The Senior Producer is responsible for leading team planning, field shoots, and post production efforts for stories assigned to them and their team. The content this team creates is specifically designed for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other emerging digital platforms.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead pre-production of assigned deployments
• Setup interviews, coordinate logistics, conduct research on story, work with
• shooter on visual expectations
• While in field communicate updates to manager or planning team
• Work across digital teams to ensure that Planning, Engagement, and Audience Development departments are constantly up to speed on the production schedule
• Facilitate or shoot and send social media material to office while on deployment
• Screen internal and external pitches and commission story ideas to be shot by freelance video journalists or staff for content that can be used to engage with digital audiences across our platforms
• Assign stories as directed by the Digital Newsgathering EP
• Write scripts and social media copy to be used across various social networks for the assigned stories
• Fact-check scripts
• Champion field safety and ethical reporting practices
• Coordinate field team travel logistics
• Engage with audience on social media in professional manner while following network guidelines
• Contribute editorially strong and creative ideas in meetings and discussions
• Assess new information and react quickly to editorial developments
• Carry out duties in line with Al Jazeera editorial guidelines and ethics

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 7 years track record in journalism with increasing responsibility
• Proven track record of field production and coordination

SKILLS

• Excellent communication, leadership, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Good non-linear video editing
• Outstanding ability to write and copy edit all digital content
• Ability to produce lives in the field and monitoring teams in the field – via mobile and video/audio equipment
• Ability to deploy breaking news situations
• Ability to produce long and short news features
• Must have a firm grasp on how to operate the latest video and audio field equipment
• To have a broad understanding of current global news trends and issues
• Excellent editorial judgment of global issues
• A passion and commitment to the Al Jazeera spirit of journalism
• Strong understanding of social media networks and online video consumption and audiences
• Ability to independently manage high pressure, deadline driven projects.
• Manage multiple tasks at the same time
• Attention to detail is essential