Precious Places Production Facilitator

The Precious Places Community History Project is a community history project inviting members of Philadelphia'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 procedure, 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 on the project (generally 2-4 hours a week) over an eight-month period beginning in June 2024.

Facilitators will receive an honorarium of $2000.00 for their work.

Send a letter of interest, resume, and links to work sample with the subject heading “Precious Places Production Facilitator” to: jobs(at)scribe.org,

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Precious Places Humanities Consultants

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 the Precious Places Community History project. We hope that you will consider collaborating with us on this exciting and groundbreaking project.

As a humanities consultant, 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 consultants will meet about three times a month for three months with the groups, guide the group through one day of primary shooting, and consult during the editing process. Generally, we estimate up to 80 hours in total over a seven month period beginning in June of 2024. Participating humanities and social science consultants receive an honorarium of $1500.

Send a letter of interest along with a resume or CV with the subject heading “Precious Places Humanities Consultant” to: jobs(at)scribe.org, or mail to: Precious Places Scribe Video Center 3908 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19104. 

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Staff Producer/Coordinator of Community Productions

The Staff Producer/ Coordinator of Community Productions, a newly funded position at Scribe Video Center, supervises production programs and projects, including community media collaborations and other special projects. Production projects at Scribe include works developed by individual artists through our workshop program, short documentaries produced collaboratively with neighborhood groups, youth media productions, audio documentaries distributed as podcast and radio programs, and digital media productions created for other time-based media platforms, such as site specific installations. This is a 1/2 to 3/4 time position with full-health care, vacation, holiday and retirement savings benefits.

We are looking for a talented media artist with a deep and demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of Scribe. The Staff Producer will have a solid range of production experiences in documentary, narrative/scripted films, new media platforms and audio production. The Staff Producer will ideally have a background in both producing and the technical craft of media making.

The Staff Producer works with the Executive Director and Managing Director to develop budgets and work on timelines for commissioned projects, as well as assembling and hiring crew. Project management is a key role of the Staff Producer, making sure projects are realizing in accordance with the original project goals, on a schedule and budget as planned.

The Staff Producer also supervises Scribe’s on-going community media, youth, oral history and audio production projects – insuring that they are of high technical quality and that the program participants have the resources necessary to create their work.

The work of the Staff Producer/Coordinator of Community Productions includes:

• Project manager for Scribe’s on-going community media programs (including the Precious Places Community History Project, Community Visions, Muslim Voices);
• Guiding productions that develop from our educational curricula,
• Line producer for newly commissioned works, including site specific video installations;
• Assisting peer organizations in adopting participatory production methodologies developed at Scribe.

We are looking for candidates with the following experience:

• Five years experience in documentary media production;
• Strong body of work that has been exhibited and distributed in multiple venues or platforms (including festivals, broadcasts, theatrical, community screenings)
• Solid experience in multiple roles of documentary production
• Production experience with a variety of traditional and new platforms for digital media (e.g. audio, video, VR, AR, site specific installation)
• Knowledge of the independent media community in Philadelphia region
• Teaching experience at the community media arts center, college or university level.
• Fluent in English. Highly desirable if fluent in Spanish or other languages of communities in the Philadelphia region
• MFA or equivalent experience.

Scribe Video Center serves a broad and diverse constituency. We strive for a staff that mirrors the diversity of our region.

Salary: $32 to $34 an hour with health care, vacation, holiday and retirement savings benefits.

Please a send letter of interest and a resume or CV to: jobs@scribe.org. Please write “Staff Producer” in the subject line. Applications received by April 22, 2024  will receive priority review.

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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 instructor/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.

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 $125 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:

inquiry@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.