# Video Journalist

**Company**: BBC
**Location**: Abuja, NGA
**Experience**: senior
**Category**: Language Services
**Industry**: Media & Entertainment

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## Description

The Video Journalist is responsible for creating high-quality visual journalism for BBC News Hausa across digital and broadcast platforms.

Working across both breaking news and planned content, they will independently film, edit, and produce engaging video stories, using strong editorial judgement and visual storytelling skills to deliver accurate, audience-focused content for television, social media, YouTube, the website, and other digital platforms.

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of video journalism at BBC News Hausa, one of the BBC World Service's largest and fastest-growing language services.

Key Responsibilities:

- Research, film, and produce high-quality news stories, interviews, and features for digital and broadcast platforms.

- Use strong camera, lighting, and audio skills to capture compelling visual content that tells stories accurately and creatively.

- Independently edit video content from raw footage to final delivery, ensuring it meets editorial and technical standards.

- Apply sound editorial judgement, ensuring all content is accurate, impartial, verified, and compliant with BBC Editorial Guidelines.

- Create platform-specific video content for web, social media, YouTube, television, and podcasts, adapting formats and storytelling as required.

- Identify and develop engaging visual stories that meet audience needs and support breaking news and planned coverage.

- Collaborate with editors, journalists, and producers to plan, coordinate, and deliver effective visual journalism.

- Manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, use audience insights to improve performance, and maintain professional and technical standards.

Requirements:

- Significant journalism experience with strong video filming, camera operation, and visual storytelling skills.

- Proven ability to self-shoot and independently produce content from planning through to final delivery.

- Strong video editing skills, including narrative construction, sound, graphics, and captions.

- Experience creating video content for digital and broadcast platforms, adapting to different formats and audiences.

- Sound editorial judgement with a strong understanding of accuracy, impartiality, and BBC Editorial Guidelines.

- Ability to identify, research, and develop compelling stories and translate complex issues into engaging visual content.

- Fluent in Hausa and English, with excellent writing, interviewing, and communication skills.

- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, work collaboratively, meet tight deadlines, and use audience insights to improve performance.

Benefits:

- Fair pay and flexible benefits specific to your location and contract type.

- Excellent career and professional development.

- Support in your working life.

- A values-based organisation where the way we do things is as important as what we do.

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## Skills

### Required
- video journalism
- visual storytelling
- camera operation
- video editing
- Hausa
- English
- journalism

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