The responsibility of Media Director is to manage staff, production, budget and advertisement for ensuring that the expectation of their clients and audience has been met.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Work closely with Producers and/or Writers, embellishing, refining and ultimately realising original ideas into finished programmes
• To translate Writers', Producers' and other originators' vision into a visually and aurally coherent, marketable, entertaining or informative programme
• Responsible to make careful preparations in order to ensure the success of each shoot.
• Prepare a clear creative vision of the project, and what materials are required to achieve it
• Prepare a carefully calculated shooting schedule which provides the required footage within budget and to deadlines
• To understand the significance of scenes and how they fit into the overall programme structure, as well as knowing what is happening within each scene as it is shot
Key Skills/ Personal Attributes and Knowledge Required
• Should know when it is appropriate to use visual and sound effects, and how to use them effectively
• Must be able to work effectively with all members of the production team, presenters, other contributors, and members of the public
• Should understand the difference between multi- and single camera shooting, and know when to use different technical and creative techniques
• Effective communication skills
• Must have the ability to conceptualise ideas and to think visually and decide about the appropriate graphic style and the music for the production
• Precise attention to detail
• Methodical approach to work with high stress tolerance and stamina
• Knowledge of the entire production process
Qualifications & Experience
• 5 years' experience in relevant field
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field
• A full command and up to date knowledge of spoken and written modern standard Arabic language is essential