Oportunidades profesionales en Outside The Lens
En Outside The Lens combinamos tecnología punta, prácticas informadas sobre traumas y principios de justicia reparadora para crear entornos seguros, estimulantes y de apoyo en los que los jóvenes puedan prosperar.
Si comparte nuestra pasión por la expresión creativa y el impacto social, explore nuestras oportunidades de empleo y presente hoy mismo su candidatura para unirse a nuestro equipo de experimentados educadores, artistas y profesionales de los medios de comunicación.
Nuestros valores
Todos los días trabajamos para crear un mundo en el que se valoren profundamente las perspectivas de la próxima generación, permitiéndoles desarrollar su ilimitado potencial creativo para el cambio social colectivo. Estos son los valores por los que vivimos y trabajamos.
Impulse el impacto creativo
Fomentamos soluciones audaces e innovadoras que impulsan un cambio positivo y duradero en nuestras comunidades, despertando la inspiración y el empoderamiento de aquellos a quienes servimos.
Aceptar el cambio
Abrazamos el cambio y la flexibilidad, aprendiendo continuamente de nuestras experiencias para servir mejor a los jóvenes y a las comunidades en las que trabajamos, adaptándonos rápidamente a las nuevas necesidades y retos.
Fomentar la agencia y el activismo
Ayudamos a las personas a sentir que son dueños de sus actos y decisiones y a tomar la iniciativa. Defendemos la autodefensa, animando a los jóvenes a identificar los retos e impulsar un cambio y un impacto positivos en nuestra comunidad y fuera de ella.
Amplificar la voz de los jóvenes
Creemos que todas las voces importan, especialmente las de los jóvenes. Proporcionamos una plataforma para que los jóvenes se expresen y sean escuchados en temas que son importantes para ellos.
Crear futuros sostenibles
Nos esforzamos por crear cambios positivos duraderos en las comunidades a las que servimos, en función de las necesidades. Nos centramos en iniciativas sostenibles desde el punto de vista medioambiental, social y económico para las generaciones futuras.
Cultivar la pertenencia
Fomentamos una cultura de confianza, empatía y respeto, dando prioridad al bienestar y el éxito de nuestros compañeros, las comunidades a las que servimos y las personas a las que apoyamos. Garantizamos que nuestros programas, servicios y oportunidades estén al alcance de todas las personas, independientemente de su procedencia, capacidades o circunstancias.
Puestos vacantes
Instructional Aide – Media Makers Team
Posted May 8, 2025
Position Summary
Join Outside the Lens (OTL), an innovative organization igniting confidence in young people through media arts. The Instructional Aide (Media Makers) for OTL reports to the Media Makers Education Managers and collaborates with other media educators to inspire and nurture individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to express their place and purpose in the world through media arts. The Instructional Aide is proactive, flexible, and forward-looking, assisting with delivering innovative digital media curricula to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in alignment with OTL’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives, while also providing social and emotional support.
Benefits
$21-$25/hour, commensurate with experience*
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
403(b) retirement plan
10 Days of PTO
13+ Paid holidays
Paid Sick Leave
Full Time
Roles & Responsibilities
Program Coordination
- Assists with managing and preparing progress reports to be sent to participants and their families.
- Assists with maintaining accurate records and documentation of student progress and program effectiveness.
- Assists in integrating each client’s Individual Service Plan into the program, and meets with participants to review progress and goals.
- Works with Client Services Administrator and Media Educators to deliver Individual Support Plan Reports to San Diego Regional Center
Program Implementation
- Supports Media Educators during daily programming in any necessary capacity.
- Supports in creating and maintaining a positive classroom environment to provide and support student engagement, mutual respect, student choice, and collaborative learning opportunities.
- Support individual and small groups of students as needed.
- Provides social and emotional support for students when necessary.
- Collaborates with Media Makers staff to establish a safe space for participants.
- Supports exhibition planning and implementation.
- Leads non-media related activities and icebreakers or other activities as needed.
Program & Curriculum Development
- Supports the development of projects and lessons for students aligned with program goals, outcomes, curriculum standards and varying interests and needs of students.
- Assess student progress and adjust curriculum as needed to meet individual learning needs.
- Utilizes and implements OTL assessments for planning and instruction.
- Meets regularly with the Media Makers Team.
Program Administration and Operations
- Manages organization of student work, materials and equipment.
- Supports implementation of each program’s pre and post-evaluation (mid-eval when applicable), ensuring program outcomes are being met.
- Lead games/icebreakers or other activities as needed.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Degree or Experience in Special Education or related field.
- Certification in Special Education.
- Experience working with youth with special needs, particularly in media or arts education.
- Knowledge of and experience with assistive technology and adaptive equipment.
- Understanding of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and experience in developing and implementing accommodations and modifications.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a team.
- Understanding of program implementation processes and instructional best practices.
- Familiarity with curriculum development principles, assessment methods, and program administration tasks.
- Knowledge of special education principles and practices.
- Proficiency in supporting program implementation, coordination of exhibitions, and addressing classroom needs.
- Ability to adapt projects and lessons to align with participant goals, program goals, curriculum standards, and student interests.
- Ability to manage participant data, program data and evaluation processes, as well as leading activities as needed.
- Ability to adapt instructional techniques to meet student needs and effectively organize materials and equipment.
- Ability to promote OTL teammates’ events, utilize assessments for planning, and support program updates.
- Patience, empathy, and a genuine interest in working with special education students.
Please send cover letter and resume to: hr@outsidethelens.org
Subject Line: Instructional Aide- Media Makers
Media Arts Associate (Photography, Mixed Media, Video) – Media Makers Team
Posted May 8, 2025
Position Summary
Join Outside the Lens (OTL), an innovative organization igniting confidence in young people through media arts. The Media Associate (Media Makers) for OTL reports to the Media Makers Education Manager and collaborates with other media educators to inspire and nurture individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to express their place and purpose in the world through media arts. Through hands-on digital media experiences, the Media Associate helps students build career-focused skills, self confidence and develop their artistic voice. The Media Associate develops and delivers innovative curricula to Media Makers participants in alignment with OTL’s mission and Equity Framework, vision, goals, and objectives.
Benefits
$21-$25/hour, commensurate with experience*
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
403(b) retirement plan
10 Days of PTO
13+ Paid holidays
Paid Sick Leave
Full Time
Roles & Responsibilities
Program Implementation
- Supports coordination and execution of final exhibitions for students to share their work.
- Proactive in assisting with classroom and program needs.Supports incorporating best practices in teaching and learning, utilizing a variety of effective instructional techniques.
- Creates and maintains a positive classroom environment to provide and support student engagement, mutual respect, student choice, and collaborative learning opportunities.
- Utilizes a variety of effective instructional and classroom management techniques.
- Provides consistent, immediate feedback to student learning and asks analytical questions that elicit students’ responses that incorporate prior knowledge, life experience, and interests that are directly related to the content objective.
- Collaborates with Media Makers staff to establish a safe space for participants.
- Support individual and small groups of students as needed.
Program & Curriculum Development
- Supports the development of projects and lessons for students aligned with program goals, outcomes, curriculum standards and varying interests and needs of students.
- Creates projects with corresponding lesson plans and detailed curriculum maps ensuring alignment with program outcomes, OTL methodology and the OTL JEDI framework.
- Utilizes and implements OTL assessments for planning and instruction.
- Combines own artistic practice together with the curriculum development process.
- Supports with promotion and attendance of other OTL teammates’ events.
- Meets regularly with the Media Makers Team.
- Program Administration and Operations:
- Manages organization of student work, materials and equipment.
- Supports implementation of each program’s pre and post-evaluation (mid-eval when applicable), ensuring program outcomes are being met.
- Lead games/icebreakers or other activities as needed.
- Qualifications and Requirements
- Degree or experience working in the field with photography, video or film production, graphic design, or other areas of media arts.
- Experience working with youth with special needs, particularly in media or arts education is a plus.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Degree or experience working in the field with photography, video or film production, graphic design, or other areas of media arts.
- Experience working with youth with special needs, particularly in media or arts education is a plus.
- This position may require work outside of business hours, including evenings and weekends.
- This position requires being on site in the office and the ability to get to various locations in San Diego County.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds and abilities.Familiarity with curriculum development principles, assessment methods, and program administration tasks.
- Proficiency in supporting program implementation, coordination of exhibitions, and addressing classroom needs.
- Ability to develop projects and lessons aligned with program goals, curriculum standards, and student interests.
- Skill in managing program data and evaluation processes, as well as leading activities as needed.
- Ability to adapt instructional techniques to meet student needs and effectively organize materials and equipment.
- Ability to promote OTL teammates’ events, utilize assessments for planning, and support program updates.
- Basic knowledge of media arts techniques and equipment.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of the program and participants.
- Understanding of program implementation processes and instructional best practices.
Please send cover letter and resume to: hr@outsidethelens.org
Subject Line: Media Arts Associate – Media Makers
Igualdad de oportunidades en el empleo
Outside The Lens es una empresa que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades de empleo y se esfuerza por cumplir todas las leyes aplicables que prohíben la discriminación por motivos de raza, incluidos los relacionados con el peinado, el color, el credo, el sexo, la edad, el origen nacional o la ascendencia, la discapacidad física o mental, la condición de veterano, el estado civil, la condición médica, incluidas las características genéticas, la identidad de género, la expresión de género, la transición de género, la orientación sexual, así como cualquier otra categoría protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales. Toda discriminación de este tipo es ilegal, y todas las personas implicadas en las operaciones de Outside The Lens tienen prohibido incurrir en este tipo de conducta.
Política de no discriminación
Outside The Lens reconoce el valor y las diversas capacidades que las personas con discapacidad aportan al lugar de trabajo. La Organización se compromete a crear un entorno de trabajo inclusivo y accesible que promueva la igualdad de oportunidades para todos los empleados. Para garantizar la plena participación y el compromiso de las personas cualificadas con discapacidad, Outside The Lens proporcionará ajustes razonables, de conformidad con la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA) y las leyes aplicables, para que los empleados puedan realizar las funciones esenciales de su trabajo. Nuestro objetivo es eliminar las barreras y promover la igualdad de acceso a las oportunidades de empleo para las personas con discapacidad. Outside The Lens prohíbe la discriminación ilegal contra cualquier solicitante de empleo, empleado o becario no remunerado por parte de cualquier empleado de Outside The Lens, incluidos supervisores y compañeros de trabajo.