Director of Digital Well-Being

BE LOUD STUDIOS · WE'RE HIRING

Director of Digital Well-Being

Salary: Starting at $68,000 annually · Position: Full-time · Location: New Orleans, LA

This is a full-time position with an annual salary starting at $68,000. Be Loud offers health benefits, a 3% retirement match, paid time off, holidays, and opportunities for professional development.

Preferred Start: January 2027, with flexibility for educators completing the school year. We welcome

applications from educators completing the school year and are open to a paid, phased transition

beginning part-time in January and moving to full-time after the school year.

ABOUT BE LOUD STUDIOS

Be Loud Studios is a New Orleans nonprofit dedicated to amplifying youth voice and confidence through radio and media production. We provide young people positive opportunities to tell their own stories and share their perspectives with the wider community.

Our work starts from a simple belief: young people have important things to say, and adults need to listen.

Now we're asking a new question with them. How is technology shaping their relationships, learning,

identity, and community?

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Director of Digital Well-Being will lead Be Loud's work helping young people and the adults around them build a healthier relationship with technology.

Building on our work with Harvard's Center for Digital Thriving, the Pass the Mic fellowship, and local

school and community partners, this person will take a promising pilot and make it a lasting part of what Be Loud does.

You'll spend some days in a classroom running a workshop and others pitching a nonprofit organization on a partnership. We want someone who likes both kinds of work and has ideas of their own about where this should go.

Preferred Start: January 2027, with flexibility for educators completing the school year.

Learn more: Harvard’s Center for Digital Thriving — digitalthriving.gse.harvard.edu · Pass the Mic — beloudpassthemic.org ·

Workshop data — beloud-dwdash.netlify.app

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Program Leadership & Vision — 20%

-Develop new Digital Well-Being programs and expand existing offerings with schools and community

partners.

-Set yearly goals and decide where the program should grow next.

-Collaborate with the Executive Director on partnerships and long-term sustainability.

Curriculum & Program Quality — 35%

-Curate and adapt curriculum and resources in partnership with local and national organizations.

-Build toolkits and lesson guides that educators and facilitators can actually use.

-Support facilitators with positive coaching and feedback.

-Collect data to improve programming.

Partnerships & Earned Revenue — 30%

-Build relationships with schools, nonprofits, and community organizations.

-Map out an earned revenue strategy that sets goals and action steps for the year.

-Develop proposals for all paid partnerships.

-Work toward at least $25,000 in annual contracted earned revenue.

Organizational Support & Evaluation — 15%

-Manage project timelines, logistics, and communications.

-Track feedback from youth and adults.

-Help integrate Digital Well-Being practices across Be Loud's programs.

-Share findings and recommendations with staff, partners, and funders.

WHO YOU ARE

This job asks you to build relationships and keep a lot of moving pieces organized. That experience could come from teaching, youth work, organizing, public health, tech, or somewhere else entirely.

Qualifications — Required

-Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in youth-centered work environments.

Strong project management and organizational skills.

-Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

-Experience developing or managing programs in education, social work, youth development, or

community organizations.

-Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail.

Qualifications — Preferred

-A connection to and excitement about Digital Well-Being.

-3–5 years of experience in education, social work, youth development, or community programming.

-Experience developing curriculum or educational resources.

-Experience building partnerships with schools, foundations, and/or community organizations.

-Experience with program evaluation and data collection.

What You Bring

-Program Development & Facilitation: Experience designing and leading engaging learning experiences

for youth and adults.

-Project Management: Strong organizational skills and experience managing projects, timelines, and

budgets.

-Partnership Development: Experience finding and building partnerships with community organizations.

-Training & Communication: Experience supporting facilitators or colleagues, providing feedback, and

communicating clearly with different audiences.

-Technology & Youth Well-Being: An understanding of how technology shapes young people's lives, with

curiosity and a willingness to keep learning.

FIRST-YEAR EXPECTATIONS

Year one is about turning a growing piece of Be Loud's work into a program that runs well and can reach more people. The goals below give you something concrete to aim for. They also leave room for your own ideas, and we expect to adjust as we learn. Each area has a benchmark. These may shift, but they reflect what we'll expect from the role.

1. Curriculum

Pull together and adapt Digital Well-Being curriculum, working with local and national groups already doing this work. Turn it into materials that staff and community facilitators can pick up and teach.

Goal: Create 1 facilitator toolkit that staff can use independently.

2. Program Quality

Set up a regular routine for preparing facilitators, observing sessions, giving feedback, and updating the curriculum based on what you see.

Goal: 90% of all participants rate their experience positively.

3. Evaluation

Create a simple way to track attendance, partner experience, and feedback from youth and adults, so we can tell what's working. Goal: Produce 2 impact reports (with quantitative data) annually, including recommendations for improvement for staff and board.

4. Organizational Integration

Make Digital Well-Being part of how Be Loud works, including in our radio and fellowship programs.

Goal: Develop 1 shared set of Digital Well-Being practices for Be Loud.

5. Partnerships

Grow our list of school and community partners and keep a steady pipeline of new ones.

Goal: Establish 8–10 active school/community partners and build a pipeline of 20–25 prospective

partners for the following year.

6. Earned Revenue

Generate contracted Digital Well-Being revenue through paid workshops, professional learning, and/or customized organizational partnerships.

Goal: Develop a written earned revenue plan and an active pipeline of prospective partners, then

secure at least $25,000 in contracted revenue that does not depend on grants.

You won't build this alone. We're in it 100% with you.

7. Growth

Write a 2028 plan that says which offerings to expand and which next steps to take.

Goal: Develop 1 written 2028 growth plan with 2–3 offerings with the strongest potential to scale.

WORK SCHEDULE AND EXPECTATIONS

Be Loud operates year-round and does not follow the school calendar. This position includes three weeks of paid time off (PTO), plus Be Loud’s observed holidays.

Mon: Work from home · Tue–Thu: In person at Be Loud · Fri: Work from home

Weekly in-person collaboration Tuesday through Thursday at Be Loud Studios for meetings, curriculum development, project planning, and workshop preparation.

Flexibility to run workshops, attend partner meetings, and represent Be Loud around the city.

Independent management of projects, timelines, and communications outside of scheduled in-person

collaboration. Mondays and Fridays are work-from-home days.

Occasional evening or weekend events based on program needs.

WORKPLACE CULTURE AND EXPECTATIONS

-We're a small team. Everyone has their own responsibilities, but we jump in on each other's work often.

-We like people who speak up and ask hard questions. Young people are also active collaborators in this process, not just participants in our programs.

-Take care of yourself: Your energy is essential to our work.

-Model presence and focus: Put the phone down. Be fully there with the young people and the team.

-Support a safe and inclusive environment: Help make Be Loud a place where youth and staff feel

heard.

-Open communication: Bring questions, concerns, or ideas to leadership. We'd rather hear them early.

-Celebrate and reflect: Join in the team rituals where we look back at what we did and recognize each

other's work.

To learn about the hiring process, look at the full job description at beloudstudios.org

HOW TO APPLY

Both steps are required:

Step 1: Email your resume to alex@beloudstudios.org

Step 2: Leave a Be Loud Hotline voicemail sharing your interest in the role and connection to Digital

Well-Being.

Be Loud Hotline instructions:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQ79seglkef4Go8wKchdsu17l8bOcOye4ZwGaOr5fuQ/edit

Please do not send a cover letter.

If you have questions about the hiring process or application, please reach out to alex@beloudstudios.org.

Asking questions isn't a weakness here. It's how we work.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Be Loud Studios is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that reflects the diversity

of New Orleans. Our work depends on people with different backgrounds and experiences having a say in

what happens next.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion,

national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected

characteristic. We especially encourage applications from people whose voices and experiences have

been historically underrepresented in education, media, and leadership.