ABOUT XPRIZE 

XPRIZE competitions change the world for the better by accelerating innovation life cycles, catalyzing markets, and energizing stakeholders.  

The XPRIZE Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and incentivizing breakthroughs to the most critical challenges facing humanity. Since its beginning in 1994, the Foundation has been building and continues to build a vision of hope and abundance for humanity’s future by harnessing the power of innovators, technology, and resources.  

Through incentive prize competitions, XPRIZE enables people to create bold and transformative solutions that are scalable and drive real impact. XPRIZE competitions positively impact both the marketplace and humanity by addressing the market failures that have prevented significant breakthroughs across multiple sectors.  

An XPRIZE… 

sets an audacious but achievable goal that aims to overcome challenges deemed impossible. It tackles some of humanity's most pressing issues by redefining what is achievable and pushing the boundaries of human potential.  

defines and addresses a clear problem through extensive research, a design sprint, and a competition that catalyzes the development of the next breakthroughs to put humanity on the path toward a preferred future state for all. The desired outcome from an XPRIZE is clear and measurable, and the rules of the competition are transparent and easily understood.  

democratizes innovation by encouraging expert and nonexpert participation and multidisciplinary collaboration.  

catalyzes markets and revitalizes stagnant industries by increasing awareness of market failures and accelerating innovations to address them.  

is highly leveraged, with competing teams attracting and mobilizing investment capital, partner support, and new members in pursuit of the prize. Philanthropic dollars are thus magnified in support of a solution.  

Our first XPRIZE, the $10 million Ansari XPRIZE for private spaceflight, spurred an industry and created exponential breakthroughs. Since then we have provided over $140 million in incentives through these competitions. Each prize has created an industry-changing technology that brings us closer to a better, safer, more sustainable world.  

The use of incentive competitions, or prizes, to accelerate innovation goes back over 300 years, to when the British Admiralty launched the Longitude Prize in 1714 to find a better way to navigate our seas. In the years since, several well-known innovations have resulted from incentive competitions, including canning as a form of food preservation (a competition launched by Napoleon in 1795), modern plastics (the Billiard Ball Prize, 1863) and commercial aviation (the Orteig Prize, 1919).  

This is more than a job to us. When you work at XPRIZE, you’re making a positive impact on some of the biggest challenges facing our world. Whether you’re working in prize design or development, marketing and communications, stakeholder relations, business operations or any other department, you’re playing a critical role in turning the impossible into the possible.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary 

The person in this role will be responsible for leading entire project life-cycles, from concept through production, post, review, and launch phases. 

The ideal candidate has a passion for turning complex topics into impactful storytelling, social and environmental issues, entertainment, media, science, and technology, a track record of cross-functional leadership, impeccable organizational and project management skills, a high level of accountability, has an understanding and appreciation of high production value, a knack for creative problem solving, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and creative team environment. 

This candidate is highly motivated and gifted when it comes to interpreting executives’ creative ideas and execution with limited time and budget. The position calls for a self-starter who has deep experience in handling multiple work streams, developing creative and strategic plans with cross-functional teams, and executing against a wide variety of creative and strategic business briefs and marketing channels. Agency experience preferred.

They also need to possess a strong creative content production background, including managing internal and external development and production partners. The role will be positioned to advise on specs, assess project needs and source product information relevant to creative exploration and execution. The ideal candidate must be a problem solver and possess extreme agility with a deep desire to keep learning and growing. 

Our team is scaling and so it is a terrific time to come in and help shape the future of the organization. 

Responsibilities 

• Work directly with the CMO to execute his strategy and vision
• Work collaboratively with Team Leads across the Foundation to develop and execute video strategy
• Develop content marketing strategies and campaigns to support all prizes and impact maps as well as Foundation
• Vet and hire vendors, producers, editors, videographers, both domestic and international
• Manage internal team and keep them motivated
• Manage video production budget
• Bring in projects on time and on budget
• Manage multiple project teams and video projects simultaneously
• Maintain and grow relationships across the Foundation
• Good Clear Communication is key
• Understand the digital landscape and keep a big picture view on where the industry is headed, and how best to leverage the changes as they happen
• Build and maintain creative partnerships
• Deep storytelling from ideation to delivery – conceive, develop and perfect the creative through the entire process
• Manage producers, editors, videographers, animators, talent and crews, both domestic and international, to create engaging video content
• Manage Digital Librarian/Assistant Editor
• Music Supervisor
• Audio Supervisor
• Take each project up a notch – take it that extra 5%
• Script writing and editing
• Conceptualizing video projects
• Editing video projects
• Motion graphics
• Shoot photos and video
• Stay current on the market – for video styles and gear, etc.
• Collaborate across Marketing and Communications to fulfill clients’ requests
• Produce video shoots
• Research and develop questions for interview shoots
• Work with the Director to conceive of video campaigns and support all prizes and impact maps as well as Foundation video needs (Visioneering)
• Work with Director to develop strategy for how best to market the brand
• Create key video assets – Award Videos, Launch Videos, Promotional Videos, Finalist Videos
• Time and project management - Bring in projects on time and on budget 

Requirements 

• 5 years of experience, including production, post-production, project management, and client relations
• Strong writing skills 
• Can-do attitude
• Self-starter who can operate comfortably without a ton of oversight
• Must be optimistic in the face of adversity
• Someone who looks for the win-win but must possess the fortitude to say no 

Come change the world with us. 

XPRIZE Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to having a truly inclusive workforce. We do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.