Producer - Blue Pixel Studios : Job Details

Primarily producing complex and high-quality media content projects in challenging environments, including the Middle East.

Responsibilities are to:

• Responsible for the production of various communications products, primarily video but also including assets for coordinated campaigns such as digital banners, websites, and more.
• Ensure the successful production/creation of compelling high-quality content that engages key defined audiences.
• Manage the production process to achieve high-quality results.
• Managing production budgets.
• Developing, and working to strict production timelines.
• Coordinate, liaise, and direct external production companies and freelancers to create engaging, relevant content on time and on budget.
• Work to a production director and content director ensuring strategic direction, creative input, and audience requirements are all followed to achieve success.
• Collaborate effectively with editors, designers, content managers, social media managers, accounts staff, and other team members.
• Initiate team processes to ensure the generation of innovative and creative ideas that successfully deliver against strategic and creative briefs.
• Be prepared to support the creative process by assisting from time to time with writing, editing, and reviewing creative content treatments and scripts based on a strategic brief.
• Work with the team to constantly maximise success, impact, and production values.
• Use your cultural insight of audiences, production experience, and subject matter knowledge to inform content at all stages, from brief and development to post-production.
• Manage and advise on all aspects of post-production including editing, graphics, and design, working closely with editors and designers.
• Work closely across the teams to review daily content, provide feedback on ideas, strategy, treatments, and scripts from a delivery perspective.
• Communication and liaison with team, sharing timings, content briefs, feedback.
• Adopting and managing smooth production commissioning and approval processes.
• Quality assurance of material as suitable for key audiences and within editorial guidelines and to industry production standards.
• Upholding brand values, particularly accuracy, trust, and integrity.
• Input into strategy and future planning of campaigns and content streams.
• Available to help answer team, management, or client queries.
• Communicate effectively and build strong relationships with all suppliers and team members.
• Support other aspects of the wider project as required.

Desirable Knowledge:

• Understanding of and interest in the past and present social and political situation in the MENA region.
• An instinctive understanding and appreciation of modern youth culture and cultural trends in the MENA region.
• Demonstrate passion for media and social media, demonstrating an understanding of trends, subjects, and production techniques likely to appeal to youth audiences.

Essential:

• Highly Organised.
• In-depth knowledge of production and its processes including significant experience delivering high-quality industry standard content.
• Deep understanding of the social media landscape and upcoming trends.
• Understanding of the geo-political situation in the MENA region.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload and work flexibly and at pace.
• Ability to multitask and handle tight deadlines.
• Able to work independently, but also as a strong team player, with good personal communication skills.
• Fluent in Arabic (spoken and written).
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Desirable:

• Media and useful network of contacts in the MENA region an advantage.

Essential:

• Significant industry experience directly producing high-quality visual media for TV and social platforms.
• Experience operating with or demonstrating passion for youth culture/issues and social media.

Essential:

• Interested in people, stories, and the world, with an enquiring mind.
• Proactive and forward-leaning attitude.
• Solution, not problem-oriented.
• Anticipates challenges and shows initiative.
• Tolerance working with a diverse team.
• Integrity and honesty.
• Brilliant communicator.