Jobs & Opportunities
Submitted on September 22,2015
Scribe Seeks A Promotion and Outreach Coordinator
The Promotion and Outreach Coordinator, a full-time position, works with the Program Staff to promote Scribe Video Center’s programs, including educational workshops, community productions, public screenings and the catalog of media works produced through Scribe programs. Staying in close communication with Scribe’s diverse constituency is the core of the work, so that our programs are useful and used. An excellent writer and communicator, the Coordinator is focused on increasing, broadening, and deepening program participation, as well as making the general public aware of Scribe-produced works and programs. Planning and implementing promotional strategies for all our programs is a core responsibility of this position. A substantial part of this outreach work includes direct communication with our potential and actual constituency, through in-person meetings, as well as creating promotional materials for media and target audiences. The Promotion and Outreach Coordinator helps develop collaborative relationships, often through in-person outreach, with a wide variety of Philadelphia-area neighborhood organizations and schools, as well as recruiting program participants to take part in Scribe’s varied programs.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Coordinates the writing, design, and printing of the Scribe program brochure, working with the Director, Screening Manager, Guest Curators, Workshop Manager, and Designer. Three brochures are published annually, promoting workshops, screenings, and other special events in the upcoming season.
Through in-person meetings, carries out direct outreach to neighborhood organizations, schools, religious institutions, and arts organizations to enlarge and deepen our constituency and collaborations.
Develops marketing strategies for the promotion of Scribe programs and completed video works, including identifying target audiences and the most effective methods for reaching them.
Develops publicity materials, writes press releases and other promotional copy.
Develops and strengthens relationships with local and regional press contacts, including maintaining a database.
Assists in the distribution and exhibition of works produced through Scribe programs by writing program descriptions, uploading information to website, and promoting Scribe work to various screening, festival and broadcast venues.
Assists the Media Center Manager and Social Media Coordinator in creating and sharing social media postings across social media platforms (including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok), as well as promotion-related updates on Scribe’s website
Represents Scribe in the media, at professional conferences, panels, and festivals within the arts community and media arts fields.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- A demonstrated commitment to progressive social change
- Excellent writer and editor
- Solid experience with layout and design for print and web-based media
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Previous outreach work with the Philadelphia area’s diverse communities and familiarity with community issues
- Demonstrated ability with major social media platforms, social media marketing, and promotional strategies
- Engagement with the local community of digital media makers
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under pressure, organize work assignments, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable in order to contribute to problem-solving activities within a growing, changing organization.
- Ability to act in a tactful and diplomatic manner and work on sensitive issues with diverse groups of individuals
- Skilled with Microsoft Office Suite, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, and other appropriate software and apps
- Experience working in a non-profit arts organization
- A strong sense of aesthetics and style
APPLICATION: Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, a resume, and samples of promotional materials created previously. We discourage the use of AI-drafted application materials.
Materials should be submitted to jobs@scribe.org. Applications received before July 24 will receive first consideration.
Scribe Seeks Production Facilitators for the 2026 Precious Places Community History Project
Scribe Video Center, a non-profit media arts education organization, is seeking documentary production facilitators to work with community groups participating in the Precious Places Community History Project.
The Precious Places Community History Project is a community history project inviting members of the Philadelphia area's many neighborhoods to document the buildings, public spaces, parks, landmarks, and other sites that hold the memories of our communities and define where we live. Precious Places teaches the documentary production process to participating groups, fostering projects authored by those who intimately know the featured neighborhoods.
Responsibilities include:
1. Providing instruction to members of the community organization in the skills necessary to produce a short video documentary, including production management and editing.
2. In consultation with the community group, seeing that the project proceeds in accordance with Scribe’s overall production and completion schedule.
3. Guiding the group in logging and transcription procedures, as well as in the completion of an editing script (paper edit) prior to editing.
4. In consultation with the community group, supervising and executing the edit of the video using Adobe Premiere software.
Participating videomaking facilitators will spend an estimated 80 to 120 hours over the term of the project (generally 2-4 hours a week or 3 meetings a month) over an eight-month period beginning in late May 2026.
Production facilitators will receive an honorarium of $2500.00 for their work.
Send a letter of interest, resume, and work sample with the subject heading “Precious Places Production Facilitator” to: jobs@scribe.org, or mail to:
Precious Places
Scribe Video Center
3908 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
If you have any questions, please call 215-222-4201 or email jobs@scribe.org
Scribe Seeks Humanities and Social Science Facilitators for the 2026 Precious Places Community History Project
Scribe Video Center, non-profit media arts education organization, is seeking faculty members in the humanities and social sciences, as well as advanced graduate students in the humanities/social sciences, to work with community groups participating in the Precious Places Community History Project.
The Precious Places Community History Project is a community oral history project inviting members of the Philadelphia area's many neighborhoods to document the buildings, public spaces, parks, landmarks, and other sites that hold the memories of our communities and define where we live. The Precious Places teaches the documentary production process to participating groups, fostering projects authored by those who intimately know the featured neighborhoods. Neighborhood residents carry out research and production in each group with the help of a humanities/social science scholar and an experienced filmmaker.
We are presently seeking the assistance of humanities scholars and social scientists from the fields of history, urban studies, anthropology, folklore, and sociology to work as facilitators on Precious Places. We hope that you will consider collaborating with us on this exciting and groundbreaking project. As a humanities facilitator, you will help guide the research process, discuss the process of creating oral histories, advise on interview technique and strategies, and help identify sources of archival images and other corroborating materials.
Participating humanities and social science facilitators will meet about three times a month for four months with the groups, guide the group through one day of primary shooting, and consult during the editing process. Participating facilitators will spend an estimated 75 to 100 hours over the term of the project (generally 2-4 hours a week or 3 meetings a month) over an eight-month period beginning in June 2026.
Humanities and Social Science Facilitators will receive an honorarium of $2000.00 for their work.
Please send a letter of interest along with a resume or CV with the subject heading “Precious Places Humanities
Facilitator” to: jobs@scribe.org, or mail to:
Precious Places
Scribe Video Center
3908 Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104
If you have any questions, please call 215-222-4201 or email jobs@scribe.org
Teaching Artists Wanted
Some of Philadelphia’s most outstanding media makers have taught and presented works at Scribe. We create a venue for experienced media makers to share their skills with emerging artists at our workshops in West Philadelphia and in community media production projects throughout the Philadelphia region. We are looking for talented artists with solid skills in videography, sound recording, editing, animation and motion software, web design, and AR/VR production. Most of our instructors/facilitators have MFAs and/or have produced a solid body of creative work. Our hourly rate for teaching is comparable to area colleges.
Please send a cover letter, resume, and web links of your work to jobs@scribe.org with “Teaching Artist” in the subject line.
2026 Street Movies! Call for Works
Street Movies! is a free, public screening series that is curated and produced by Scribe Video Center in partnership with neighborhood-based organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region. We are looking for well-crafted, thought-provoking work of any genre, including family-friendly pieces. We screen a wide selection of documentary, narrative, experimental, animation works, and more. Filmmakers receive an honorarium if selected, and work may be screened at multiple sites throughout the series. Films should be 30 minutes or less in length.
There is no submission fee to submit. If interested, please fill out the open call form: https://forms.gle/VDy5327BmYDP1gBu8
For any questions, please contact William Michael, Street Movies! Field Producer & Programmer at william@scribe.org.
Freelance Photographers Wanted
Scribe Video Center seeks work-for-hire photographers to document community media projects. The photographer will attend production planning meetings and document community-based productions throughout the Philadelphia area. We are asking for behind-the-scenes production photos, as well as publicity stills suitable for newspaper, printed brochure, and web-based promotion. Scribe will pay $175 per shoot date for a minimum of ninety minutes per shoot and a minimum of 100 digital images.
If interested, please send a resume and examples of your work to jobs@scribe.org.
Storyville Call for Works
Scribe's Storyville provides a forum for regional media artists to exhibit their works and engage audiences in discussion.
For consideration, send a weblink of your film (or a DVD) and a cover letter with the title, total running time, director, distributor, and a brief description to:
kiera@scribe.org. Please write "Storyville" in the subject line
or via US Mail to:
Scribe Video Center
Attn: Storyville
3908 Lancaster Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
For more information, call (215) 222-4201.
Volunteer At Scribe
We often need volunteers at screenings and events. If you would like to be added to our list of prospective volunteers, please email us at inquiry@scribe.org.