Oregon Food Bank Inc

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Job Title: Strategic Communications Senior Video Producer Job Homebase: 7900 NE 33rd Dr. Portland, OR 97211 Site requirement: Hybrid Reports To: Associate Director of Strategic Communications Who We Are: Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good. Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity. Who You Are: You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community. Position Summary: The Senior Video Producer is a key creative role within Oregon Food Bank’s Strategic Communications team — a lead storyteller who brings our mission and values to life through compelling visual media. Reporting to the Associate Director of Strategic Communications and working closely with the Senior Project Manager and other colleagues on the Strategic Communications team, you will lead video projects from concept to completion. Your work will be focused on illuminating the root causes of hunger, uplifting stories of resilience, action and community-led change and inspiring action. Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions): • Creative Leadership and Project Management • With direction from the Associate Director, lead video, photography and related projects that align with organizational priorities, managing creative vision, production timeline and final delivery. • Proactively surface story ideas in collaboration with cross-functional teams. • Directly engage with and build relationships with community members to find stories that reflect the depth and complexity of our experiences and communities. • With help from our Operations and Project Manager, keep projects on schedule and update stakeholders on progress as necessary. • Cinematography and Technical Execution • Serve as the organization’s primary cinematographer and photographer, with support from colleagues and vendors. • Drive multimedia story development and production logistics — including community outreach, equipment and vendor needs. • Oversee media asset management and archiving processes, along with upkeep of video and photography equipment. • Ensure outputs adhere to and strengthen OFB’s brand, vision and equitable storytelling approach. • Oversees rapid response video and photography shoots. • Organizational level responsibilities of exempt employees include: • To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB’s vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good by addressing the root causes of hunger: systemic oppressions such as racism, xenophobia, sexism, and cisexism. • In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to: • cross-departmental efforts • work culture activities and programming • advisory and consultative groups such as the compensation committee, affinity groups, Equity Ambassadors, Equity Think Tank meetings, among others • plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to contribute and advance organizational goals, OFB’s vision and mission. • Identify, share, engage in, and collaboratively adjust and make necessary changes to this description of duties according to the inevitable evolution of the role over time. Skills and Experience Required: • Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes. • Technical and Creative Expertise • Eight or more years demonstrated success in cinematography and camera work, story development and production — preferably in a marketing, journalism, agency, documentary or strategic communications setting. • Comfortable working in long- and short-form videos customized for a variety of formats. • Ability to pivot quickly and produce timely content in response to emerging events. • Able to drive a car and transport heavy camera equipment. • Knowledge of conducting production onsite, to include scouting, framing/blocking and producing interviews. • Ability to write a script, conduct interviews and prepare interview subjects. • History of strong collaboration with writers, graphic designers, social media experts and public relations teams. • Strong experience with Adobe Creative Suite is preferred — especially Premiere, Photoshop, LightRoom, AfterEffects and Davinci Resolve Studio. • Experience in production using different camera systems and supporting equipment such as lenses, lights, microphones and grip gear. • Experience in the video editing process to include pre-production, captioning, editing, color correction, music/sound, and publishing. • Experience managing internal- and external-facing platforms for video and photo content, including BrandFolder, Vimeo, and YouTube. • Experience working in mission-driven organizations or with issue-based communications strategies. • Familiarity with trauma-informed storytelling and ethical consent practices in multimedia production. • Project Management and Creative Initiative • Ability to work independently and exercise strong creative judgment with minimal oversight. • Working closely with Operations and Project Manager, able to lead pre-production planning, coordinating with internal teams and external partners to align schedules, locations and creative needs. • Able to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work. • Thrives in a diverse, creative, responsive, mission-driven and fast-paced work culture. • Equity and Ethics • Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes. • Experience working with communities directly impacted by systemic inequities — and an interest in advocacy, economic and justice issues. • Organizational level skills and experience required for exempt employees include: • Disposition and willingness to maximize multiple perspectives to innovate, problem solve and seek creative solutions. • Experience in modeling intercultural competence and demonstrated commitment to equity and social justice. • Demonstrated ability to think strategically, collaborate, take initiative, and to maintain confidentiality. • Project coordination and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work. • Ability to both work independently and as part of a team; comfortable working in an office environment and offsite. • Ability to thrive in a diverse, creative, responsive, mission-driven, and fast-paced work culture. • Experience of successful multicultural immersion working and/or living within OFB's Equity Constituencies: BIPoC, Immigrants & Refugees, Single Mothers, Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming folx. • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities. Preferred Qualifications: • Additional Technical Skills • Working knowledge of audio capture, production and publishing software — such as Adobe Audition, Audacity, Avid, GarageBand, Hindenburg Journalist Pro, Logic Pro or Riverside.fm. • FAA Remote Pilot Certificate and/or experience capturing aerial footage a plus. • Community and Advocacy Experience • Experience empowering community members to share their stories publicly. • Awareness of current events and news in anti-hunger efforts, federal food assistance programs (SNAP, WIC, etc.) or general social service delivery. • Working knowledge of service-based non-profits and public policy advocacy, especially grassroots-driven efforts. • Familiarity with the political and policy landscape in the Pacific Northwest. • Written and/or oral proficiency in any of the following languages: Arabic, Chuukese, Simplified or Traditional Chinese, French, Nepali, Russian, Samoan, S’Gaw Karen, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. • Organizational level preferred qualifications of exempt employees include: • Multilingual skills at a minimum professional level of proficiency or greater in English and any additional language/s, defined as being able to speak the languages with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and professional topics. • Multicultural skills of adaptation and integration are strongly preferred. • Adaptation is defined as the capacity to communicate and interact with people of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and styles by incorporating and adapting to the world view and perspectives of others. • Integration is defined as being able to “code-switch” or move in and out of one's worldview and help others understand different cultures, backgrounds, and styles to promote diversity and inclusion. • Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for equity and racial justice. • Strong capacity to consider multiple perspectives, to pivot to respond to emerging needs and lead through organizational changes. • Years of successful multicultural immersion either working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire. An additional step for at least 10 years above minimum required of successful multicultural immersion working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire. • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities. The Fine Print: Work environment: Work is performed in an office environment while sitting in meetings or at a computer screen for extended periods inside and outside of Oregon Food Bank and will use computers and phones extensively. May work outside of general working hours of 8:00 – 5:00 p.m., such as evenings and weekends, and occasional travel out of town may occur. This role requires travel/personal vehicle use /work outside normal hours. Work may require to lift, move and carry objects from 20 to 40 pounds, such as boxes containing office and other supplies. Crouching, bending, kneeling and reaching when filing. Accommodations may be available upon request. Background Check: This position doesn’t require a criminal background check. Criminal background checks may be required for the following reasons: Inclement Weather, Service Disruptions and Disaster Response expectations: OFB is part of the regional disaster response network and, as part of our commitment to our community, we all are expected to report to work as soon as it’s safe to do so and to respond to the disaster, emergency, inclement weather or extended service disruption as needed and as possible. Work and paid designations are described in OFB’s Inclement Weather Guidelines. At all times staff is supported to prioritize their safety and those of their dependants, families and loved ones while in communication and coordination with supervisors. 1. Exempt classification refers to employees who earn a salary rather than an hourly rate for the work they do instead of the number of hours they take to complete the task. Exempt employees are not eligible for overtime pay or minimum wage. They; 1) Supervise two or more full-time employees or four part-time employees regularly; 2) Are responsible for managing at least part of a business; 3) Play an important role in the job status of other employees, including hiring and delegating tasks; or 1) Perform office or non-manual work directly related to the business operations or management of an organization and its customers; and 2) Exercise independent judgment and discretion over important business decisions.