Senior Promo Producer

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

The title

Senior Promo Producer

Location

Doha, Qatar

Hours

Full Time

Contract

Contract

Salary

Competitive

Posted date

06/01/22

Closing date

06/03/22

**Purpose**:
The Senior Promo Producer role is responsible for leading by example the end-to-end production (conceptualisation, scripting, directing, producing and packaging) of promotional content. Alaraby TV with a wealth of creative experience and a good eye for what makes a compelling and attention-grabbing promo, this role will also be responsible for creating and exercising promotional material for a range of programmes, movies, series and general Alaraby TV channel branding.
The Senior Promo Producer will work within a team of Producers, enhancing the collective knowledge of on-air promotion guidelines, design, filming and editing techniques, all designed to promote Alaraby TV’s content and navigate our viewers across our channel.
They will be able to take direction and work closely with the Creative Manager to spearhead Alaraby TV’s on-air promotions’ direction.
They will be expected to work on a flexible shift pattern, including weekends, producing high-quality on-air promotions for both news and programmes.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Alaraby Television Network is an Arabic Channel with a likely audience of over 200 million Arabic speakers. Alaraby Television Network aims to offer these highly intelligent and selective news and information viewers an articulate new window into the affairs and events of the Arab world.
- For the channel to be credible, it is of paramount importance that the on-air promotion of the editorial channel, and its content, is of the highest possible standard. Producers must demonstrate and consistently deliver correct spelling, grammar and pronunciation on all scripts, voice-overs and graphic captions.
- A Senior Promotions producer is expected to have 10 years of experience in a broadcast or post-production environment within the television or motion graphics industry.
- They are required to have strong Arabic language skills and must have a proven track record within the on-air TV promotions Industry. In addition, they must possess the passion, drive, experience and talent to lead the team of Promo Producers both by example and through influencing their creativity, judgement and work ethic.
- A senior promotions producer will have the ability to hold and lead department brainstorming sessions on at least a weekly basis. This requires that they have a strong, unselfish sense of teamwork but also demonstrate exceptional independent work.
- In addition, they must have the experience to recognise good creative ideas and to act on them whilst also approaching common themes from a unique perspective.
- They must constantly demonstrate a genuine understanding of contemporary design trends, creative scriptwriting and filmmaking and have an interest and knowledge of television entertainment, news and current affairs

**Skills Required**:

- Able to work in a focused manner within a fast-paced environment
- The ability to conceptualise and storyboard ideas and deliver completed on-air promotions for transmission.
- Strong leadership qualities.
- Excellent creative Arabic script writing skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Experience in design platforms both MAC & PC.
- Excellent Arabic & English language abilities.
- Ability to mentor and train new members of the promotion team, both in scriptwriting and the production of final products for on-air promotions.
- Track record of branding and rehearsing of special events and proven experience of launching new programmes.

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Highly developed Promo Production experience.
- Lots of experience in generating & leading teams creating original ideas for promotions and larger 360-degree promotional campaigns across multiple platforms.
- Experience in dealing with contributors (actors, voice-over artists, personalities and presenters).
- Experienced user of editing systems as a producer/director as well as offline standard operating skills.
- Experienced in planning and directing shoots as well as proven experience in directing live-action.

**Essential technical experience**:

- Apple Mac & PC, Adobe after effects, photoshop, Adobe premier & 3D design and animation.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Contract