Thank you for your interest in working at the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute. There are

three steps to this application process. Please (1) email your application, (2) complete this online interview,

and, (3) if invited to an onsite interview, prepare a portfolio. Instructions for step 1 are included in the job

posting (http://www.newseum.org/jobs).

The following 12-question survey (downloadable here) will serve as a formal interview. We will carefully

review your application and online interview and contact you if we'd like to arrange a face-to-face interview,

at which time you can present your portfolio. Let's begin.

Let's getstarted

Online Interview: Digital Coordinator

Last Name, First

Name

Preferred Name

Pronunciation

Address

City/Town

State/Province -- select state --

ZIP/Postal Code

Country

Email Address

Phone Number

1. How would you like us to address and contact you?*

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Given this information, do you think the Religious Freedom Center would be a compatible employer for you?

Asked another way, is this the type of organization for which you would like to work? If so, why?

2. Before you begin, please familiarize yourself with the Religious Freedom Center by

reviewing these five webpages. Please check the boxes to confirm that you've studied the

following information.

Homepage (www.newseuminstitute.org/religion). Please note our nonpartisan mission.

The Guiding Framework (http://www.newseuminstitute.org/religion/mission/framework). Please

pay special attention to the 3Rs, which set the tone of our internal work culture and our external

partnerships.

Partners (http://www.newseuminstitute.org/religion/partners). Please survey the diversity of civic,

advocacy, and educational groups.

Religious Liberty Courses (http://www.newseuminstitute.org/religion/courses). Please review our

vision for the center's new school for religious liberty and its three student populations.

Educational Design (http://www.newseuminstitute.org/religion/courses/design). Please examine the

ways in which the center is currently designing its blended learning program.

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Given the mission and vision of this new online school for religious liberty, the Religious Freedom Center is

seeking a part-time digital coordinator to work with a team of faculty and experts to coordinate the technical

operations and content development of the virtual campus and the learning management system. The

coordinator will serve as technical support for students and teachers and will work with the marketing

departments to coordinate the branding and production of multimedia projects, such as educational

interactives and course videos. The digital coordinator will also provide technical assistance with managing

the content for the event management website and app.

The following three questions are designed to help you demonstrate proficiency in all three of the following

technical areas: (1) learning management, (2) content management, and (3) multimedia management.

Technical Proficiencies

Online Interview: Digital Coordinator

LEARNING MANAGEMENT

The center will be experimenting with HaikuLearning as a platform for teaching online courses for graduate

students. Please indicate below whether you are familiar with managing content on Haiku or a similar

distance education/learning management (LMS) system, such as EDx, Coursera, Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai,

Canvass, Instructure, Jenzabar, Angel Learning, or other similar platforms.

In the comment section, please indicate your level of expertise with using an LMS to create online

educational experiences, such as using learning badges, discussion forums, ePortfolios, flashcards, learning

games, infographics, educational maps, polls, SurveyMonkey, Quizlet, PowerPoint/Keynote slideshows,

embedding videos, online whiteboard, WikiProjects, and so on.

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1. Expert: I can

serve as a trainer of

trainers. I've got

this.

2. Advanced: I can

work independently

with little training.

3. Skilled: I know

the basics, but I need

additional training.

4. Beginner: I am

a beginner, but I

learn quickly. 5. LMS, what’s that?

Given this information, how confident do you feel about serving as a coordinator for the center's learning

management system? Please give brief examples of how you've used an LMS to create online educational

experiences.

3. Rank your proficiency level (1–5) with distance education/learning management systems.

CONTENT MANAGEMENT

In order to manage onsite learning experiences, the digital coordinator will use Cvent as an event

management system/website and CrowdCompass as a mobile app. These systems are similar to other content

management systems such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Ning.

1. Expert: I can

serve as a trainer of

trainers. I've got

this.

2. Advanced: I can

work independently

with little training.

3. Skilled: I know

the basics, but I need

additional training.

4. Beginner: I am

a beginner, but I

learn quickly. 5. CMS, what’s that?

Given this information, how confident do you feel about coordinating the center's content management

system and event app? Please give brief examples of how you've used content management systems in the

past.

4. Rank your proficiency level (1-5) using content management systems.

MULTIMEDIA MANAGEMENT

The digital coordinator will be working with a MAC OS X Yosemite 10.10+ computers to make minor edits to

videos, images, podcasts, and text-based forms. Available software will include Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe

Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premier Pro CS6, Adobe Indesign CS6, Affinity Designer, iMovie,

Garage Band, and Fission, as well as MS Word’s track changes and developer/form creator features.

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1. Expert: I can

serve as a

trainer of

trainers. I've got

this.

2. Advanced: I

can work

independently

with little

training.

3. Skilled: I

know the basics,

but I need

additional

training.

4. Beginner: I

am a beginner,

but I learn

quickly. 5. What's this?

Video editing

Image editing

Sound editing

Editing forms

Given this information, how confident do you feel about making minor edits to videos, images, podcasts, and

text-based forms? Please give brief examples of which software you can use to accomplish these goals

5. Rank your proficiency level (1-5) with multimedia management.

6. Do you have any other related information to share about your technical competencies?

Do you want to elaborate?

7. On a scale between 1 to 5 how compatible are your skills with the technical requirements of

the position?

1. Extremely compatible. I would thrive doing these three activities.

2. Reasonably compatible. I'd be able to get the job done.

3. Cautiously optimistic. I'd need some help building my confidence.

4. Not very compatible. Do you have other jobs open?

5. Not at all compatible. Sorry, it's not a match. Good luck with your search.

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Professional Competencies

Online Interview: Digital Coordinator

Before proceeding with the final set of questions, please review the following competencies, which are

required of all employees of the center.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

All applicants must demonstrate exceptional verbal, written, and copyediting skills in American

English.

All applicants must possess strong intellectual capacities and be comfortable communicating with

faculty about graduate-level educational experiences in the areas of education, law, religion, and

journalism.

All applicants must demonstrate superior interpersonal skills that will allow them to successfully

manage extensive interaction with a wide range of individuals and groups; therefore, all applicants

must demonstrate superior communication skills, self-awareness, cognitive and emotional empathy,

and the ability to interact with people who have a variety of legal, ideological, and religious and

nonreligious perspectives.

Essential qualities include kindness, patience, flexibility, clear communication, a high degree of

organization, an eye for detail, and a drama-free approach to problem solving.

8. Briefly describe an experience in which you effectively communicated with a professor or

national leader about his or her area of expertise.

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9. Briefly describe an experience in which you effectively negotiated a conflict with someone

who did not share your ideological or political perspective.

10. Briefly describe an experience in which you effectively negotiated a conflict with someone

who did not share your religious or nonreligious affiliation.

Do you want to elaborate?

11. Thank you for your reflections. Let's talk compatibility. Please rank on a scale between 1

to 5 how your skills and interests align with the professional competencies listed above? Is

this a compatible work environment for you?

1. Extremely compatible. I would thrive in this diverse setting.

2. Reasonably compatible. I am open to new experiences and viewpoints.

3. Cautiously optimistic. I would need some help building my confidence.

4. Not very compatible. Are other departments at the Newseum hiring?

5. Not at all compatible. Sorry, it's not a match. Good luck with your search.

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Thank you for completing this online interview. We appreciate the time and attention you brought to the

process.

Thankyou!

Online Interview: Digital Coordinator

12. Do you have any comments or questions about the position or the application process, or

suggestions about how we can improve this online interview? We value your input.

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