Description
Position at Al Jazeera Media Network Job Summary: The Senior Producer will be responsible for ensuring that the editorial team will produce highly shareable, cutting edge, long-form/short-form, in-depth digital content, as well as focusing on content that creates conversations on social networks, catches rising conversations on social networks, enhances the discussions and lends a perspective based on facts creating an impact with our global audience. S/He will help the EP of Digital Special Projects to set the editorial direction for productions and will be part of the development & experimentation process within the Special Projects Department, as well as managing a team of multi skilled members. Key responsibilities & Accountabilities • Lead a shift/team of multi skilled producers, associate producers and researchers. • Lead the daily content production and report its performance • Revise, finalize and approve all relevant scripts/productions. • Produce as well as supervise all relevant scripts and productions. • Work/coordinate closely with the team leads (planning, creative, engagement and shows) to ensure they are leveraging the original/native content being produced. • Provide editorial direction to various digital content streams. • Lead in monitoring media landscape and latest content trends • Lead in researching current content production models and techniques • Lead the editorial meetings when necessary. • Assist in finalizing production schedules and editorial projects. • Produce new content ideas and experiments • Assist in drafting content concepts in different formats (text, video, audio) • Supervise the commissioning process for any content format • Mentoring and staff development Job Requirements and Qualifications Education:Bachelor's degree in digital media, journalism, or related field or equivalent education and/or experience. Minimum Required Academic Degree:Bachelor's Degree Experience:
Minimum 5 year of professional experience in Digital Media/Media field is required.
Proven experience in video production or online/digital Journalism.
