Job description / Role
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
- Create Arabic synopses and translate to English on Shahid's monthly plan, generic and episodic for all programs, movies, and shows (Shahid and TV shared content)
- Ensure all synopses are strictly kept to 175 characters to serve all platforms.
- Create and translate long synopses (more info section)
- QC (proof edit) Arabic and English synopses written for Shahid's monthly plan.
- Write and QC all translations and transliterations of episode names.
- QC all other descriptive metadata.
- Maintain high standards of writing for Arabic and English synopses, while following the writing style with high levels of creativity.
- Provide support on synopsis writing for ad-hoc requests when necessary.
- Deliver digital metadata on time and prior to the release date.
- Insertion of all completed metadata onto the backend system.
Requirements
Requirements:
- Excellent content writing and communication skills
- A passion for movie, drama and entertainment is desired.
- Minimum of 1 year' experience in content writing preferred.
- Experience in the media & entertainment industry relating to one or more of the following areas - metadata management, digital video and audio, asset management systems/platforms, multimedia formats.
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task under shifting deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
- Self-motivated, team player who is results-oriented.
- Excellent in translating between Arabic and English.
- Excellent in summarizing Arabic synopses.
- Articulate, organize and enthusiastic with a keen interest in content writing.
- Ability to work well within a team.
- Fluency in Arabic and English.
- Fluency in French is a plus.
Unfortunately, due to the high number of responses we receive we are unable to provide feedback to all applicants. If you have not been contacted within 5-7 days, please assume that at this stage your application has been unsuccessful.
About the Company
MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.
Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).
Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.