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CAREERS

  • About Al Arabiya English:

    Al Arabiya English is the leading source of news and opinion from the Middle East for English-speaking audiences around the world. It is a 24-hour digital news platform publishing breaking news, politics, business, features, opinion and lifestyle. With a headquarter in Dubai and correspondents across the region, Al Arabiya English presents a globalized view of the Arab world to audiences across all continents.

    The Role:

    The candidate will be required to monitor, collect and analyze facts about newsworthy current events and create breaking news updates and publish immediately, with a focus on both speed and accuracy. You will be required to formulate hard news through online or personal sources, investigation, interviews, news wires, social media and data analysis.

    Responsibilities:

    • Monitor various channels, news outlets, wires, press agencies, government sources, social media for breaking news updates
    • Verify and publish relevant breaking news on the website and on social media channels
    • Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story
    • Establish and maintain relationships with credible sources
    • Review and evaluate news events to isolate pertinent facts and details
    • Analyze information obtained from news sources
    • Agree with the editor on stories, angles and areas of concentration
    • Complete tasks assigned by the editor


    Required Skills:

    • 5+ years of experience in online journalism
    • Proven speed and accuracy in reporting news
    • Strong English language editing, writing and reporting skills
    • Strong written and spoken communication skills
    • Proven ability to reach relevant and credible sources
    • Proven knowledge of the politics in the Middle East
    • Data analysis capabilities
    • Have relevant contacts
    • Word and Excel skills
    • An eye for detail along with critical thinking
    • Arabic speaking and translation skills are an advantage.
  • About Al Arabiya English:

    Al Arabiya English is the leading source of news and opinion from the Middle East for English-speaking audiences around the world. It is a 24-hour digital news platform publishing breaking news, politics, business, features, opinion and lifestyle. With a headquarter in Dubai and correspondents across the region, Al Arabiya English presents a globalized view of the Arab world to audiences across all continents.

    The Role:

    The candidate will be required to report and write news stories and features based on interviews, online research or reporting. The subject matter of your reporting could include business, political and general news. There is a premium placed on your ability to develop sources and generate exclusive news stories of relevance to our core audiences. You will be required to work as a multimedia journalist, including video and audio. In addition to writing news, you will be required to coordinate coverage with colleagues, working in a collaborative manner to overcome obstacles and produce high quality journalism. You might also be required to liaise with stringers and contributors, and at times copy edit and publish stories, both on the website and on social media. You will work in a data-rich news environment, monitoring the performance of your stories, adding richness to the content where required, including embedding tweets, photographs, charts, infographics and animated maps. You will also monitor news wires, social media and other online sources to stay ahead of the competition.

    Responsibilities:

    • Report on news and write news stories based on interviews, online research or reporting
    • Liaise with stringers and other contributors
    • Copy edit and publish stories using CMS
    • Create social media posts on Twitter / Facebook
    • Monitor news wires and social media
    • Establish and maintain relationships with credible sources
    • Perform basic video script writing or subtitling, production and editing
    • Take accurate notes and report spoken words accurately
    • Analyze events and quickly arrive at the most pertinent facts
    • Analyze information obtained from news sources.
    • Agree with the editor on stories, angles and areas of concentration
    • Monitor current relevant trends and events
    • Complete tasks assigned by the editor

    Required Skills:

    • 5+ years of experience in field or newsroom reporting
    • Strong English language editing, writing and reporting skills
    • Strong written and spoken communication skills
    • Proven ability to reach relevant and credible sources
    • Proven knowledge of the politics in the Middle East
    • Data analysis capabilities
    • Have relevant contacts and the ability to create new ones
    • Word, Excel, CMS and other software skills
    • Some experience or willingness to learn graphics, digital animation, video editing and/or podcasting techniques
    • An eye for detail along with critical thinking
    • Arabic speaking and translation skills are an advantage
  • About Al Arabiya English:

    Al Arabiya English is the leading source of news and opinion from the Middle East for English-speaking audiences around the world. It is a 24-hour digital news platform publishing breaking news, politics, business, features, opinion and lifestyle. With a headquarter in Dubai and correspondents across the region, Al Arabiya English presents a globalized view of the Arab world to audiences across all continents.

    The Role:

    The candidate will be required to be a key member of the video production and editing team, creating multimedia content for digital platforms. You will create unique, informative, engaging and insightful multimedia content and support editorial teams in news creation. You will take a proactive approach to identifying and developing relevant stories, create an events schedule and establish a database of credible sources. Part of your role will be to identify and acquire User Generated Content that can be published by Al Arabiya.

    The Career Opportunity:

    This is an opportunity to shape Al Arabiya English’s video production team and multimedia coverage. You will be in a position to create strong content and have the opportunity to cover regional and international events, develop our multimedia content, and collaborate with the editorial team.

    Team collaboration:

    The editorial team works closely together in a fast-paced environment. You will report to the Senior Video Editor and work closely with different editorial and production departments.

    Content Development:

    As a Video Producer, you will ensure our video news is timely and relevant. You will be responsible for creating content and presenting it in a way that has maximum impact. You will help conduct forward planning of events and story coverage.

    Content Presentation:

    You will be required to think innovatively on how best to present content to make it impactful and relevant to a digital audience. This could involve the use of graphics, data visualization and other technologies.

    Content Generation:

    You will be required to collaborate with the Al Arabiya network, Al Arabiya.net English correspondents, and regional stringers, as well as other members of the news, production, and the social media team to generate and drive multimedia content. This could be in the form of producing short videos for social media, using user generated content or making longer documentary-style videos.


    News development:

    Continuously evaluate editorial content, determine what has relevance to readers and develop value-added news and information. Look for news and enterprise story opportunities. Develop and maintain productive relationships with a broad base of key online sources.

    Requirements and minimum skills:

    • Have 3+ years of experience in a similar role
    • Expert skills in video production, editing and distribution
    • Strong written and spoken communication skills
    • Experience in the production of digital media including videos, documentary, news clips
    • The ability to create concepts and designs for new digital projects
    • Write and edit scripts as well as perform quality control on the full project scope
    • Negotiating 3rd party video acquisition
    • Strong use of video editing software including Avid and Premier
    • Word and Excel skills
    • An eye for detail along with critical thinking
    • Prioritizing and multitasking
    • Working on several projects at the same time
    • Arabic speaking skills are an advantage