Executive Director

Community TV Network seeks a qualified, passionate Executive Director who is dedicated to youth empowerment through video production.

About Community TV Network / CTVN

Community TV Network, empowers urban young adults and children in Chicago to identify, address and resolve issues through the use and understanding of digital media arts. Engaging youth in the creative and collaborative process of digital video production we use the resulting media content to promote positive youth and community development with the overall goal of raising the educational success and economic viability of the neighborhoods where youth participants live and work.

CTVN provides semester-long video production classes for teens and middle school students in Chicago. These programs operate in the school day, after school and summer. CTVN has a professional TV PA job training program and freelance video crew jobs through Video Services, our social enterprise video production company. Young people work after school at CTVN’s Youth Media Center to produce Hard Cover, the youtube channel and cable access TV show.

Job Duties :

The Executive Director role provides oversight to all staff, programs and administrative operations and assures that all aspects of the organization adhere to CTVN’s mission and vision.

Programs

– Manage Programs and Staff : Hire staff and work with them to assure success with youth, videos and all youth empowerment and education goals of CTVN.

– Manage all of the organization assets including video equipment and the video archive / 50 years of video and the Youth Media Center condo space.

– Manage partnerships with schools, community organizations and all others in the youth development fields both locally and nationally.

Board of Directors

Support and work with the Board of Directors to fulfill its governance and fiduciary responsibilities including program, fundraising and finance oversight.

Fundraising

Work with the Fundraising Team to make sure that grants are written and submitted to meet all deadlines. This includes writing and submitting grants, communicating with funders and providing all grant reports.

Finance

Create the annual budget in consultation with the board of directors, work with the bookkeeper to provide monthly financial statements and with the auditor at the end of the year to provide the annual audit.

Qualifications for this position :

– Three years of experience in a senior leadership role preferably in an arts education or youth development organization.

– A demonstrated commitment to youth empowerment and social justice through video production.

– Outstanding demonstrated skills in : communication, and personal and relationship building.

This is a full-time position with a salary of $50-60,000 (based on experience), health benefits and 5 weeks PTO including vacation, personal and sick days.

How to apply :

Send your cover letter and resume with 2 references to admin@ctvnetwork.org

Deadline for applying : August 15, 2025

Employment Type

Full-time

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