Content Production Intern

Content Production Intern

About Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF) is a social outreach ministry that has been empowering communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless since 1998. Founded in Austin, Texas, the organization serves its homeless neighbors through three core programs: Truck Ministry, Community First! Village, and Community Works. Often referred to as the most talked about neighborhood in Austin, Community First! Village is a 51-acre master planned development that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women coming out of chronic homelessness. We are now embarking on a new phase of community expansion, adding more than 1400 new neighbors over the next 5-10 years.

About the Internship

The Content Production Intern will work closely with the Replication Team at Mobile Loaves & Fishes (MLF). MLF's Replication Team provides learning opportunities that empower leaders and organizations to transform their local communities for good based on MLF's Vision, Mission, Core Values, and Goals. These learning opportunities include events and trainings, both in-person and virtual, as well as written, audio, and video content.

MLF is the thought leader and steward for the Community First! Model and Movement which transforms the conventional approach of responding to the homelessness crisis through a Gospel-based foundation rooted in dignity, relationships, and community. The Content Production Intern will relationally contribute to the Replication Program's vision and mission through providing administrative and logistical support with the focus of expanding MLF's library of educational content and assets.

This is a part-time, non-exempt internship position working within the Replication Team and reporting to the Business Process Manager. Due to the nature and requirements of the position, hours are flexible to fit needs, but typically include 20 hours a week Monday-Friday. Some nights and weekends may be required. The Content Production Intern will office at the Community First! Village located at 9301 Hog Eye Road, Austin, TX 78724.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Video content production: capture footage at events, edit new or existing footage, write descriptions and metadata to enable content distribution for educational and marketing purposes
• Written content development: support Replication Team with written content development and related organizational or administrative tasks
• Information management: support Business Process Manager with content management and formatting improvements, e.g. by developing templates, pages, wikis, etc.
• Logistical support for event planning and administration as needed
• Other Duties & Responsibilities as needed

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Principles

• MLF is a faith-based organization whose ideals and philosophy come directly from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As an organization, we strive to reflect this precept in our communications, both internally and externally.

• Commitment to serving those who have experienced homelessness and personal alignment with MLF's vision, mission, core values, and goals.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Video Production, Design, Fine Arts, Communications, Marketing Radio-Television-Film, Visual Communications, or similar.
• Experience with video editing software (e.g. Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or similar)
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
• Strong listening, organization, information gathering, and documentation skills
• Creative thinking and problem-solving skills; able to adapt and adjust to changes in priorities, requests, and needs
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented, with strong attention to detail
• Has inquisitive attitude and takes initiative in gathering information and ideating ways to develop it into content that multiplies learning
• Prior experience working or volunteering with non-profit organizations is an advantage
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 applications and Zoom
• Must have a valid driver's license

Learning Opportunities

• Mentorship and feedback from experienced content producer and video editor
• Hands-on experience in content creation from conceptualization through final deliverables
• Opportunity to attend Replication Team events during the internship term, including an in-person Symposium for Goodness' Sake and virtual seminars as available

Program Information

• Estimated length of program: 10-12 weeks beginning Summer 2024

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Work will be performed in office settings with some open workplaces and some cubicles or dividers to separate workstations
• May require walking between buildings or riding on a golf cart
• Occasional lifting, carrying, or pushing carts to move, transport, and set up video equipment

MLF PURPOSE & VISION

We empower communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.

MLF MISSION

We provide food and clothing, cultivate community, and promote dignity to our homeless brothers and sisters in need.

GOALS

• Transform the way people view the stereotype of those who find themselves homeless
• Reconnect the homeless to self, family and community
• Help the chronically homeless rediscover and utilize their God-given talents to do purposeful work
• Connect human to human, heart to heart through the fellowship of food and hospitality
• Inspire people into a lifestyle of abundance by giving their best first

BELIEF STATEMENTS

The vision is supported by belief statements centered on our belief that homelessness is the result of a profound, catastrophic loss of family:

• God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life
• By virtue of being created by God in His image, we are all called to live in community and relationship with Him through each other
• The family is the original cell of social life
• You shall love your neighbor as yourself
• All members of the human family are equal in dignity
• The Lord God took the man and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and care for it. Gen 2:15

CORE VALUES

MLF is committed to fostering a culture that prioritizes relational connection. We believe there is opportunity in every aspect of our work to be relational in a highly transactional world. In this culture, transactions are means to relational ends, not the other way around.​

​​This begins with the countercultural love poured out by Jesus Christ and grows as imperfect individuals strive to show this love to each other human-to-human, heart-to-heart.​

​​Each individual's openness to the journey of their own personal growth is essential in building our relational culture, and we believe this culture flourishes as we each continuously strive to more fully embody these four core values:

• Faith: We define Faith as the foundational belief that our world and all our work belong to God. This allows us to engage our work with joy and lightheartedness, knowing that we are not ultimately in control.
• Humility: We define Humility as rightly viewing oneself as a single piece of a grander story. This humility leads to a view of oneself that is neither too high nor too low.
• Generous Spirit: We define a Generous Spirit as a readiness to give more grace, mercy, and hospitality than is necessary or expected. This posture allows us to see others for who they are, not what they do.
• Integrity: We define Integrity as a wholehearted commitment to doing right by God, ourselves, and others. This wholeheartedness shows itself in consistently choosing honesty, responsibility and ownership in all actions and decisions.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

MLF is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Personnel are chosen based on ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation in accordance with federal and state law.