Description
BBC Swahili, one of the BBC World Service's largest and fastest-growing language services, delivers trusted journalism to millions across East Africa via radio, TV, and digital platforms. As a Video Journalist, you will create high-quality visual content for multiple platforms, independently filming and editing stories, identifying compelling visual narratives, and producing accurate, engaging journalism.
Your key responsibilities and impact:
- Research, plan, film, and produce high-quality video content, including news stories, interviews, features, and breaking news coverage.
- Independently edit video from raw footage to final delivery, creating accurate, engaging narratives that meet BBC editorial, technical, and accessibility standards.
- Identify the strongest visual approach to stories, exercising sound editorial judgement and ensuring all content is accurate, impartial, verified, and compliant with BBC Editorial Guidelines.
- Produce and adapt content for multiple platforms, including digital, social, television, and podcast outputs.
- Contribute to both immediate news coverage and longer-term planned content, maximising the value of original reporting through multiple video outputs and formats.
- Collaborate with editors, journalists, producers, and other colleagues to plan coverage, coordinate production requirements, and deliver effective visual journalism.
- Manage competing priorities and tight deadlines while maintaining professional standards.
Your skills and experience:
- Significant journalism experience with strong expertise in video production, including filming, camera operation, visual storytelling, and self-shooting.
- Advanced video editing skills, with the ability to create compelling narratives using footage, interviews, natural sound, graphics, and captions.
- Strong editorial judgement, with a sound understanding of BBC Editorial Guidelines, accuracy, impartiality, verification, and current affairs coverage.
- Proven ability to identify, develop, and communicate stories through engaging visual formats.
- Fluency in written and spoken Kiswahili and English, with excellent scripting, editing, translation, interviewing, and communication skills.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and adapt quickly to changing news environments.
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 important as what we do.