Organization: Black Men Build

Location: Remote

Type: Contract, Project Basis

Compensation: $2,300 monthly retainer with a 25% bonus structure to be allotted quarterly. This initial contract will run from April 2024 -December 2024, with the option to renew based on performance.

About Black Men Build

Black Men Build is a dynamic non-profit organization dedicated to empowering and uplifting Black communities through strategic initiatives, advocacy, and community engagement. Our mission is to create positive and lasting change by addressing the unique challenges faced by Black men and their communities.

Position Overview

We are seeking an in-house Content Producer / Content Creator to create short and long-form video content for Black Men Build’s social media presence on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. As a core member of our growing Communications team, you are someone who can seamlessly engage with political, historical, and cultural content in a way that engages, entertains, and moves people to action. This is a remote, contract-based role with a tentative start date of April 15, 2024.

The ideal candidate is highly creative and self-motivated, has excellent communication skills, and collaborates well with others. This person should be comfortable acting as a content creator and video editor/producer, adept at creating beautiful video content across platforms that adhere to brand guidelines and voice. While the primary focus will be on short-form content, priority will be given to individuals with long-form video content experience.

This role will work closely with the

Strategic Communications Manager and report to the Communications Director.

Responsibilities

What you’ll do...

• Create entertaining, educational, and relevant video content for Black Men Build social media that people want to share
• Work on crafting engaging, educational video content that helps further our mission of expanding Men’s Circles across the country, developing existing and new hubs, political education initiatives, fundraising, growth of our WARTIME magazine, and general brand awareness
• Conceptualize, script, produce, and shoot short-form video content for our social channels, primarily TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts
• Evolve our short-form video strategy with an eye towards quantitative analysis: run lots of content experiments and iterate on the ones that work.

What we’re looking for...

• 2-3 years creating social media content either as an independent creator and/or for brands, organizations, or organizations
• Experience on camera is a must with an active presence on Instagram, YouTube, and/or Tik Tok as a video content creator - Required