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Director, Programs – The Video Consortium
Location: Remote
Application Deadline: Rolling, until position is filled
About Us:
The Video Consortium is looking for a thoughtful, detail-oriented, extremely proactive, and driven Director of Programs to join our fully remote team. This role sits at the heart of VC’s global operations, charting the vision for VC’s programs and acting as the connective tissue between teams, initiatives, and membership — ensuring cohesion and consistency across all of VC’s program offerings, communications, and partnerships.
The ideal candidate is a systems thinker who thrives on collaboration, has an intuitive grasp of narrative and impact, and understands how to guide multifaceted projects from vision to execution. They also, vitally, are deeply familiar with the media industry across documentary, journalism, and new media sectors (youtube, creators, etc). This person will be excited by the opportunity to work closely with team leads across departments, lead the charge on cross-regional programming efforts, and innovatively push boundaries to support creatives and communities around the world.
💡 Please note: this role will not be a fit for an active filmmaker or artist, and candidates are eligible if they have experience in both documentary and journalism industries.
What You’ll Do:
Program Strategy + Development
Collaborate with our core team on brainstorming, planning, and executing both new and ongoing programs and initiatives.
Collaborate with managers who lead our community hubs (in the United States and around the world) and regional programs (in Latin American, Africa, and Asia) to strengthen VC’s impact and ensure programmatic priorities are actively empowering local communities within their own cultures and storytelling practices.
Holistically support the Executive Director, especially to craft new programs and strengthen existing initiatives.
Help spearhead and track content partnerships and grant-related programming deliverables and timelines, particularly for regionally-based or international initiatives.
Ensure all programs — from podcasts to fellowships to local gatherings — cohesively align with VC’s mission, goals, and brand voice and are responsive to community needs.
Actively monitor industry changes to adjust our programs to fit creatives’ needs and remain in conversation with VC’s partners and collaborators.
Organizational Cohesion
Maintain a bird’s-eye view of all externally-facing programming and serve as the central connector between departments, regions, and projects.
Lead recurring meetings with each department head to synchronize timelines, content strategies, event planning, and communications to ensure proper source allocation, promotion, and execution on schedule.
Work closely with the Director of Operations to ensure alignment in team workflows and consistency of processes.
Edit and provide feedback on event listings, podcast show notes, and editorial columns to ensure tone, clarity, and cohesion.
Ensure VC maintains its warm tone and brand voice as it expands into new regions and speaks new languages.
Requirements:
5+ years of experience in media program / project management within the documentary, journalism, or media nonprofit space.
Deep familiarity with and connections in the media landscape (in both documentary and journalism industries), with a strong interest in emerging forms of storytelling.
Experience managing remote teams and working across time zones, cultures, and platforms.
Strong editorial sensibility and ease in evaluating writing, tone, and visual messaging with a critical eye.
Highly organized and extraordinarily detail-oriented, with an ability to balance many moving parts and deadlines.
A natural tendency towards collaboration, and strong capabilities in running meetings and conversations with warmth, curiosity, and steadiness.
Comfortable using collaborative tools (e.g., Slack, Google Workspace, Monday.com, Airtable) and adapting to evolving systems.
Proven excellence in both big-picture thinking and simultaneous attention to minutia, with proactive logistical follow-through.
Passionate about building global communities and supporting underrepresented voices in media.
Role Specifics:
Reports to: Executive Director
Full-time (W2) position (must be US-based, EST preferred)
Salary: $70,000-80,000
Location: Fully remote. Role may require travel to attend programming events and/or represent VC at professional gatherings.
Benefits: Monthly healthcare and home office stipends, flexible work hours, Summer Fridays, generous PTO and holiday schedule
To Apply:
Please submit the following materials:
Your resume / LinkedIn profile
A cover letter outlining your experience with program or project management
Please include examples of one or two initiatives you’ve designed and/or led that involved cross-functional coordination or global program collaboration
We’re excited to hear from you!
Location: Fully Remote
Type: 10-25 hours/week (to fluctuate per program stages)
Works with: Co-Director, Solutions Storytelling Project: Africa
Reports to: Executive Director
Application Deadline: Rolling until September 25, 2025*
* Actively interviewing as applications are submitted, and potential to close this app when the right fit is found.
Start/end date: October 2025 - June 2027
Position Overview:
The Video Consortium is thrilled to present a fourth year of the Solutions Storytelling Project, a collaborative storytelling fellowship that connects regional filmmakers and social innovators in the Global South to produce solutions-focused short documentaries that catalyze positive change.
Thus far, since 2022, SSP has brought 72 documentary filmmakers and nonprofit organizations across Africa, Latin America, and Asia together to successfully create three dozen award-winning short films that have been viewed millions of times to date. Now, the program is coming back to Africa!
We’re looking for a highly organized, proactive, efficient, and detail-oriented Program Co-Director to lead SSP in Africa for the program's fourth year. It's requisite that applicants for this role be from, living in, and/or deeply familiar with African cultures and media practices, as well as with American media workflows and industry.
This role will work closely with the program’s other Co-Director and report to VC’s Executive Director while spearheading robust relationships and intensive productions for 15 paired filmmakers and nonprofit organizations who are doing inspiring work across Africa. They will also co-lead a wide array of master classes and mentorship opportunities for the program’s filmmakers.
This is an intense and highly rewarding program with a mission to make a big impact; we’re looking for someone who’s extremely passionate about using storytelling for social good and has the storytelling/content and management skill set to lead this program with tremendous care, sensitivity, and excitement.
Program Co-Director Responsibilities:
Cull through program applications from filmmakers and organizations, help vet and finalize the program’s participants, hold Q&A sessions for applicants.
Be in deep communication with each filmmaker and organization from pre-production to production to post-production, through the publishing and impact phase (slated for early 2027).
Co-lead weekly calls with filmmakers and host industry guest speakers from around the world.
Co-lead monthly calls with participating nonprofit organizations and ensure they're supported and aligned with production schedules.
Edit film proposals/treatments, ensuring they align with organizations’ priorities and filmmakers’ values, and that stories are concise and strong.
Follow production schedules and help coordinate equipment, personnel, and travel needs where needed (remotely), while ensuring all are on schedule.
Review rough cuts with extreme detail and a critical eye, and help hone story flow and narrative arcs.
Book mentors and industry speakers, coordinate filmmaker collaborative feedback sessions, etc.
Work collaboratively with program partners
Help match filmmakers with mentors to strengthen their skills as needed.
Track and approve budgets, stipends, and partner payments across various LatAm countries.
Implement multi-faceted publishing and impact journeys for all 15 films.
Qualifications:
A background in and/or deep familiarity with Africa.
At least four years program management experience in documentary and/or journalism, (in both preferred) as well as deep production experience in African and US industries.
Proven track record of program and partnerships management.
- Robust experience in documentary/visual journalism production.
Deep knowledge of video production (all stages, from pre-production to post).
Intense attention to detail and an aesthetic eye that can catch tiny mistakes (color grading issues, typos, etc).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proactive and efficient yet balanced manner, who can excel under hard deadlines while juggling multiple (exciting) things.
Strong connections and knowledge of industry players across African and American documentary/filmmaking scenes.
Highly collaborative, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with large, diverse teams.
Passion for amplifying marginalized voices and supporting emerging filmmakers to succeed and make a living as professional storytellers — and an equal passion for amplifying the missions of inspiring organizations who are working hard for positive social change.
Plus: fluency in French.
To apply, please submit a cover letter that includes why you’re the right fit, with details of how you meet the above requirements for this role below or here.
Please also include your resume and 2 professional references who can speak to your work in these areas.
Your application will be considered only if all above items are submitted.
Thank you, and we can’t wait to learn more about you!
About VC:
The Video Consortium is a global nonprofit media organization that connects the world’s nonfiction filmmakers and visual journalists to tell bold stories that catalyze positive change. By and for filmmakers, our global and regional programs democratize the media landscape, foster compassionate storytelling, support creative growth, and inspire audiences worldwide. We envision an inclusive media ecosystem in which reporting teams reflect communities, fair pay is the norm, and creators are holistically equipped to tell today’s most pressing stories.
Work with us!
Help build this rapidly-growing, important organization from the ground up, in collaboration with a passionate core team. VC is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other characteristics protected by law.
For any additional questions, email jobs@videoconsortium.org.
Above, moments from a VC Pittsburgh gathering, by Justin Merriman and Nate Smallwood.
