Lapis, Multi Location
Lapis is a leading media, education, research, project management and strategic communications company, operating throughout the Middle East, Northern Africa, South and Central Asia. Lapis supports local and global efforts to bring about positive change in frontier markets and challenging environments. From delivering education projects to strategic communications and project design, for nearly two decades Lapis’ work has framed how individuals, communities and nations see their world. We employ an unparalleled understanding of complex media and sociopolitical environments. We stay on the forefront of changes in audiences’ media and technology consumption, and combine this systems-level knowledge with our on-ground expertise to tailor carefully analyzed and creatively engaging products. Our clients include governments, foundations, international organizations, and the private sector.
We seek exceptional candidates for Executive Producer role who have the passion, intellectual acuity, and business acumen to help with implementation of our education focused projects. He/She will be responsible for day-to-day coordination of the relevant tasks and deliverables and will lead on production of educational contents in close coordination wit the rest of the team.
• Learn and understand the educational contents development processes
• Initiate creative vision for educational contents episodes
• Assist in identifying and hiring local production and creative staff
• Constant collaboration with producers to discuss creative issues & reviews
• Establish and maintain collaboration between Production with Education/Research Teams
• Collaboration with Head Writer and Writing Staff
• Reading and evaluating all drafts of scripts
• Collaboration with Producers on filming, animation and formats
• Production meetings to create and monitor budget
• Pre-production meetings prior to studio/films production with production unit
• Maintain daily presence during studio/films production to ensure production quality and vision
• Consistent sharing, communications and collaboration with production team
• Represent and be the champion of the educational contents to be developed
• Responsible for timely execution of the program
• Oversees day-to-day production processes to ensure activities are running according to schedule
• Resolve any problems or interruptions in production
• Reviews all products to determine quality
• Diploma in cinema, acting or equivalent work experience in the field
• At least 3 years of experience in related field
• Understanding, speaking and writing of Dari and Pashto
• Must be creative, dynamic and innovative
• Should be a leader who can provide a creative atmosphere for the writers and production staff
• Must be able to delegate responsibilities and assignments to staff (as appropriate) while maintaining overall responsibility to the production
• Must be committed to producing entertaining and appropriate television programming for children while achieving set educational objectives
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Team player
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to think both creatively and analytically, with precise attention to details
• Excellent time management and multi-tasking skills
• Has a creative flair and a commitment to quality programming
• Has a love for production of educational contents
• Be able to work under pressure calmly and effectively, to adhere to tight deadlines
• Knowledge of Dari and/or Pashto is required, and fluency in English is preferable
• Five years of experience in the industry (film, TV, music, etc.) is required
• Bachelor’s Degree in film, television, music, or journalism (or similar) is required
Please submit your resume as PDF document only, and ensure that the document title includes your first and last name as well as the position for which you are applying.
Post Date
Nov 13, 2022
Closing Date
Nov 27, 2022
Reference
1536
Number of Vacancies
1
Salary Range
As per company salary scale
Years of Experience
5 - 6 years
Probation Period
3 month
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Contract Duration
1 year
Contract Extensible
Maybe
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree
Gender
Any
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