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Company: | Public Broadcasting Service |
Industry: |
Broadcasting / Radio
Film / TV / Modeling |
Job Type: | Full Time |
Country: | United States |
State/Province: | Virginia |
City: | Arlington |
Post Date: | 04/16/2024 06:05 PM |
Position Title: Sr. Manager, Content Development - The American Revolution Initiative Department: LearningMedia Corporate Area: General Audience Programming Status: Fixed Term (Fixed Term), Full time Exempt Manager Title: Sr. Director, Operations & Strategy, LearningMedia Position Overview: PBS LearningMedia is PBS's flagship digital teaching and learning service for PreK-12 educators and students. We partner with PBS member stations and mission-aligned organizations to create, distribute, and engage Pre-K-12 teachers and students with thousands of free, standards-aligned resources including videos, interactives, teaching tips, and other media-rich learning experiences. PBS LearningMedia is supporting a new multi-faceted programming and community engagement initiative surrounding Ken Burns's upcoming film, The American Revolution. The project will provide opportunities for individuals-including teachers and students-to participate in a national conversation about this period in U.S. history. The project seeks to inspire diverse audiences across the United States to learn about how the Revolutionary era shaped our country's identity and to build understanding of how the ideals and contradictions of this era are essential for addressing some of today's most vital issues through civic participation. Reporting in to both the Senior Director, Strategy & Operations, and the Senior Director, Content & Curriculum, this role will be responsible for the curation and creation of classroom content, in support of The American Revolution film and its initiative, for grades K-12. The position also will take a leading role in partnership management and the content distribution strategy for the initiative. This role is also responsible for creating a content strategy for The American Revolution initiative, defining success metrics, partnership management, developing and curating high-quality content, ensuring editorial best practices, and identifying opportunities for collaboration and distribution across internal PBS teams, external partners, and PBS member stations. A successful candidate will have a strong background in content strategy and editorial oversight, with an emphasis on writing and editing, as well as a deep understanding of social studies curricula for grades K-12 and experience with cross-departmental initiatives involving multiple internal and external stakeholders. They will have knowledge of the intersection of content, design, and user experience, targeting an audience of educators and their students. They will understand basic SEO principles and metadata best practices and will be expected to develop a deep knowledge of the PBS LearningMedia content management system. Applications with cover letters are strongly encouraged. Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
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PBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with the EEOC and the Commonwealth of Virginia. |
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