Media Arts Facilitator

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• Brooklyn, NY, Position Type: Part Time, Salary Range: $35.00 - $35.00Hourly, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Nonprofit
• Social Services, About El Puente 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. The Opportunity El Puente is seeking a Media Arts Facilitator to lead hands-on workshops in filmmaking, photography, and digital art at its Beacon program at M.S.

1. 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. This position is ideal for a teaching artist who enjoys working directly with young people, can adapt instruction to different learning needs and abilities, and wants to collaborate with artists across disciplines. Through workshops and youth-led projects, the facilitator will create opportunities for members to develop their ideas and share their work with peers, families, and the wider community. The Role The Media Arts Facilitator works with Beacon staff to help youth members develop original media projects from concept through presentation. The facilitator also works with teaching artists across El Puente sites on Art-ivation projects that engage young people and families in arts and social justice work.

Key Responsibilities

Media Arts Instruction and Youth Development 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.

Collaboration and Program Operations 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.

Qualifications

Key Qualifications Required Qualifications 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.

Compensation

$35.00 per hour Equal Employment 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. If you enjoy making media with young people and helping them tell stories that matter to them, we encourage you to apply. Schedule and Location This is a part-time, in-person position at El Puente Beacon at M.

S. 50 in Brooklyn, New York. The position starts at 10 hours per week. Mondays and Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p.m.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree. Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish. Experience in after-school or community-based youth programs, youth-led showcases, or arts-based community organizing.