We're hiring
Director of Digital Well-Being
Lead a growing effort to help young people build healthy relationships with technology.
- Salary
- Starting at $68,000 annually
- Position
- Full-time
- Location
- New Orleans, LA
- Preferred Start
- January 2027, with flexibility for educators completing the school year
Interested in Applying?
Both steps are required:
- 1.Email your resume to alex@beloudstudios.org
- 2.Leave a Be Loud Hotline voicemail sharing your interest in the role and connection to Digital Well-Being.
Please do not send a cover letter.
Who we are
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
What this role is
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.
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
What you'll do
Primary Responsibilities
20%
Program Leadership & Vision
- 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.
35%
Curriculum & Program Quality
- 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.
30%
Partnerships & Earned Revenue
- 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.
15%
Organizational Support & Evaluation
- 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.
The person
Who You Are
This job asks you to build relations 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.
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.
How You Work
- Collaborative: You like building things with other people and you take feedback well.
- Organized and Self-Directed: You manage competing priorities and move projects forward independently.
- Creative and Resourceful: You experiment with new approaches and find practical solutions.
- Youth-Centered: You believe young people should help shape the programs and conversations that affect their lives.
- Comfortable With Ambiguity: You're excited to help build something new, even when all the answers aren't clear.
Nobody will be strong at all of this on day one. We're looking for someone who knows where their strengths are and is willing to learn the rest.
Year one
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.
01
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.
GoalCreate 1 facilitator toolkit that staff can use independently.
02
Program Quality
Set up a regular routine for preparing facilitators, observing sessions, giving feedback, and updating the curriculum based on what you see.
Goal90% of all participants rate their experience positively.
03
Evaluation
Create a simple way to track attendance, partner experience, and feedback from youth and adults, so we can tell what's working.
GoalProduce 2 impact reports (with quantitative data) annually, including recommendations for improvement for staff and board.
04
Organizational Integration
Make Digital Well-Being part of how Be Loud works, including in our radio and fellowship programs.
GoalDevelop 1 shared set of Digital Well-Being practices for Be Loud.
05
Partnerships
Grow our list of school and community partners and keep a steady pipeline of new ones.
GoalEstablish 8–10 active school/community partners and build a pipeline of 20–25 prospective partners for the following year.
06
Earned Revenue
Generate contracted Digital Well-Being revenue through paid workshops, professional learning, and/or customized organizational partnerships.
GoalDevelop 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.
07
Growth
Write a 2028 plan that says which offerings to expand and which next steps to take.
GoalDevelop 1 written 2028 growth plan with 2–3 offerings with the strongest potential to scale.
How we work
Schedule & Culture
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.
What to expect
Hiring Process
Our hiring process has several rounds, because this role asks a lot of different things. Each round shows us a different side of you, from how you communicate to how you create and collaborate. It takes real time, so please look at the full process before you apply.
- 01
Resume + Be Loud Hotline
Email your resume and submit a short Hotline voicemail sharing your interest in the role and connection to Digital Well-Being. Both are required for consideration. Please do not submit a cover letter. We use the Hotline because we'd rather hear your voice than read another cover letter.
- • Resume emailed to alex@beloudstudios.org
- • Be Loud Hotline voicemail required
- • See Hotline instructions here
- • Both are necessary for consideration
- • No cover letter
- 02
Zoom Interview
Selected applicants will be invited to a 30-minute conversation with our Executive Director about how you build programs and why this work interests you.
- 03
Paid Technical Challenge
Candidates advancing to this round will have one week to complete a paid assignment (approximately 4–5 hours) that demonstrates their ability to develop creative and practical solutions.
- 04
In-Person Final Interview
A small group of finalists will be invited to Be Loud for a collaborative interview experience. You'll present your technical challenge to our leadership team, interview with program staff, and participate in a youth-led podcast interview. It's a chance for us to see how you work with others, and for you to see what Be Loud is really like.
We know this is more than most hiring processes ask. It gives you several ways to show your strengths, and it gives you a real look at whether Be Loud is right for you.
How to apply
Ready 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.
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.