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Job description / Role
Al Arabiya broadcasts newscasts every hour as well as talk shows and documentaries. The programs cover current affairs, business, stock markets and sports and is rated among the top pan-Arab stations by Middle East audiences. Middle East News have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Script Writer. You will need to think creatively and demonstrate a passion for digital content. You will be able to demonstrate how you have brought storytelling to life in new and innovative ways. You will probably have examples of narrative that you have created and have distributed via various platforms. You will understand how people consume content in a modern digital world. Mostly likely, you will be someone that consumes content in this way yourself across a wide range of media.
You will be able to initiate ideas and will work collaboratively with others to realise these ideas. You will be able to work at pace and hit deadlines. You will be able to work as an individual or within a team.
Job Objective:
- Contributing new ideas.
- Initiating ideas from a wide range of different sources & stimuli.
- Contributing to brainstorming sessions.
- Maintaining an excellent awareness of digital content trends.
- Taking part in creative development sessions, coming up with original ideas and building on existing ones.
- Developing creative editorial scripts.
Requirements
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience.
- Bachelor in Digital Journalism or any relevant major.
- Quality command of the Arabic language.
- Ability to create original ideas and tell compelling stories.
- Demonstrable experimentation of concepts and ideas development.
- Ability to work well with colleagues and a diverse range of contacts.
- A resilient, flexible, and adaptable approach in the face of rapidly changing circumstances.
- Desire to learn new skills.
- A self-starter able to remain positive and motivated throughout the ideas process with an ability to approach problems in a variety of ways.
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.