Volunteer Mercy Stage AI Video & Media Specialist – Animal Visibility Support

About the role

The Shepherds Ark is a Christ-centered ministry on a mission to build a sanctuary of hope and justice for both animals and people. We are a volunteer-based ministry dedicated to providing rescue, care, and advocacy for at-risk animals while also addressing the systemic injustice that leads to the destitution of both animals and people. Organization: The Animal Cause, Inc. (TAC). As a Mercy Stage AI Video & Media Specialist, you will transform verified shelter photographs and facts into truth-preserving, emotionally compelling AI video reels, graphics, and verified captions designed to help unseen animals get noticed, adopted, or rescued. Purpose: Mercy Stage is The Animal Cause’s flagship Shelter and Rescue Animal Visibility Support program. Through Mercy Stage, we create verified, authorized, identity-conscious AI-assisted media packages for long-stay and overlooked shelter animals facing urgent placement decisions. What makes Mercy Stage different: Most organizations use media tools merely to edit graphics. Mercy Stage uses a governed production system where truth comes before reach. Our standard dictates that AI may enhance motion, lighting, and composition, but it must never alter an animal’s permanent physical identity—such as coat markings, eye color, facial geometry, or observed temperament. Every piece of media we create preserves the true, dignified identity of God's creation while giving overlooked animals a digital voice.

Responsibilities

• Identity-Preserving AI Video Generation: Convert raw shelter photographs into realistic 3–5 second cinematic motion clips using generative video AI tools (e.g., Kling AI, Luma AI, Hailuo, or Runway) using strict camera-dolly and prompt-engineering standards.
• Post-Production & Packaging: Assemble raw AI video renders into vertical video reels (1080x1920) using CapCut or Canva, integrating auto-captions, subtle background audio, branding overlays, and direct shelter contact details.
• Graphic & Caption Development: Create formatted social media carousels, alt text, hashtags, and factual, adoption-oriented captions based strictly on verified shelter records—never inventing medical history, urgency, or compatibility.
• Side-by-Side Quality Auditing: Perform mandatory identity checks comparing generated outputs against raw shelter source photos to ensure 100% anatomical accuracy, zero facial morphing, and zero distorted physical features.
• Testing & Workflow Documentation: Participate in team evaluations of AI engines, prompt frameworks, and rendering success rates to refine TAC’s standardized production pipeline.
• Deliverable Focus: Every specialist contributes directly to the production of Mercy Stage Visibility Packages, which include a 3–5 second identity-accurate AI-assisted video reel; a branded social portrait or carousel graphic; a verified caption with shelter intake facts, contact info, and clear Calls to Action; accessibility tags (alt text) and amplification hashtags for distribution.

Requirements

• Volunteer-based role.
• Location: Remote (U.S. Only).
• Age / Residency Requirements: Must be at least 21 years old, a U.S.