Producer/Video Journalist

Qualifications

• Significant experience as both a producer and camera operator in a professional newsroom.
  
• Outstanding shooting, producing and editing skills.
  
• Strong editorial judgement and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
  
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple assignments simultaneously.
  
• Experience covering breaking news, politics, business, conflict, humanitarian issues and feature stories.
  
• Strong interviewing skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of sources.
  
• A clear understanding of digital storytelling and audience-focused journalism.
  
• Proficiency with professional broadcast cameras, live transmission systems, editing software and mobile journalism tools.
  
• Experience operating drones is desirable, with appropriate certification where required.
  
• A basic ability to capture still photographs for editorial use.
  
• Excellent written and spoken English, with fluency in at least one relevant local language.
  
• A willingness to travel extensively, including to challenging or hostile environments.
  

Responsibilities

• Produce, shoot and edit high-quality video for Reuters’ global television and digital platforms.
  
• Cover breaking news and planned stories across Kenya and East Africa, often travelling at short notice.
  
• Plan editorial coverage, conduct research, identify interviewees and develop strong visual storylines.
  
• Coordinate field coverage with reporters, photographers, editors and planning teams to deliver complete multimedia stories.
  
• Write accurate scripts, shot lists and metadata under tight deadlines.
  
• Deliver live coverage and provide editorial updates during major news events.
  
• Operate professional broadcast cameras, drones, gimbals, GoPros and mobile newsgathering equipment.
  
• Edit to Reuters broadcast standards using industry-standard editing software.
  
• Produce stories that work across television, digital and social media platforms.
  
• Maintain the highest editorial, legal and safety standards while working in the field.
  
• Help identify original stories that resonate with global audiences.