Multimedia Journalist, Prequel

About Prequel

Prequel is building family trust through stories that show what students can do when school works differently. We are a group of education brands that help ambitious kids learn 21st-century life skills by building projects with real-world feedback and impact.

About the Role

This is an early-career role with unusual ownership. Prequel is seeking a Multimedia Journalist to create high-performing organic content that earns more awareness, trust, engagement, and qualified family demand. You will find, shoot, cut, and publish stories, and use performance data to decide what comes next. This role offers a chance to learn and build AI-driven marketing systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Create platform-native organic content for Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, and related channels, including hooks, scripts, captions, carousels, and short-form videos.
• Interview students and families, then turn raw conversations into clear, consented stories with strong proof points.
• Shoot, assemble, edit, and package lightweight photo and video assets using accessible tools.
• Use AI tools to research, draft, edit, repurpose, and quality-check content packages across multiple channels.
• Review social and search performance data, then apply learning to the next content cycle.
• Increase output by protecting accuracy, voice, and story while using AI.
• Transform one strong source story into a set of useful assets across various channels.

What You Won't Be Doing

• Scheduling prewritten posts without owning the concept, story, creative, or performance.
• Running paid media campaigns, ad buying, bid optimization, or paid acquisition reporting.
• Producing strategy decks that never become shipped content.
• Acting as the primary brand designer, creative director, or commercial film crew.
• Publishing unreviewed AI output, repetitive caption variants, or keyword-stuffed articles.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Portfolio with at least 5 examples of self-created social, video, written, or campaign content.
• Evidence of owning content for a real audience (e.g., college club, student organization, internship, side project, creator account, or small business).
• Ability to independently concept, film, edit, and package short-form video.
• Strong writing and editing skills, shown through clear audience-specific work samples.
• Practical use of AI in a real content workflow beyond isolated caption ideas.
• Must be based in Arizona, eligible for Arizona IVP fingerprint clearance, and able to travel regularly to school locations in Arizona and Texas.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Recent bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, media, business, education, or a related field.
• Experience turning interviews into concise written, photo, or video stories.
• Experience using content metrics (e.g., watch time, saves, shares, comments, profile visits, inquiries) to improve future work.
• Exposure to search-optimized writing, programmatic SEO, or editorial review of AI-generated articles.
• Experience building prompts, templates, or lightweight automations for content production.

Working with Us

• This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position.
• Compensation: $30 USD/hour ($60,000 USD/year).
• Payment period: Weekly.