Chief of Content & Storytelling (Volunteer)

Description

Chief of Content & Storytelling (Volunteer)

Content & Storytelling Division

Organization: Mentor A Promise (MAP)

Reports To: CEO / Executive Director

Location: Remote with NYC-based collaboration as needed

Type: Volunteer

About Mentor A Promise

Mentor A Promise (MAP) is a NYC-based nonprofit serving children and youth ages 5–18 experiencing housing instability through mentorship, literacy, social-emotional learning, creative expression, publishing, media, and community-based initiatives.

At MAP, storytelling is not marketing—it is public trust, cultural responsibility, and care in language. Every story must protect dignity, consent, and the emotional safety of the children and families we serve.

About the Content & Storytelling Division

The Content & Storytelling Division is responsible for how MAP’s work is expressed, documented, and shared across books, blogs, podcasts, film, curriculum, public reports, and digital platforms. This division ensures that MAP’s voice is consistent, ethical, trauma-informed, and aligned with mission and impact.

Role Overview

The Chief of Content & Storytelling is the senior leader responsible for setting and stewarding MAP’s storytelling vision across all formats and platforms. This role oversees narrative strategy, editorial leadership, creative standards, and cross-division alignment for all content produced by MAP.

The Chief of Content & Storytelling works in close partnership with PromisePress, Communications, Programs, Development, and Executive Leadership to ensure that MAP’s stories are accurate, respectful, and rooted in lived experience rather than exploitation.

This role holds final accountability for narrative ethics, tone, and integrity.

Key Responsibilities

Narrative Strategy & Vision

• Set and steward MAP’s organization-wide storytelling and content strategy
• Define narrative principles rooted in dignity, consent, and trauma-informed practice
• Ensure consistency of voice, tone, and values across all content

Editorial & Creative Leadership

• Oversee editorial, publishing, media, and storytelling teams
• Support Editors-in-Chief, content leads, and creative directors
• Review and approve high-impact or sensitive content

Ethics, Trust & Safeguarding

• Ensure storytelling practices uphold child safety, consent, and privacy standards
• Align content practices with MAP’s Public Trust, Legal, and Privacy frameworks
• Prevent extractive, sensational, or harmful narratives

Cross-Division Coordination

• Partner with Programs, Education, Development, and Operations to translate impact into responsible storytelling
• Align content priorities with organizational goals and capacity
• Support storytelling that serves communities rather than institutional branding

Leadership & Governance

• Serve as a senior advisor to the CEO / Executive Director
• Support board- and leadership-level discussions on narrative risk and public trust
• Build systems, workflows, and standards for sustainable content creation

Qualifications

• Senior experience in editorial leadership, storytelling, media, publishing, or communications
• Strong grounding in trauma-informed, equity-centered narrative practices
• Experience managing or mentoring creative and editorial teams
• Excellent judgment around sensitive stories and public-facing content
• Strong writing, editing, and strategic communication skills
• Alignment with MAP’s mission and dignity-centered values

Preferred Backgrounds

• Nonprofit media, journalism, publishing, documentary, or public-interest storytelling
• Experience working with vulnerable communities or youth-centered narratives
• Familiarity with consent-based storytelling and ethical media frameworks
• Experience leading content strategy across multiple platforms

Commitment

• Volunteer executive leadership role
• Approximately 5–10 hours per week
• Minimum 6-month commitment preferred
• Fully remote with optional NYC-based collaboration

What You’ll Gain

• Executive-level leadership experience shaping mission-driven storytelling
• Direct influence on how communities, funders, and the public understand MAP’s work
• Collaboration with senior leadership, creatives, and educators
• Professional references and letters of recommendation
• The opportunity to model ethical storytelling at scale

How to Apply

Interested candidates must apply directly through Idealist and submit:

• Resume (required)
• Cover letter (required) outlining storytelling philosophy and interest in MAP’s mission

Help ensure MAP’s stories are told with care, truth, and responsibility—protecting dignity while honoring lived experience.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with our organization. At this time, volunteer opportunities are limited to individuals based in the United States due to legal, safeguarding, data-privacy, and programmatic requirements. We appreciate your interest in our mission and your understanding of these constraints.