BBC Swahili Service Senior Multi-Media Journalist (Digital) Job in Nairobi, Kenya - 2015

Senior Multi-Media Journalist – Digital, BBC Swahili Service
 

Job Reference: BBC/TP/394285/12257
 

Contract Type: Continuing
 

Closing date: 1st June 2015
 

Location: Nairobi
 

BBC Africa is a multi-platform department, providing news and information to audiences across Africa and beyond on TV, radio, online and mobile, seven days per week.

We are one of the flagship language services of the BBC World Service and our hugely successful multiplatform website – bbcswahili.com – offers video, interactive and audio content. 

We also broadcast to around 20 million listeners in Eastern and Central Africa and have three daily live radio shows broadcast from Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and a daily award-winning television programme, Dira ya Dunia TV from London with comprehensive coverage of the regional and global agenda.

 

Are you an experienced digital journalist who is fluent in spoken and written Kiswahili, with an excellent comprehension of written and spoken English and wants to have the chance to work on some of the coolest digital projects with content which will be seen and used by millions of people?

Our successful candidate will need to have dynamic ideas and have great connections in the digital industry in East Africa. 

You will also have a wide understanding and track record of imaginative and advance use of social media including a wide range of platforms such as whatsapp, instagram and periscope as well as an understanding of video editing or graphics.

If this sounds like you, please take the next step in your career by applying to join us.

We care about our people, and take our responsibilities towards them very seriously. As well as fair terms and conditions, we also offer really impressive benefits – including medical insurance and world-class opportunities to learn and develop inside the BBC.

If you are interested in joining us at the BBC Swahili Service, you can apply by visiting www.bbc.co.uk/careers and searching for job reference number BBC/TP/394285/12257

Please note that paper applications will NOT be accepted