Free Spirit Media Employee Directory
Media ProductionIllinois, United States51-200 Employees
Free Spirit Community Arts + Media (Free Spirit or FS+) partners with young Chicago storytellers, ages 11-25, to develop and amplify their unique and critical voices through storytelling and media arts. We do this through our holistic programming which focuses on community-building, skill-sharing and career and education pathways that support young people to envision and build their futures within the media industry and beyond. Free Spirit's goal is to support young media makers as they form robust and sustainable support systems, gain the skills needed to pursue employment in their creative fields, and understand the powerful and important gifts they bring to their chosen career fields. Free Spirit's media arts education and workforce investment programs are designed to break down barriers to access, success and leadership for emerging Chicago media makers. Programming is successful when young people obtain the resources they need to share their essential voices, apply their unique talents in pursuit of college and/or career and find meaningful work within the film and journalism industries and beyond. Free Spirit envisions a future in which young creators are able to influence and shape the media industry and thereby influence and shape society.