Videographer / Editor

OUR COMPANY:

ARK Group is a stabilisation and development company committed to empowering local communities and beneficiaries in conflict, post-conflict, and fragile areas through the provision of evidence-based programmatic interventions, policy recommendations, research and capacity-building. Working with and through local communities, we seek to understand and then mitigate the negative effects of conflict and instability, enhancing social cohesion and resilience whist promoting human security, development and economic opportunity with a focus on the following UN Sustainable Development Goals – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Gender Equality and Partnerships for the Goals.

ARK’s approach combines mixed-methods research with strong, consistent engagement with local communities and stakeholders to bridge the gap between the aspirations of local communities and the priorities of governmental and multilateral actors, thus informing the design and implementation of relevant interventions. Utilising innovative quantitative and qualitative methodologies to generate data, we deliver, monitor, evaluate and learn from our programming.

ARK believes in enabling local communities to realise their aspirations and potential through the participatory design of projects and programmes that address the drivers and causes of conflict and instability. We are responsive and accountable to the communities we work in because so many of our staff and partners are from those communities.

We value inclusive, academically-rigorous, ethically-driven research and participatory design. We are innovators and incubators, finding and nurturing solutions in cooperation with our partners, whilst seeking to bridge the gap between our donors and the communities they wish to support. To the traditional project management disciplines of Economy, Effectiveness Efficiency and Equity, we add Empathy.

With over twenty nationalities in the company, we embrace diversity, nurture opportunity and leverage the youthful enthusiasm of our staff, whilst drawing on the experience and expertise of our more senior staff. We believe in hard work, delivering results that everyone can be proud of, and caring for each other. Our staff are our biggest asset and their welfare is our first priority.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

ARK Group is recruiting for a consultancy role: a Beirut-based Videographer and Editor to support filming and original content creation for an online platform promoting political accountability and education on citizens’ rights in Lebanon. The objective of the platform is to encourage and support citizens and civil society to engage in and influence change that results in or contributes to greater efficiency, responsiveness and/or accountability.

Major Responsibilities

Pre-production:

• Assist the Production Team in creating innovative campaign plans based on project objectives and evaluations of past campaigns performance;
• Film and edit original footage to be used in ARK’s campaigns
• Creating engaging video content & communications in Arabic for ARK’s campaigns in line with project requirements and video best practices;
• Use your motion graphics skills to create assets and animate them for your videos;
• Maintain and organise the Production team’s archives for future use;

Videography and Editing:

• Directing and shooting on location
• Editing raw footage into short form video for digital distribution
• Creating engaging video content & communications in Arabic for ARK’s campaigns in line with project requirements and video best practices;
• Use your motion graphics skills to create assets and animate them for your videos;
• Maintain and organise the Production team’s archives for future use.

Requirements

• Fluent in Lebanese Arabic (you will be editing raw content coming from this region and need to understand spoken dialectal Arabic);
• Familiarity with the history and current situation in Lebanon;
• Previous experience in ideation and content creation for campaigns involving advocacy and civil society;
• 5+ years of proven experience in video production;
• Demonstrated creativity with the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, including Premier Pro CC, Final Cut, After Effects and Audition;
• First class communications skills and team attitude;
• Displays an enthusiastic, calm and flexible attitude, especially when facing challenges;
• Understands the importance of workflow in the wider production process.

ARK Group places human dignity at the center of its development and stabilization work and is thus committed to the protection from sexual exploitation and abuse of children and adults. All ARK employees and related-personnel are expected to share this commitment, and only those who also uphold these values will be recruited as part of our team. This vacancy is therefore subject to a range of due diligence checks.