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Digital Storyteller

The Organization

Imagine if K-12 education was designed for all students to develop lives of meaning and purpose. In 2015 Wayfinder was founded at the Stanford d.school to answer this call. Our goal is to double our impact each year for the coming years. Our vision is to become the preeminent SEL curriculum company in the world - leading the global movement of purpose, meaning, and belonging-based education worldwide. 

What We Value

You will be joining a team of incredibly motivated and dedicated staff members that are committed to living the values of our organization. We have a close culture where team members get to know one another and work collaboratively across teams. We also feel and act like a purpose-driven organization. To the best of our abilities, each person’s role aligns with their own sense of purpose, which feeds into the organization’s larger sense of purpose.

Read this article by our Founder about our workplace culture in Conscious Company.

We also value access, equity, diversity, and belonging. This is represented primarily in three ways: our product, our staff, and our schools.

Product: We have intentionally developed our curriculum to be able to cross national, racial, and socio-economic boundaries. During the process of curriculum development, we have had over 30 educators work on and develop the curriculum from a variety of backgrounds.

Team: Our team is composed of people from a diverse range of backgrounds and life experience. We intentionally recruit, hire, and work with people from diverse identities + experiences.

School Partners: We intentionally target a wide array of educational partners, from traditional to non-traditional, that work with a range of students from different socioeconomic groups: we have taught our curriculum in low income schools in the Bronx, independent schools in Silicon Valley, and after-school programs in San Antonio.

Learn more: Wayfinder Team + School Partners

The Role

Wayfinder is looking for a dynamic Digital Storyteller with extensive experience using digital mediums to tell compelling, human-centered stories that inspire change and drive action. The Digital Storyteller will play an integral part in the Marketing Team’s efforts to grow our national footprint, creating engaging multi-media content that builds brand affinity and expands our market share. This role reports to the Head of Marketing.

Our ideal candidate will have:

  • Proven experience in photography and cinematic videography, including shooting, editing, and post-production techniques
  • A keen eye for aesthetics and storytelling, with a strong understanding of cinematic techniques and composition
  • Proficiency in video editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro) and graphic design tools (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom)
  • Strong writing and communication skills, with the ability to create engaging and concise content across various platforms
  • Familiarity with social media platforms and their best practices for content creation, audience engagement, and growth
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines
  • A passion for helping people, particularly youth, reach their full potential

You will be responsible for collaborating with a cross-functional group of internal and external stakeholders to create compelling content that showcases the transformational impact of our work in and out of schools. You will be the go-to expert on digital content creation, offering advice and support whenever needed to ensure effective collaboration and enablement.

We strongly encourage people from traditionally underrepresented populations in tech - such as women, People of Color, People with Disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people, etc - to apply!

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather information and generate creative ideas that align with marketing objectives
  • Create weekly videos and digital imagery that showcase some aspect of our brand, our partners, our team, or the broader company mission in alignment with the Marketing calendar
  • Design and execute a process that allows us to quickly capture customer stories, events, and other immersive experiences and turn them into digital assets
  • Manage the content creation process for developing multi-media assets, such as videos, photos, infographics, icons, and other creative outputs
  • Analyze content performance, providing actionable insights to refine our campaigns
  • Coordinating pre-production and shoot planning
  • Taking a project from ideation to completion, including preparation of files for presentation and posting

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a content creator
  • Strong digital photography/videography, lighting, and compositional skills
  • Strong knowledge in both natural and studio lighting
  • Expert knowledge of Photoshop, Lightroom, Premier, and Mac OS
  • Must be flexible, organized and have the ability to multitask while meeting deadlines
  • Cultural curiosity, as well as an awareness of popular social/design trends
  • Attention to detail and ability to take creative direction
  • Ability to travel multiple times per month, 30-60% travel, potentially on short notice

Compensation

This role is benchmarked at $65,000 - $85,000. Salary is dependent on location & experience.

Benefits

While we offer a competitive package that is based on location and experience, we also offer the following benefits:

  • Stock: Ownership in a fast-growing venture-backed company.
  • 401k: We care about your ability to save for your future.
  • Family Focus: Parental leave and flexibility for families.
  • Time Off: Flexible vacation policy to encourage people to get out and see the world.
  • Healthcare: Medical, dental, and vision policies.
  • Goodies: Whatever hardware and software you need to get the job done.
  • Team Fun: Regularly scheduled events, annual retreat, and celebrations.
  • Learning: Learning & development opportunities to grow your skills and career.
  • Great team: Working with fun, hard-working, kind people committed to making a difference!
  • Flexible culture: We are results-focused. We don’t work at the office every day.
  • And much more! Lots of other perks make this company an incredible place to work.

Location

This role is remote, and requires you to be actively online and available between 8am-5pm your local time. Must also be based in the US. Will require some travel periodically to meet with key partners and attend company conferences.

Next Steps, If Interested

If you are interested, please fill out the job application here. Include a portfolio that showcases your work across multiple mediums, with a specific focus on telling human-centered stories.

Role Disclaimers

EEO Statement 

At Wayfinder, we don’t just accept differences — we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Wayfinder is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Pay Transparency 

Wayfinder compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Wayfinder’s total compensation package. Additionally, Wayfinder provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, a monthly stipend, office buildout stipend, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation.

Reasonable Accommodations

Wayfinder is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact HR at hr@withwayfinder.com. 

Additional Notice

Please note that this job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties.