Senior Producer - Documentaries
Al Jazeera Media Network are seeking a Senior Producer to join their Award winning documentaries team, as a Senior Producer you will be responsible for leading a team on full Production stages and commissioning bodies globally and also leading the film-making for vital editorial stories.
Key Responsibilities:
- Research, film and edit top stories/episodes.
- Assign work to team members for different stories and find creative solutions for daily problems.
- Create long term plans for annual series and programs.
- Suggest new ideas and angles for stories to be covered.
- Analyze and evaluate program ideas in writing and incorporate evaluations of the team.
- Review and authorize solutions.
- Follow up on details of production process with in-field teams during all stages and contribute to solving problems and advice while in filed filming or editing.
- Incorporate all team work during Production stage including watching 1st, 2nd and 3rd rough cuts and suggest alterations in structure, editorially and artistically.
- Follow up on logistics with AJN in all stages.
- Coordinate with AJN different programs sections for adaptation/reversion.
- Authorize final acceptance of episodes.
- Process invoices to AJN Finance.
- Open new opportunities to commissioning in new fields and countries
Education:
- Minimum Bachelor Degree in Journalism, Media, Communication or other related fields.
Experience:
- Minimum 7 years of professional experience in field and/or commissioning or related field.
