Sr. Creative Production Program Associate

Throughout its 75-year history the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work has administered countless externally funded projects targeting children and families. These efforts preceded and provided the impetus for the establishment of the Butler Institute for Families in 1994. Today we are nationally recognized for our leadership and collaborative work at the national state and local level in evaluation research and technical assistance aimed at improving the quality of child- youth- and family-serving systems.

We bring together researchers practitioners public and private service system experts and community members to: engage in program evaluation and research; examine outcomes; and provide technical assistance and training to program administrators direct service providers and community leaders. Currently Butler conducts business in four primary content areas: child welfare early childhood systems tribal child welfare and behavioral health. These content areas operate within a Research-to-Practice framework that promotes the use adoption adaptation replication and/or scaling of research and/or evaluation knowledge and the integration of this knowledge in addition to the benefits offered by the University of Denver Butler offers the opportunity to work with a dedicated group of people committed to using research to support practice improvements. We also offer professional development and job growth opportunities flexible schedules and the opportunity to telework remotely.

Position Summary

This position will serve part-time as a Creative Production Senior Program Associate. Some of the responsibilities of this Senior Program Associate will be to create videos that support virtual online and in-person trainings meetings or peer groups; develop relationships with subject matter experts to create storyboards and digital materials; and maintain feedback loops about product development and effectiveness with the various stakeholders and communities we serve. This position will also be responsible for the formatting and design of documents advanced graphic and logo design and stakeholder engagement. This position will work collaboratively with staff and consultants across partnering and consulting organizations and stakeholders.

Essential Functions

Stakeholder Engagement and Project Management (40%)

• Engage and support subject matter experts facilitators and staff to develop new digital learning opportunities
• Support the monitoring tracking and assessment of videos and other digital assets
• Work with stakeholders and staff to identify digital media that will support the development recruitment and implementation of the training academies
• Work collaboratively with staff and consultants to ensure the most up-to-date and relevant resources are available to tribes
• Engage and partner with stakeholders ensuring feedback loops are established and maintained
• Collaborate with other staff to ensure alignment of learning opportunities with desired and overarching messages of projects

Product Development (55%)

• Work to support the design and development of curricula digital learning content and graphics
• Develop videos that will be used for trainings meetings and peer groups as well as marketing and other informational needs
• Create one-pagers and infographics that will be used alone or in conjunction with learning paths for our audiences or as marketing and dissemination materials
• Develop interactive guides and documentation that can be used to train and engage virtual or online audiences

Other duties as assigned (5%)

Supervisory Duties:

• Supervision of program associate and assistant level staff

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of state child welfare programs
• Ability to work collaboratively with state and federal partners
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with members of diverse cultures and communities with respect and humility
• Ability to prepare learning and information sharing products participate in presentations and coordinate and communicate with project team members and multiple stakeholders
• Ability to support the development and implementation of digital learning modalities on various platforms and for audiences with varying technical expertise
• Project management skills with multiple stakeholders and tasks involved
• Ability to both manage and work effectively in teams
• Ability to tactfully hold project members and leadership accountable to deadlines
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing timelines and project deliverables
• Strong critical thinking and solution-building skills
• Advanced Adobe Creative Cloud skills including Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Premiere and Audition
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills including significant experiencing formatting editing and creating aesthetic visual presentations using PowerPoint and Word.
• Advanced video production skills
• Advanced graphics design and formatting skills
• Ability to work independently with support and supervision.

Required Qualifications

• Masters degree in a social science with an emphasis in multimedia creation
• 2 or more years of experience working in public training coaching capacity-building program development and delivery of national initiative
• 2 or more years of experience developing digital assets including videos for government and/or community teams
• Experience working with government grant funding for public programs
• Experience developing training materials graphics and videos

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in a social science with an emphasis in education and multimedia including digital media design and production
• 3 or more years of experience developing a broad range of educational communication and promotional materials such as video production photography logos and graphics
• Experience in performing all aspects of multimedia project management from creation to dissemination

Working Environment

• Work in distributed teams primarily from home with local office hub
• Noise level is moderate at office location
• Evenings and weekends as required
• Some travel required (less than 15%)
• Full time telework/remote work schedule available as an option

Physical Activities

• Ability to work in front of a computer for an extended period
• Often required to move about the office/campus and transport objects up to 30 lbs.
• Occasional travel required for projects

Work Schedule

Part-TimeEstimated Monday Friday from 10:00am - 2:00pm

Application Deadline

For consideration please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) October 23 2025.

Special Instructions

Candidates must apply online through to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number

The salary grade for the position is 12.

Hourly Range

The hourly range for the position is $38.32-$43.11.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate departmental budget availability internal salary equity considerations and available market information but not based on a candidates sex or any other protected status.

Benefits

The University of Denver offers excellent benefits including medical dental retirement paid time off tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

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