoint with relevant marketing content to enhance internal communications.
• Uphold brand video standards for original and inbound videos.
• Create and edit short form social media and ad videos for our digital channels that will resonate with and engage target audiences.
• Uphold Medical Teams’ photo policies with review checks on internal presentations, communications channels (SharePoint, Teams, emails), and other inbound consent check requests.
• Assess content needs for your assigned countries and arrange and execute content trips to support brand and fundraising content funnel.
• Write blog posts for the blog team.
• Liaise with Field Ops and your assigned countries as the marketing representative, facilitating fact checking, information sharing, and content review requests.
• Build out video trainings on consent, photography, video editing, video branding, and story collection to enhance content collector training.
• Engage global content community of practice with ongoing trainings and communications.
• Construct a content collection and policies manual in SharePoint, organizing technical reference documentation on photo and consent policies, content collection how-to’s, and video brand reference documents into an easily digestible format.
• Create and disseminate SharePoint content updates to internal staff to improve internal storytelling and information sharing.
• Build thematic SharePoint landing pages in collaboration with Field Ops to support marketing and development department informational needs.
• Process inbound digital asset management system (DAM) content – adding appropriate metadata, correcting photos with the Adobe app, and brand checking social and other video submissions for accuracy.
• Manage photo release files.
• Support live video production shoots as needed.

Other Duties:

• Serve as deployable Communications Officer in domestic response, as needed.
• Optional:Serve as an HQ-based photographer for in-house photography needs.
• Support safeguarding of program participants and employees through promoting an environment of awareness and upholding the code of conduct provisions of Medical Teams Protection from Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Child & Vulnerable Adult protection, and harassment-free workplace policies.
• Utilize volunteers when appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION, LICENSES, & CERTIFICATIONS

• BA/S or equivalent in a relevant field required – Journalism, marketing, or related field.

EXPERIENCE

Required:

• 3 years’ experience in video editing
• 2 years’ experience in digital asset management
• 3 years’ experience in writing for a variety of audiences

Preferred:

• International travel experience is strongly preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Knowledge:

• Animation/motion design (optional – this is a plus)
• Video editing
• Writing/Editing

Skills:

• Adobe Creative Suite proficiency (Premiere, Lightroom, After Effects)
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Digital Asset Management experience
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong intercultural skills are required
• Multiple languages spoken is a plus (English, Spanish, Amharic, Swahili, French are spoken in our operating areas)

Abilities:

• Ability to work flexible schedule
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Commitment to Medical Teams International Calling Statement and Core Values.
• Ability to communicate in a clearly and passionately, both verbally and in writing, with a variety of constituents from a diversity of cultures and contexts.
• A positive attitude and a solution-oriented approach to work are a must.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously within aggressive timelines.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequent use of a personal computer, database and digital platforms, and other office productivity machinery, such as a copy machine and computer printer.
• Frequently uses hands, fingers, and arms to reach, handle, touch or feel equipment, medical instruments, materials, computer.
• Frequent communication and exchange of information among colleagues and persons of concern which requires the ability to speak, hear, convey and express oneself.
• Frequent close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally ascends/descends stairs, steps, or ladder
• Occasionally move about inside an office to access file cabinets, office machinery, meet with colleagues, etc.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Seldom to occasionally positions self to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• If in travel status, occasional to frequent traversing over rough or steep terrain in either a motor vehicle or on foot.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet.
• The employee may be required to travel to remote areas of the world where there are potential health hazards and risks, limited hygiene facilities, extreme weather, and very basic living conditions.