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Senior Producer (Multimedia), Russian Service
BBC
Moscow, , Russia
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Job Introduction
BBC World Service Group is an international multimedia broadcaster, delivering a wide range of language and regional services on radio, TV, online with a big focus on mobile.
The BBC Russian Service Moscow bureau is looking for a Senior Producer (Multimedia) to join the team on a continuing contract.
Role Responsibility
It is the Senior Producer (Multimedia) who determines what our website looks like at any given moment, what story the reader can see first, what angle and what format to choose when telling the story.
It is important for us to be the first ones to report the news, not to rush and ensure we get it right. We want all our pieces to be interesting but also compliant with strict BBC Editorial Guidelines.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for an producer with extensive online media experience, who is able to react quickly to the changing news landscape, take balanced editorial decisions and suggest bold ideas. You must have good understanding of Russian internet segment dynamics, solid knowledge of Russian and international current affairs and experience of working in a creative environment and lead the team of producers.
You must demonstrate excellent text editing skills both in Russian and English, be able to react to breaking news quickly, oversee a moving story, amend and update material as required. You must ensure that BBC Russian output conforms to the highest editorial and production standards; is lively and interesting and of relevance to the target area.
You must act as a point of editorial reference for producers and correspondents, help them to choose the right angle and format for the story, and provide editorial leadership.
We expect the person in this role to be familiar with the Russian-speaking world and an in-depth understanding of its news and current affairs, history, politics, economics, social issues and culture as well as the media situation and how it is developing.
You will be a fluent Russian speaker and writer, with an excellent command of English. Basic video editing skills, as well as experience with social media content would be an advantage.