JOB: Photo/Video/Editor/Design/Coordinator positions available

Looking for a few full time positions to fill for a client.
5-7 years experience
3 year contract
Location will be at the Navy Yard
Positions:
- Videographer/editor
- Photojournalist
- Multimedia designer
- Digital Signage Manager
- Exhibit coordinator

Let me know if anyone is interested or has a name of someone who may be.

Thanks.

TOM GAMERTSFELDER CREATIVE INSTIGATOR
QNEXIS, INC. 11800 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE SUITE 400 RESTON, VA 20191
w 703.464.5100 X 108 | c 703.407.5151 | www.qnexis.com

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JOB: Online News Producer

Online News Producer, edweek.org

Education Week is seeking a creative, versatile online news producer who can bring fresh ideas, video-editing skills, and cutting-edge online design and development capabilities to a talented news operation that provides first-rate content for education policymakers, frontline educators, and wider audiences.

Published by the independent, nonprofit organization Editorial Projects in Education, Education Week spans multiple platforms, including a weekly print edition, a well-established online presence at edweek.org with more than 1 million registrants, specialized e-newsletters, special reports, a growing roster of staff- and guest-written blogs, webinars, online chats, video, and live events for education leaders.

The producer’s role will include: combining news articles, art, social media, and multimedia into vibrant content packages; assisting the online creative director with site design and development in a variety of platforms and content management systems; developing an ability to troubleshoot within those systems; editing video and audio and working with live-streaming operations; and participating in and leading various projects, such as work with databases, video and audio production, photo galleries, interactive design, user-generated content, and community building. An eye for quality, technical integrity, and journalistic standards are essential.

Online news presentation techniques and technology are constantly changing, and our producers are expected to bring new ideas, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial spirit to the job. You will have a voice and ownership of projects in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications:
• Experience with digital news production, website design, content management systems, and blog platforms
• Experience editing video and working with interactives and multimedia
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, Javascript (jquery), HTML and CSS
• Working knowledge of AfterEffects and PHP is a plus
• Knowledge of journalistic standards and the ability to work quickly and independently while being meticulous about quality and technical integrity
• Interest in education policy is a plus

Salary is commensurate with experience and comes with excellent benefits. The office is located in Bethesda, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C.

To apply: Send cover letter, résumé, and samples of your work to websearch@epe.org. Editorial Projects in Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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JOB: Web Photo Editor

Smithsonian.com is looking for a Web Editor:
 
Develop the editorial vision, strategic plans and editorial calendars for
the Smithsonian.com web site.
Work with marketing/advertising sales team to communicate editorial plans.
Oversee online editorial budget.
Develop, manage and edit Web stories, multimedia packages and Web
departments by freelancers and editorial staff.
 
Together with the Chief Digital Officer, Smithsonian Enterprises:
o Oversee and direct site upgrades and search engine optimization
improvements with the goal of increasing audience size and engagement.
o Forge editorial partnerships; oversee day-to-day partner management and
execution.
o Manage strategic relationships with content and syndication partners from
within the Smithsonian Institution and outside.
o Collaborate on digital content distribution strategies, including RSS,
blogger outreach, mobile, tablet, etc.
 
Bachelor¹s degree (B.A.) or equivalent in a related discipline from a
four-year college or university.

Minimum of five years full-time work experience developing online tools,
features and community elements for high-profile online news or feature
sites required. Journalism and management experience required. Must have
strong news judgment and a commitment to journalistic ethics and standards,
as well as superior writing and editing skills. 

Must have experience
developing, assigning and editing stories, and producing multimedia
packages. Demonstrated technical proficiency with Web design and
development, including working knowledge of content management systems,
HTML, XML, RSS, Flash, editing software for audio and video, site taxonomy
and content distribution techniques required.
 
Please forward a resume with cover letter to: (Please include salary
requirements)
sbvcareers@si.edu
Please include position title in subject line

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Freelance Editorial Assistant

Help Wanted: Freelance Editorial Assistant

KobreGuide is seeking an editorial assistant to help find, select and write about the best online videojournalism for KobreGuide to the Web’s Best Videojournalism (KobreGuide.com) .

Ideal candidate must be passionate and knowledgeable about videojournalism — visual aesthetics, journalism, and storytelling — and understand what differentiates it from TV news and feature documentaries. Excellent reporting, writing and copy editing skills are essential.

For KobreGuide criteria, please look here:
http://kobreguide.com/content/about_us#checklist

NOTE: This is a part-time freelance position with flexible hours. You will work from your own home or office.

Qualified applicants should email links to their online resume and work samples to KenKobre (at) gmail (dot) com. (SUBJECT: KOBREGUIDE EDITORIAL ASSISTANT) . Please do NOT attach documents to your email until personally requested. No phone calls please.

KobreGuide is an equal opportunity employer.

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