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Head office
- New Orleans, LA
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Employer Description
NOVAC's mission is to foster the creation and appreciation of film and video in the New Orleans area for a public of diverse ages, income levels and backgrounds. We accomplish this mission through education, career development, community outreach, independent productions, and special events.
NOVAC’s Digital Filmmaking Institute (DFI) offers a variety of workshops to help independent filmmakers, video producers, and media artists quickly improve their skills in an affordable, fun and hands-on learning environment. DFI workshops are affordable because the fees charged are used to pay for the instructors, equipment and related expenses only. Classes are offered throughout the year.
NOVAC’s Digital Filmmaking Institute is now an Authorized Apple Training Center (AATC) utilizing the Apple Pro Training Series. We offer a variety of classes and certification exams for Apple Final Cut Studio 2 filmmaking software. As a non-profit organization, NOVAC offers Apple Authorized Training courses at significantly lower prices than other AATC throughout the nation.
- Video,
- Media,
- Education,
- Festivals,
- Fund Raising,
- Film Production,
- Television,
- Non Profit
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Additional Information
1972- Community Outreach,
- Documentaries,
- Rebuilding New Orleans,
- Teen Film Camps,
- Film Festivals
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How We're Different
NOVAC is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit that has provided media training and production resources to New Orleans for 34 years. Access was the buzzword in the alternative television movement of the 1970s. Although television was a part of daily life, underprivileged populations had little opportunity to influence or participate in the medium. At that time, New Orleans had the largest percentage of poor residents and the most inequitable income distribution of the fifty largest American cities.
On July 19, 1972, the New Orleans Video Access Center was established by VISTA Volunteers for the purpose of making the medium of television an effective educational and social action tool for this disenfranchised community.
VISTA Volunteers (Volunteers in Service to America a government agency designed to help low income communities become self sufficient) were the force behind NOVAC™s initial success. Although they were paid in food stamps and $50 per month, they created a media center with borrowed equipment and space and produced an extraordinary body of work that had tremendous community impact.
In its early years, NOVAC was also a strong advocate for the development of a cable franchise advantageous to the city, especially its low-income citizens. By forming a broad based, racially balanced coalition with the Free Southern Theater, the Urban League and Tulane University that was unusual for its time, but is taken for granted in today's political arena NOVAC™s efforts led to the formation of a mayoral task force to create a plan for involving the community in cable television.
Over the years, NOVAC has continued its efforts to involve racially and economically diverse communities in television production and community programming relevant to their needs. By collaborating with local social service agencies and low-income citizens to produce TV projects on housing, literacy, health care and other issues of importance to their communities, NOVAC has provided a voice to the full spectrum of our citys citizens.
In January 2005, NOVAC and the Tipitinas Foundation New Orleans Music Office Co-Op partnered to offer video editing, music recording, mixing and other training services to independent video producers, filmmakers and musicians. NOVAC is sharing studio space with the Co-Op at 4040 Tulane Avenue in New Orleans.
In October, 2006, NOVAC launched the Digital Filmmaking Institute (DFI). The Institute was designed to offer affordable, hands-on digital filmmaking training in editing, camera, lighting, sound and a variety of other subjects. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funded the DFI, as did the New Orleans Arts Council and the Mary Freeman Wisdom Foundation. NOVAC partnered with LIFT Productions to offer the workshops within LIFT production offices. NOVAC also continued to train nearly 350 New Orleans public school children within an after school video production and clay animation program sponsored by New Orleans Outreach.
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Achievements
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- The Drive: Lower 9th Ward - Nominated by the American Library Association Notable Videos for Adults list (2007)
- American Library Association
- Hurricane Katrina caused a levee system failure in New Orleans on August 29th, 2005. The devastation was viewed as the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. Shortly after the hurricane, NOVAC organized a group of local filmmakers to create a series of short documentaries on post-Katrina New Orleans from a local point-of-view. The project gained global attention and quickly exceeded 1,000,000 views online and through dozens of screenings throughout the nation. One of the projects titled, The Drive: Lower 9th Ward, was nominated by the American Library Association Notable Videos for Adults list.
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Hiring Information
- 2-5 years experience with training programs through a non-profit, trade association or a corporate learning environment required.
- 1-2 years experience in marketing services, especially through online outlets.
- Knowledge of the technical aspects of film production and post-production required.
- An Associates or Bachelors degree is strongly preferred; 5-7+ years experience with film production will be considered in lieu of a degree
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Proficiency in MAC OS
- Working knowledge of popular multi-media software applications
- Aptitude for numbers and quantitative analysis an absolute must. Ability to translate data and analysis into useful managerial reports.
- Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple, competing priorities
- Self-starter and fast learner with strong problem solving abilities
- Mature understanding of responsibility and accountability in a team work environment
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Positive attitude / strong work ethic
- Well-developed conceptual understanding
- Ability to function in a fast-paced and high-volume work environment
- Ability to manage work load without close supervision
- Willingness to complete software and writing tests as part of the interview process
- Create the DMI calendar class offerings on a quarterly and/or annual basis; DMI is a strategic program of NOVAC’s, therefore attention to both the big picture and minute details is required; classes offered should be both useful and considered “just-in-time” as well as cutting edge
- Responsible for honing and guarding the image of the DMI as well as NOVAC
- Budget classes to include not only class expenses and income, but also include a portion of NOVAC operating expenses and marketing fees (DMI should cover a portion of NOVAC’s overhead)
- Once budgets are created, classes are expected to net a profit
- Develop curricula for classes
- Hire instructors for classes
- Draft all contracts for DMI; templates are in place for this purpose, however annually the templates should be reviewed with legal counsel
- Market DMI offerings for maximum enrollment
- Administer the class enrollments through the website
- Order books and materials for classes
- Install all course modules on notebooks prior to class
- Set up and be on-site for all classes and exams offered; this will require working after hours and weekends as needed – estimated 15% of your time will be weekend classes, but flex time is tracked in these instances
- Remain compliant with Apple’s rules for Authorized Training Centers
- Serve as a proctor for all Apple exams, and any other exams the DMI may offer
- Editing and sending electronic newsletters and other customer communications
- Serve as the point of contact for DMI (customers, potential customers, press, etc.)
- Drafting press releases as needed
- Develop promotional materials
- Update the website for all DMI offerings
- Organize projects into tasks
- Gather and tabulate reports and survey data
- Maintaining marketing collateral inventory and back-ordering materials as needed (for example, Apple certificates, exam codes, etc.)
- Assisting in quantitative analysis related to ROI based online marketing
- Assisting the Executive Director in daily marketing and outreach tasks
- Taking on increasing, additional responsibilities as the position evolves
- Other duties as assigned
- Be a part of a historical company that makes an impact on the community for the better.
- Work on site at film shoots and work with many aspiring professionals.
- Learn from the best seasoned professionals in the New Orleans Film Industry.
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POSITION: DMI Program Manager
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
Summary: NOVAC’s DMI Program Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the training program called NOVAC’s Digital Media Institute. Courses are offered for a wide variety of market verticals (for example: motion picture editors, graphic designers, 3D animators, videographers, etc.) This position includes developing training programs and curricula, managing relationships and remaining compliant with corporate partners such as Apple, as well as developing similar relationships with new companies.
Experience, Education, Skills
Principal Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
