Sr. Digital Content Strategist

Job Posting Title
Sr. Digital Content Strategist

Employee Type
Regular

Recruiting Start Date
06-26-2024

Work Year
12

Job Exempt?
Yes

Recruiting End Date
Open Until Filled

Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our 'ohana!

Kamehameha Schools is currently looking for a team-focused, Senior Digital Content Strategist to support our enterprise-wide digital media needs.

Our ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience of content creation - shooting, editing & producing video, still photography experience covering Native Hawaiian cultural topics, with deep familiarity of 'ōlelo and 'ike Hawai'i.

This position needs to be based in Hawaii, but can reside on any island.
Mon - Fri schedule, but work on weekends/holidays may be required.
Occasional travel may also be required.*Candidates will be asked to provide links to their digital portfolios.Targeted salary is $93,800 - $109,500, depending on experience level.Job Summary

This position manages collaborative digital media and e-publication projects from strategic conception with appropriate internal and external partners, to multimedia product development, to dissemination through strategic digital and other distribution approaches, and ensures content cohesion and logistical coordination among multiple projects, stakeholders, and collaborators.

Manages the design, creation and refinement of multi-media products that engage, reinforce and invigorate Hawaiian cultural and language vibrancy; that strengthens collective community engagement around Kamehameha Schools' goal of nurturing 'ōiwi leaders in keeping with the strategic directions of Kamehameha Schools and its community partners engaged in shared KS and community programs and projects. Multimedia products envisioned include graphic design, publications (print and digital), illustrations, photography, videography (documentaries, creative storytelling pieces, vignettes, montages, short promotional pieces, etc.), and other cultural-educational materials for use in virtual or in-person contexts.

This position also focuses on directing and delivering experiences and engagements through a variety of strategically selected and cultivated virtual platforms for targeted audiences to address specific project and program goals of KS and its community partners. Leads digital development work and collaborates with internal staff and appropriate community partners on project teams to identify and implement effective strategies for designing and delivering powerful digital experiences to meet desired outcomes.

Essential ResponsibilitiesManagement & External Coordination

• In conjunction with DCM, manages third-party vendor contracts and in-house Kamehameha Schools (KS) resources, allocates and deploys resources as needed on a per-project basis.
  
• Manages budgets for assigned projects.
  
• Manages the planning and execution phases of projects assigned by division leadership
  
• Coordinate with various content creators, educators, and school leaders within the Kaneokana network, and other community partners regarding all aspects of capturing film footage, images, interviews, etc. involved in content creation, including plans to ensure sensitivity in cultural matters, to prioritize the real time instruction occurring (i.e., not being a distraction to actual instruction being captured), to facilitate the development by the school of related collateral material, and other specifics unique to each project.
  
• May lead project teams and direct work of internal staff.
  

• Leads the creation of professional, polished video products in support of cultural-educational programs and initiatives in collaboration with internal KS teams and external KS community partners related to specific program and project goals. Includes video capture, editing, and post production work.
  
• Performs graphic design and layout of works involving a range of textual elements.
  
• Designs and develops appropriate content and messaging in alignment with project or program goals and objectives.
  
• Integrates photography, illustration, and audio elements to enhance products.
  
• Monitors technological trends to position products developed at the leading edge of multimedia delivery.
  

• Applies expertise in understanding various digital content delivery platforms and approaches to strategically deliver content to targeted audiences to achieve focused goals.
  
• Monitors social media trends and opportunities to ensure strategic and effective use of online dissemination channels.
  
• Ensures effective and easy access of online content for targeted audiences through skillful use of appropriate social media, web, and other multimedia platforms.
  
• Designs graphic elements for use in varied online and print contexts.
  
• Creates and codes effective messages for mass communication through social media, email, or other campaign and communication platforms.
  
• Delivers messaging and shapes an experience for virtual and in-person audiences.
  
• Develops and implements strategies for increased engagement among a variety of audiences in digital media including web, social media, virtual applications, etc.
  
• Directs and delivers experiences and engagements through a variety of virtual platforms or in-person experiences enhanced via virtual elements.
  
• Manages virtual platform operations, social media functions, virtual engagement technologies (virtual engagement environments), and streaming technology.
  
• Manages all technical aspects of virtual engagement contexts, including connecting with partner organizations and setting up webinars, virtual conferencing, film screenings, online concerts, website interactivity, etc., at times accommodating multiple languages.
  

• Bachelor's Degree in Video Production, Media Arts, Graphic Design, Digital Design, Digital Studies, Digital Technologies, Digital Design, Web Technology, New Media Design, Media Arts, Communications, or related field.
  
• Minimum 7 years of practical experience in the field with diverse portfolio and demonstrable expertise in at least two of the following: video production, graphic design, virtual engagement, and website construction.
  
• Expertise in developing and disseminating multimedia products such as video pieces, digital educational materials or other products.
  
• Expertise with digital technologies, business applications, or graphics software, applying the most up- to-date industry standards and trends.
  
• Expertise with marketing and.