Digital Media Producer

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Position Description

Title: Digital Media Producer


Location: Alexandria, Virginia (HQ), Rochester, New York, Or Lake Park, Florida, Branch Office


Date Revised: May 2026


FLSA: Exempt


Division: Communications & Brand


Department: Digital Media


Travel Requirement: Less than 5%.


Hours and Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 5:30 PM. Ability to work weekends as needed, as well as being on call, certain days, "24/7."


Reports to:

This Position Reports to the Director, Digital Media.


About The Role

As a photo imaging specialist on the NCMEC Digital Media Team, you'll play a meaningful role in helping protect children by creating and sharing critical missing child posters and digital content that reaches the public through NCMEC's digital platforms. You will also handle the daily management of social media platforms and scheduling tools to ensure the timely and effective dissemination of missing child alerts.


Your work will directly support the recovery of missing children through timely, high-quality images and information distributed across social media and the web. In this position, you'll combine creative photo editing skills with strong organizational abilities to help families find their missing children and strengthen NCMEC's ability to raise awareness and mobilize the public.


What You'll Do

• Create, edit, retouch, and prepare professional missing child posters, ensuring images are clear, respectful, and optimized for public recognition and rapid dissemination.
• Manage and update photo imaging databases, encode images and case information, and maintain accurate records for all media-ready cases.
• Handle the preparation, certification, and quality control process for media-ready missing child posters in accordance with NCMEC procedures.
• Manage a high volume of daily social media posts and support the rapid dissemination of missing child alerts and NCMEC messaging across platforms.
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to provide 24/7 support for urgent child safety messages and missing child alert cases as needed.
• Provide photo editing, design, and data entry support to the digital media team, call center, case management, and other departments.
• Respond to internal and external requests for posters, electronic image dissemination, and related information, including timely recovery notifications.
• Notify clearinghouses and law enforcement of new, revised, restricted, or recovered cases.
• Collaborate effectively with team members, law enforcement, and partners while maintaining a professional, mission-focused approach.

Who We're Looking for

We're looking for someone who is passionate about using their skills for a greater purpose. You're a talented photo editor who's comfortable with data entry, managing multiple social media platforms, and excited by the idea that your work can help protect children. You're proactive, detail-oriented, tech-savvy, and motivated by the opportunity to make a real difference in protecting children.


If you're seeking an entry-level role where your creativity and attention to detail directly contribute to keeping children safe, this is a meaningful opportunity to grow your skills while supporting a vital mission.


Education and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree in digital media, graphic design, visual communication, multimedia arts, or a closely related field is preferred.
• One (1) to two (2) years of relevant experience in photo editing, digital asset management, or graphic production.
• Experience managing social media platforms and using social media scheduling tools (such as Hootsuite, Buffer, Sprout Social, or similar).
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Cloud applications is highly preferred.
• Experience with content management systems and databases is a plus.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.


A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements. They are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.