Digital Media and Studio Manager SDB00198

DHRM • Harrisonburg, VA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Digital Media and Studio Manager at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (VSDB) serves as the agency’s lead multimedia professional. The manager plans, develops, produces, manages, and coordinates digital media resources, communications initiatives, and storytelling efforts supporting educational programs, employee learning, family engagement, public school partnerships, educational outreach, public information, historical preservation, workforce readiness, institutional storytelling, and agency-wide communications.

Working collaboratively across departments and programs, the manager develops high-quality multimedia resources for students, families, employees, alumni, public school partners, community stakeholders, state agencies, and agency leadership. The position is a centralized agency resource for video production, digital learning, institutional storytelling, public awareness initiatives, and outreach resources.

VSDB provides PreK–12 education in Staunton, Virginia, for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or vision impaired, deafblind, or deaf or blind with other disabilities. The school offers residential and day student options and supports students in pursuing independence and their highest academic potential.

Requirements

• Evidence of successful experience and accomplishments in several relevant areas, such as multimedia production, educational technology, digital learning, museum media, project management, workforce development, outreach, public school partnership support, or related fields.
• Experience planning, developing, producing, and managing multimedia projects from concept through implementation.
• Experience working with individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind, Low Vision, Deafblind, and/or individuals with additional disabilities.
• Experience developing accessible multimedia resources that communicate meaningful stories to diverse audiences.
• Experience collaborating with students, families, educators, public school partners, alumni, service providers, employers, community organizations, and agency partners to develop multimedia content.
• Experience managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, timelines, budgets, vendors, and external partners.
• Applicants should be prepared to provide portfolios, work samples, project examples, productions, campaigns, exhibits, instructional resources, outreach resources, or other evidence demonstrating relevant knowledge, skills, abilities, and accomplishments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, produce, manage, and coordinate multimedia projects and digital media resources from concept through implementation.
• Develop communications initiatives and storytelling efforts supporting educational programs, employee learning, family engagement, public school partnerships, educational outreach, public information, historical preservation, workforce readiness, and institutional storytelling.
• Produce agency-wide communications and high-quality multimedia resources for students, families, employees, alumni, public school partners, community stakeholders, state agencies, and agency leadership.
• Provide centralized agency support for video production, digital learning, institutional storytelling, public awareness initiatives, and outreach resources.
• Collaborate across departments and programs and with students, families, educators, partners, service providers, employers, community organizations, and other stakeholders to develop multimedia content.
• Develop resources for professional learning, family engagement, public school partnerships, educational outreach, public awareness, workforce development, and community engagement.
• Apply accessibility principles and communication access strategies in multimedia production.
• Use multimedia, storytelling, simulations, and emerging technologies to support communication access, language acquisition, literacy, workforce readiness, outreach, and lifelong learning.
• Capture and share stories highlighting educational experiences, workforce outcomes, historical contributions, community impact, organizational mission, student success, and family engagement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed