POSITION SUMMARYFeeding San Diego is looking for a creative storyteller and video journalist to join our team to expand our visual storytelling capabilities, specifically through organic social content creation and management and video production. This role will support our Marketing & Communications team in honing and expanding storytelling around Feeding San Diego’s critical hunger relief and food rescue programs and the inspiring community of San Diegans who make our mission possible.The role is focused on finding engaging and authentic ways to visually tell the stories from within our organization across owned and paid media channels and for internal and external use. The creator will be responsible for ideating, developing, and executing content across social platforms and creating short and long-form videos. This role will work directly within the Feeding San Diego network (this includes stakeholders such as neighbors who receive support from our programs, donors, volunteers, partners, and staff) to identify compelling stories and will use creative and technical skills to bring them to life using video, photo, graphics, or a well-timed meme or trending audio.The ideal candidate has a background in using digital mediums to create a wide range of stories, whether for social media, news segments, or film, and is open-minded, collaborative, and thinks video-first when it comes to storytelling. This role will be directly involved in developing creative campaign concepts and strategic plans for social media outlets and fundraising campaigns to effectively launch campaigns and steward our audiences through the funnel, ensuring alignment with marketing objectives and target audience engagement.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESSocial Media ManagementUnder the supervision of the Senior Communications Manager, lead social content ideation and creation and contribute to strategyThis role creates all static and video content, writes captions, and schedules out contentOwn the content calendar and measurement framework with a focus on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTubeWork closely within the Feeding San Diego network (food donors, volunteers, agency partners, etc.) to assure content creation that is relevant and further supports the brandDevelop content that is engaging, authentic, educational, on-brand, and people first across all channelsUphold an in-depth knowledge of various social media platforms and their featuresAct as on camera talent when neededWith Senior Communications Manager, set goals and KPIs and report monthly on performance across all platforms and adjust when necessary Video ProductionEnd-to-end content creation, including video production, script writing, audio selection, copywriting, and video editing – from responsive, quick hits, to major, long-lead seriesCoordinate video production including scheduling interviews and b-roll shootsUpload all content to file sharing system (PhotoShelter) for internal and external useProficiency with professional photography and videography equipment and editing software:Must have Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro experienceMust be comfortable using a DSLR/mirrorless camera, audio-recording devices, and professional lighting to capture photo and videoCollaborationThis role will interact directly with the public, including with people who are food distribution partners of Feeding San Diego, volunteers for our organization, food donors, and the people who receive food from the organization’s hunger-relief programsAbility to show compassion is necessary when creating content around the impact that Feeding San Diego’s programs haveParticipate in Marketing & Communications department meetings to collaborate with other roles in the team (director of marketing & communications, senior digital marketing manager, brand manager, digital marketing manager) on content creationThis role will also be attuned to the best practices of Feeding America, the national organization of which Feeding San Diego is a partner food bank ofINTERACTIONThe position will interact closely with FSD employees, visitors, neighbors, volunteers, donors, and partner representatives. This position will also interact with all staff at Feeding San Diego.
