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Media Arts Facilitator at EL PUENTE DE WILLIAMSBURG INC

Media Arts Facilitator

EL PUENTE DE WILLIAMSBURG INC · NY, US

2 days ago

Media Arts Facilitator

EL PUENTE DE WILLIAMSBURG INC · NY, US

2 days ago
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About the Role

El Puente is seeking a Media Arts Facilitator to lead hands-on workshops in filmmaking, photography, and digital art at its Beacon program. The facilitator will help young people build technical skills, tell stories in their own voices, and use media to explore culture, identity, and social justice.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and lead culturally responsive workshops in filmmaking, photography, and digital art that explore culture, identity, and social justice.
  • Set clear learning goals and adapt activities to members’ ages, interests, abilities, and experience, drawing on El Puente’s Creative Justice Approach and Art-ivation process.
  • Guide members from developing their ideas through production, editing, and presentation.
  • Teach responsible recording and sharing practices, and give young people a say in the stories they tell and how they share them.
  • Maintain a safe, welcoming workshop environment through active supervision.
  • Assign responsibilities to classroom assistants when available.
  • Prepare workshop materials, maintain shared equipment, and communicate participant needs or concerns to Beacon staff.
  • Collaborate with Beacon staff and teaching artists across El Puente sites on youth projects, screenings, exhibitions, and community events.

Requirements

  • At least two years of relevant experience, including facilitating arts activities for young people with different learning needs, abilities, and levels of experience.
  • Proficiency in filmmaking, photography, digital art, or a related media arts discipline, with the ability to teach foundational skills and connect projects to social justice.
  • Ability to lead and supervise youth groups, communicate with families and staff, and collaborate with teaching artists across disciplines.

Skills

  • Filmmaking
  • Photography
  • Digital Art
  • Media Arts Facilitation
  • Youth Development
  • Social Justice
  • Art-ivation Process
  • Creative Justice Approach

Location

  • Brooklyn, NY

Work Type

  • Part Time
  • In-person

Experience Level

  • 2+ years of relevant experience

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

  • $35.00 per hour

About the Company

  • El Puente is a human rights institution founded in 1982 with a mission to inspire and nurture leadership for peace and justice.
  • Based in New York City and Puerto Rico, El Puente supports community-led movements for self-determination through youth and community development, arts and cultural organizing, education, and civic engagement.
  • El Puente is rooted in the belief that young people are leaders, artists, organizers, and agents of change.
  • Its Youth Leadership Centers bring together arts for social change, academic enrichment, and leadership development through a membership model.
  • Young people participate regularly, build relationships with peers and mentors, and use the arts to explore and respond to issues that affect their communities.

Equal Opportunity

  • El Puente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve.
  • We strongly encourage applications from Black, Latinx, Indigenous, immigrant, LGBTQIA+, and other historically underrepresented communities.
  • We value lived experience, community leadership, multilingualism, and cultural knowledge as essential assets in advancing our mission of youth leadership, justice, and community transformation.