Senior Video Producer & Editor

Job DetailsJob Location: Tigard OR or remote US location - Tigard, OR 00000Position Type: Full-TimeTravel Percentage: Up to 25%The Senior Video Producer & Editor contributes to the calling of Medical Teams International by capturing, shaping, and stewarding the organization’s visual storytelling to strengthen supporter engagement. This position is responsible for producing and editing high-quality video and photo content in a variety of formats tailored for specific uses, while ensuring visual media assets are well-organized, accessible, and responsibly managed for use across marketing, fundraising, communications, and program needs.

Medical Teams International Calling:   

Daring to love like Jesus, we boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world.  

Medical Teams International holds strict child and vulnerable adult safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for misconduct related to sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment & selection, hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ eligibility, thorough background checks, police clearance, and professional reference check processes. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Lead the planning, capture, editing, and production of high-quality photo and video content for use across digital, social, fundraising, donor communications, events, PR, presentations, and internal channels.   
Produce visual content in multiple formats tailored to channel-specific needs, including short-form and vertical video for social media, longer-form storytelling for campaigns and events, interviews, testimonials, b-roll, and event coverage.   
Lead, oversee, and update best practices for ethical storytelling, including media capture, interviewing, and consent protocols, strengthening staff capability while safeguarding. Edit and optimize photo and video assets to meet platform requirements, accessibility standards, and brand guidelines.   
Lead the process to identify, plan and delivervisual storytelling for the brand strategy, marketing campaigns, and other fundraising efforts.   
Oversee and direct contracted or volunteer, professional videographers and/or photographers  
Own and maintain the organization’s photo and video asset library, ensuring consistent file naming, tagging, organization, archival practices, and accessibility.   
Track and manage media releases, consent forms, usage rights, and expiration dates to ensure compliance with ethical storytelling standards and organizational policies.   
Ensure media assets are securely stored, backed up, and easily searchable for internal use across teams.   
Train and support country office Communications Officers, and field and program staff on best practices for capturing photo and video content, conducting interviews, and following consent and ethical storytelling guidelines.   
Lead  interview preparation, consent conversations, and storytelling approaches that prioritize dignity, accuracy, and participant safety.   
Develop, implement, and share tools, workflows, and guidelines to support consistent, high-quality, and ethical media capture across programs and locations.   
Source, prepare, and distribute approved visual assets in support of marketing, fundraising, PR and event initiatives.   
Hire and supervise external video, photo and editing vendors, freelancers, or contractors, including contracted and volunteer professional videographers and photographers able to work in countries where Medical Teams operates that have travel restrictions.  
Design visual assets for PR requests, executive presentations, donor-facing materials, and organizational storytelling needs.   
Remain current on emerging technologies in digital visual communications and how they can be applied to further Medical Teams’ goals and objectives.    
Maintain, repair and troubleshoot video and photographic equipment. Manage related  inventories and, as needed, order supplies.   
Implement strategic marketing and branding initiatives – including annual brand plans, brand positioning, communications efforts, and brand impact assessment – as applicable to visual storytelling.   
Partner with internal stakeholders to support integrated storytelling and the supporter experience across the donor journey — ensuring visual content is accurate, ethically sourced, culturally sensitive, and aligned with brand standards and programmatic work.   
Ensure the Safeguarding of program participants and employees through promoting an environment of awareness and upholding the code of conduct provisions of Medical Teams Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse & Harassment, Child & Vulnerable Adult protection, and harassment-free workplace policies. Incumbents will remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acqu