Are you ready to use your visual storytelling and production skills to amplify the impact of a pioneering social enterprise working to correct the vision of millions of low-income customers so they can work, learn, stay safe, and care for their families?

VisionSpring seeks an innovative, collaborative, technically savvy visual storyteller. The Global Multimedia Producer and Editor leads multimedia creation and development, creating original photo and video content and managing a team of international consultants and freelancers. The global manager oversees day-to-day dynamic content development, operations, and amplification. Our audiences include social media viewers, philanthropic organizations and individual donors; media outlets; customers; and other key partners. The person in this role collaborates closely with senior managers across multiple departments including marketing, programs, resource mobilization, and the executive office to develop and implement VisionSpring’s storytelling vision. The global multimedia producer and editor is the primary liaison with internal/external photographers and videographers.

The person in this role works in close collaboration with internal stakeholders, including the marketing, development, programs, and sales teams across eight countries—Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia—and other markets. This position reports to the global senior director of marketing in the United States. This role is remote and may be located anywhere in the world while accommodating USA Eastern time zone availability.

ABOUT YOU

• You are passionate about character-driven, emotionally-impactful visual storytelling, and are excited to solve problems creatively to ensure people’s stories are told with empathy and dignity.
• You are a technically excellent video producer, writer, and editor.
• You are experienced at curating photography and other visuals to best suit the needs of a diverse range of projects for publication.
• You have an eye for design and love generating distinctive messaging that allows mission-driven organizations to do good, better.
• You find joy in collaboration with international team members across time zones to uncover the colorful details that bring your stories to life, even if it means starting early or ending late some days.
• You are deeply curious about social enterprise models, field operations, and the experiences of partners and customers; you are an exceptional organizational ambassador.
• You shine when communicating with internal and external stakeholders, and your words inspire excitement about what we can do together.
• You enjoy creating structure, have exceptional focus and follow-through, and prioritize before you act.
• You are flexible and adaptable and thrive in environments where each day is unlike the next.

ABOUT US

• VisionSpring increases lifelong earning, learning, safety, and well-being through eyeglasses for people vulnerable to poverty. We believe in the wonder of clear vision for everybody. Our vision is to ensure that everyone who needs eyeglasses will have them by 2050, and your role as a Senior Proposal Writer will be instrumental in achieving this inspiring goal.
• We sell and deliver radically affordable optical products and services and develop markets for eyeglasses. This 700-year-old technology has failed to reach 1 billion people in need of vision correction, most of whom live on less than $4 a day.
• We serve low-income consumers, not as beneficiaries but as customers. Our customers expect high-quality, affordable products and eyecare services, and are willing to spend their limited discretionary income on the immediate and tangible benefits of vision correction.
• As a social enterprise, we are purpose first. We blend philanthropic and earned revenue, drawing on nonprofit and business practices, and utilize sales and efficiency metrics, as well as social impact measures, to bring vision correction to an ever-growing number of people.
• We catalyze collaborative action in an expansive, multisector partner network and use our evidence and experience to influence systems change and close the global clear vision gap.
• We believe in scaling our impact, not our organization. We are a lean team of doers, which means you’ll have the opportunity to take on significant responsibilities and make a direct impact on our mission.
• Our big goal: Everyone who needs eyeglasses will have them by 2050.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Multimedia Content Creation, Development, and Oversight

• Work closely with the CEO and Global VP of Marcom to master VisionSpring’s visual and written “voice.”
• Work globally with key internal stakeholders—such as development, sales, programs, resource mobilization and HR teams—to source and/or create the multimedia materials they need to succeed.
• Capitalize on opportunities to train frontline colleagues how to create dynamic visuals with the VisionSpring voice.
• Write and edit high-performance scripts and storyboards supporting content including videos, social media posts, annual and quarterly reports, donor communications, fact sheets, website collateral, briefings, newsletters, blogs, and scripts.
• Write, produce and edit high-quality videos, from vertical social media videos highlighting recent events and accomplishments, to character-driven short documentaries highlighting the communities we serve.
• Collaborate on and visually support with photography and media used in print and digital publications, such as annual and quarterly reports, donor communications, fact sheets, talent briefings, website collateral, briefings, newsletters, and social media posts.
• Maintain VisionSpring’s brand throughout all multimedia production including appropriate use of logo, consistent look and feel, and messaging.
• Build and manage a team of diverse international consultants—including videographers, photographers and designers—working with in-market creatives.
• Manage major editorial projects including short- and long-form documentaries.

Strategy, Planning, and Reporting

• Report to and work with the senior global director of marketing to develop and implement a strategic communications plan that amplifies VisionSpring’s story.
• Create and design a dynamic tactical content strategy and a 3-5-year multimedia roadmap with key KPIs to measure success as VisionSpring creates, delivers, and publishes engaging content.
• Identify leaders in multimedia content. Analyze their effective practices to determine feasibility for implementing similar content strategies.
• Contribute to reports on marketing and communications metrics.

Asset Management

• Catalog archival imagery for historical and organizational purposes.
• Maintain incoming shoots and organize select edits of imagery to increase recognition of and ease access to important files for future internal and external use.
• Develop and oversee the implementation of a digital asset management (DAM) system for VisionSpring’s multimedia database.

WHAT’S REQUIRED

• Minimum of 7-10 years of relevant work experience—including documentary filmmaking, visual journalism, or marketing and communications roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in filmmaking, photography, journalism, communications, or a liberal arts field.
• Strong script writing skills and the ability to proofread at an advanced level.
• Technical experience in diverse types of media production.
• Advanced skills in video editing through Adobe Premiere, proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and experience using Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Photography experience, particularly sourcing and editing still imagery for publication.
• Impeccable attention to detail with strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Comfort with a flexible work schedule and working across multiple time zones.
• Experience, and a commitment to, working respectfully with a diverse team; experience collaborating with outside consultants to move projects forward.
• Demonstrated interest in social enterprise models and desire to learn how to articulate and share VisionSpring’s unique approach.
• Must meet the highest standards of ethics and personal integrity, with a demonstrated capacity for discretion and for handling sensitive information with care.
• Must be highly organized with extraordinary follow through, a sense of urgency and a strong personal sense of accountability.
• Must be legally and permanently authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be available and be able to travel in frontier or emerging market setting, up to 15% of the time, for domestic and international assignments to locations with limited infrastructure.
• You will impress us if you have any of the following: (1) Advanced degree in journalism, communications, public relations, or another related field; (2) Experience working as a photo journalist or with the media (print, television, online) including the development, successful delivery, and uptake of press releases; (3) Experience living in a low-income setting and/or working/studying across languages and cultures; (4) Experience crafting communications for social enterprises and/or nonprofits. (5) Understanding of the PR supply chain; and/or (6) Experience using marketing automation platforms.

COMPENSATION

• We offer comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision, as well as 401(k)

TO APPLY

• We want to know more than just what you have done. We want to know who you are. What are the passions and talents that draw you to this role?
• Please update your CV/résumé to include links to your portfolio of multimedia work AND a phrase or sentence describing the business of each organization where you have worked. Applications without this information are disadvantaged in the process.
• Please submit a complete application, including a thoughtful cover letter and CV/résumé.

PLEASE NOTE

• Only candidates invited to interview will be contacted.
• This role does require a paid skill assignment as part of the interview process.
• At VisionSpring, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with our core value to advance equity. Our mission is predicated on removing a fundamental barrier to full economic and social participation—uncorrected blurry vision. The values that underpin our mission energize our commitment to a diverse and inclusive team. A diverse team also allows VisionSpring to approach problems with nuance and develop unique insights that drive an outsized positive impact in the world. We actively recruit, develop, and retain talented people from diverse backgrounds and support everyone in being exactly who they are. VisionSpring is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.

How to Apply:

• We want to know more than just what you have done. We want to know who you are. What are the passions and talents that draw you to this role?
• Please update your CV/résumé to include links to your portfolio of multimedia work AND a phrase or sentence describing the business of each organization where you have worked. Applications without this information are disadvantaged in the process.
• Please submit a complete application, including a thoughtful cover letter and CV/résumé at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4227603581

PLEASE NOTE

• Only candidates invited to interview will be contacted.
• This role does require a paid skill assignment as part of the interview process.
• At VisionSpring, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with our core value to advance equity. Our mission is predicated on removing a fundamental barrier to full economic and social participation—uncorrected blurry vision. The values that underpin our mission energize our commitment to a diverse and inclusive team. A diverse team also allows VisionSpring to approach problems with nuance and develop unique insights that drive an outsized positive impact in the world. We actively recruit, develop, and retain talented people from diverse backgrounds and support everyone in being exactly who they are. VisionSpring is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.