Journalist jobs in United Arab Emirates

Job Description

The Multimedia Journalist is a member of the output team responsible for a segment development of Sky News Arabia. During your time slot, you will work under the direction of an Executive Producer / Senior Executive Producer to create and shape our news coverage writing scripts, cutting pictures, finding guests, developing graphics, and other work as required both for TV and Social Media platforms.

Your mission will be to produce original and market-leading news output while ensuring Sky News Arabia's editorial guidelines and values are adhered to and generate ideas, research topics, and initiate contacts with prospective guests and interviewees. However, your main role will be to produce news for Sky News Arabia's television news channel and various digital platforms. You will embrace the full range of content delivery platforms.

• Producing distinctive news coverage for Sky News Arabia's programming segment.
• Writing scripts for on-air talent, cutting pictures while using the newsroom production system, finding guests, commissioning and writing graphics, and other tasks as required.
• Working with Journalists within your team and across the newsroom and the news desk and online to cultivate a collaborative approach to news gathering and delivery across Sky News Arabia.
• Ideating and producing video content.
• Creating and coordinating daily 'multimedia' stories on Instagram and Snapchat for takeover by our network of talents across the country.
• Producing on-the-field social video stories, as well as producing Facebook Live broadcasts from our office or on location.
• Ensuring Sky News Arabia's editorial guidelines and values are adhered to.
• Required to work within a shift pattern across the whole week, including nights, to service a 24-hour news channel's needs.
• May be required to produce on location in Abu Dhabi, the Middle East, North Africa, and internationally.

• BA in journalism or another related social science major.
• Previous experience in a national or international broadcast news channel.
• Experience in newsroom production systems and desktop editing.
• Experience of or appreciation of the benefits and difficulties of cross-platform working.
• Evidence of a broad range of journalistic interests, including social affairs, international politics, public policy, world business and economic affairs, Sciences, and the Arts.
• Experience in television news, including television news production.
• Experience in video production and/or graphic design.
• Proven experience in content conception, development, and execution for digital platforms and younger-mind set audiences.
• Good knowledge of current post-production tools and processes and know your way around video editing software.
• An excellent journalist with strong editorial judgment.
• A strong spoken/written communicator who can develop creative, clear, and concise storytelling for various audiences.
• A self-starter and strong teammate who can work independently and responsibly in a start-up-style environment.
• Shine with a 'can do' positive attitude and love collaborating with multiple partners.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills and rock at managing multiple assignments at once.