The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the public-service broadcaster of the United Kingdom, headquartered at Broadcasting House in London. It is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation[3] and the second largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with over 20,000 staff in total, of which 16,672 are in public sector broadcasting
Job Introduction
BBC World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, part of BBC News, delivering a wide range of language and regional services and working increasingly with other parts of BBC News to serve global audiences. It uses multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of 468 million globally (2020 figure), including TV, digital platforms, social media, AM, FM, shortwave, digital satellite and cable channels.
Main Responsibilities
- As a Video Journalist in the Igbo Service team you will be expected to produce, record and edit video content with speed and utmost creativity. You will offer story ideas and will routinely self-shoot and edit news packages for use across multiple platforms.
- Applicants should be aware that this role will require you to travel at short notice.
Are you the Right Candidate?
The successful candidate will have first-class video journalism skills, with the ability to gather and prepare audio and video material for broadcast.
You will also command the following attributes:
- Storytelling ability through the use of graphics, audio and video.
- Ability to spot potential newsworthy stories for use on any service
- Recognising the distinct requirements of different types of output
- Ability to self-shoot and edit video routinely which is the main focus of the role
- Good command of spoken and written Igbo language
Method of Application
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