• Application Deadline: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Video Journalist, BBC News - Igbo Service


• Job Type Contract


• Qualification


• Experience


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding 
  

Job Reference: BBC/TP/590126/64509

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract/attachment.

Job Category: Journalism

Business Unit: News - WSG World Service

Job Introduction

• BBC World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, part of BBC News, delivering a wide range of language and regional services and working increasingly with other parts of BBC News to serve global audiences.


• It uses multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of 468 million globally (2020 figure), including TV, digital platforms, social media, AM, FM, shortwave, digital satellite and cable channels.

Role Responsibilities

• As a Video Journalist in the Igbo Service team you will be expected to produce, record and edit video content with speed and utmost creativity.


• You will offer story ideas and will routinely self shoot and edit news packages for use across multiple platforms.

Are you the right candidate?

• The successful candidate will have first class video journalism skills, with the ability to gather and prepare audio and video material for broadcast.

You will also command the following attributes:

• Storytelling ability through the use of audio and video.


• Ability to spot potential newsworthy stories for use on any service


• Recognising the distinct requirements of different types of output


• Ability to self-shoot and edit video routinely which is the main focus of the role


• Good command of spoken and written Igbo language.