Job description

Key purpose of the role

Responsible for telling stories using video and still photography, video and audio editing, web design, graphic arts and animation, scriptwriting and interactive media. Advise reporters and editors about how to incorporate multimedia elements into their stories and generate original content themselves. Manage the production process (generating ideas, meeting budgets and deadlines) for multimedia projects.

Key outputs/accountabilities

• Conceptualise and brief in infographics
• Suggest best digital treatments for feature stories
• Curate and aggregate a steady stream of interesting content that is packaged and promoted in a way that generates interest and buzz
• Prepare concepts and scripts for multimedia pieces
• Research and develop story ideas and prepare final story proposals for approval
• Develop production plan and schedule for assigned projects
• Coordinate with Reporters and Editors for story development
• Cooperate with Directors and Editors for production and display
• Apply visual storytelling skills to develop multimedia pieces
• Develop storyboards, scripts, and schematics based on project objectives
• Monitor and manage multimedia project activities from start to finish
• Ensure that assigned projects meet milestones, budgetary constraints and editorial standards
• Analyze resource requirements and equipment needs for production
• Pitch video ideas about original stories
• Create several video packages from material supplied by EWN reporters and users on a daily basis
• Load and publish video reports from EWN’s agency partners
• Keep abreast with major stories in the general news space
• Maintain a good contact base with the ability to arrange interviews
• Create promotional and informative images with text for use on EWN’s digital and social platforms
• Film and edit multimedia packages
• Involved in the process of effectively linking and tagging videos to articles on the EWN website as well as social network sites, including Twitter and Facebook
• Take photos of newsmakers and news events
• Source the necessary visual material for the EWN website
• Manage and monitor picture agency feeds
• Record and edit video footage to create audio-visual content
• Package multimedia content
• File stories for radio news bulletins when required
• Ability to use social media to disseminate news content
• Stay updated with latest media technique, web trends and production technologies.
• Adhoc tasks set out by the EWN Online News Editor

Send your detailed CV to

az.oc.aidemirp@sreeracgnitsacdaorb

with the Subject Line “EWN MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER”. The closing date for applications is 21 June 2019. 

Suitable candidates will be selected in accordance with Primedia Broadcasting’s Employment Equity Policy. Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in Journalism, Communications or equivalent
• At least three years’ experience as a video journalist and/or photographer in a professional news environment
• Comprehensive portfolio
• Knowledge of digital-specific treatments of news stories
• Knowledge and understanding of socio-economic and political issues affecting South Africa, and the continent more broadly
• A strong visual sense and passion for storytelling
• Creative and technically strong when it comes to filming and editing 
• The ability to work with:
• • Advanced video editing software (Avid, Adobe Premier or Final Cut)
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects (basic knowledge)
  • Ability to operate camera equipment, specifically a DSLR
  • Newsroom 4 (or similar program)
  • Audacity
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent technical skills in editing software
• Computer Literacy skills
• A strong understanding of how to use social media networks for visual storytelling, including, but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
• The ability to edit and produce short video packages which include video clips, photographs and sound
• The ability to create promotional and informative images with text for use on EWN’s digital and social platforms
• The ability to produce live video interviews on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube
• Ability to present on camera as well as voice-overs
• Resilient and composed under pressure
• Innovative, dedicated and responsible
• Creative and visually astute
• Ability to receive direction and feedback easily
• Attentive and accuracy to detail
• Passionate about digital platforms
• Demonstrable passion for and an interest in hard news and storytelling
• Disciplined to meet and exceed delivery on deadlines
• Reliable and flexible to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and public holiday when required
• Performance driven
• Focused

Posted on 14 Jun 14:17