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Leads architecture for unified native mobile and cross-platform systems, scalable personalization and media delivery pipelines, distributed services, APIs, and client applications. Guides multi-team technology strategy, governance, security, privacy compliance, cost optimization, deployments, incident response, and code quality. Mentors engineers, conducts reviews, evaluates technologies, and contributes resilient production code across iOS, Android, cloud, CDN, and data systems.

Lead end-to-end product design for NPR’s growth and conversion experiences across web, mobile, voice, CarPlay, and other platforms. Develop prototypes, design systems, research studies, and personalized user journeys that improve engagement, retention, and contributions. Collaborate with researchers, product managers, developers, and other partners to define product vision, translate business requirements into audience-focused goals, facilitate co-creation, and refine products through launch.

Creates, produces, shoots, directs, and edits branded video content supporting NPR’s communications, fundraising, recruitment, events, and strategic initiatives. Develops concepts, scripts, production plans, interviews, and visual styles; manages filming, editing, color correction, audio mixing, graphics, captions, licensing, and delivery. Coordinates multiple productions, freelancers, vendors, talent, equipment, schedules, and workflows while maintaining NPR’s brand standards and audience-focused storytelling.

The Director of Individual Giving manages a portfolio of 100–150 major donor prospects, develops cultivation and solicitation strategies, and secures six- and seven-figure gifts. Responsibilities include moves management, donor discovery, proposal and impact-report creation, database maintenance in Salesforce, stewardship, and collaboration with NPR leadership, member stations, planned giving, and development teams. The role targets $5M+ in annual revenue and supports an organization-wide culture of philanthropy.

Legal externs support NPR’s Office of the General Counsel by conducting legal research, preparing memoranda, contracts, and other documents, participating in client and regulatory meetings, observing proceedings, and attending legal training. The role spans commercial, nonprofit tax, governance, technology, intellectual property, regulatory, constitutional, employment, and labor matters. Applicants must be current law students and secure academic credit for fall or spring placements.

Legal externs assist senior counsel with copyright research, fair use determinations, audio and video content evaluations, permissions agreements, licensing assessments, and rights management. The role is a full-time, summer, for-credit or stipend-eligible opportunity for current second- or third-year law students with coursework and knowledge in copyright law and fair use.

Leads and develops a team of mobile software engineers building NPR applications. Responsibilities include coaching, hiring, Agile delivery, technical planning, code and design reviews, workflow automation, production incident response, vendor coordination, and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires prior hands-on mobile engineering experience, proficiency in native iOS or Android technologies, release infrastructure, Git, and Agile/Scrum practices.