Manager, Video Production

Embark on a transformative journey with Jack.org, where you will play a pivotal role in reshaping youth mental health across Canada. Our mission is to empower young individuals with community, knowledge, and tools to champion mental well-being. We envision a world where youth experience mental well-being, not distress. We stand poised and empowered for this crucial task, fortified by dedicated donors, a robust financial reserve, visionary leadership, and a high-performing team eager to drive change.

Focused on addressing the prevalent issue of mental health distress among youth, particularly those systematically excluded from mental health dialogue and action, we adapt programming to cater to diverse youth demographics and communities across Canada. Our approach centers on upstream prevention of mental distress and the promotion of mental well-being.

Ready to play a vital role in supporting the team that shapes the future of youth mental health in Canada? Join us in ensuring our dedicated staff is well-supported, enabling them to deliver on our mission with excellence for the benefit of the youth we serve

**Position**:Manager, Video Production

**Reporting to**:VP, Marketing and Communications

**About You**:

- A strong portfolio or reel showing your experience in video content production / management, service operations, project management, and/or editorial background.
- A self-sufficient and detail-oriented Project Management mindset for production processes and coordination. You pride yourself in checking for quality in every regard before it goes out.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in video production, creative arts, journalism or marketing.

**Your Impact**:
The person in this role will also manage creative content practices and continuously improve upon processes to weave efficiency, transparency and clarity into your collaboration with different stakeholders.
In addition to developing video content that resonates with youth, this role will drive the creation of video marketing assets to expand our reach to youth and donors across Canada.

You’ll be joining a collaborative team of other designers, storytellers, mental health advocates, and creative marketers to build the Jack.org brand and impact youth everywhere.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Production (35%)**
- Managing the production and delivery of video content for Jack.org from start to finish, specifically:

- impact storytelling & promotional videos (40%) to drive brand awareness, fundraising and program engagement
- Crafting briefs based on the objectives set out by the Programs, Marketing & Communications, and Development teams.
- Optimizing content, storytelling methods and formats to ensure the organization is best positioned to connect with and educate youth, as well as achieve funding, fundraising, and partnership objectives.
- Leading the vision and story development for video projects that seek to educate and connect with audiences
- Run creative brainstorms for new brand video content opportunities, providing leadership on video and content production across the organization
- Ensuring Jack.org video content and brand appeal is a leader in the not-for-profit space by continually improving video content practices and strategizing from insights to ensure performance and audience connection.
- Support production of experiential and live events, including Jack Rides, through coordination with vendors and designers.

**Post-Production (45%)**
- Editing videos in Adobe Premiere for a range of environments including social channels, program settings (e.g., schools & community centers), and paid media opportunities.
- Exercising editorial judgment with visual and sound selections, showing a good eye/ear for the highest quality content.
- Be accountable for all content quality and brand standards, including by providing oversight of videos produced by external collaborators.
- Ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of video content for campaigns.

**Collaboration & Cross-Functional Work with Vendors & Internal Stakeholders (20%)**
- Serving as the point of contact for internal production requests and collaborating with teams on their content and marketing campaigns.
- Manage and refine internal processes and policies specific to production, including the video request desk, release contracts, policies for youth storytelling, etc.
- Working with the Programs team to identify, source, find, assess and capture stories from Jack.org’s youth network and beyond, as needed to build out compelling educational content.
- Focusing and committing to managing meaningful relationships with an expanding network of youth storytellers.
- Managing a roster of freelancers and agencies to support production needs.
- Leading external vendors through projects ensuring everyone delivers on their responsibilities in a timely manner and to the highest of standards.
- Ensuring an effective planning and briefing process, so that age