Video Journalist Job at BBC World

The BBC is an international multimedia broadcaster on radio, TV, online and social networks with a weekly global audience of 320 million. As part of an historic multi-million pound expansion of BBC Africa, the BBC World Service is introducing a wide range of new and exciting language and regional content to serve African and global audiences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Video Journalist

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Main Responsibilities

• As a Video Journalist in the Igbo Service team you will be expected to produce, record and edit video content with speed, professional video journalistic skills 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, still footage and video material for broadcast. You will also command the following attributes:

• Storytelling ability through the use of audio, photography and video.
• Ability to spot potential newsworthy stories for use on any BBC service.
• Recognising the distinct requirements of different types of output platforms the BBC uses.
• Ability to self-shoot and edit video routinely which is the main focus of the role
• Good command of spoken, read and written Igbo language and English.