Video Producer

Overview of FRH

Ruwad al Houkouk is a non-profit and apolitical NGO that aims at enhancing the human rights of vulnerable marginalized groups in Lebanon. The association’s target population is the refugees, stateless persons and migrant workers. Its main activities include legal services, produces policy papers and conduct advocacy activities.

Description

We are looking to hire a videos producer with excellent and reputable media production. The producer is expected to have good media project planning and management skills to ensure the delivery of high-quality work while committing to the project timeline.

PROJECT AIM

The project entails the production of 5 short documentary videos of stateless persons’s real life life conditions as a result of the current legal provisions and the related practices. The aim is to use these videos in raising awareness for such harsh life conditions, and to obtain support for the adoption of new laws and regulation that would ensure comprehensive legal protection framework to end statelessness in Lebanon.

BACKGROUND BRIEF

Ruwad Al-Houkouk submitted in July 2021 a law proposal on Civil Events Registration that would modernize the civil registration regulations and mechanism and that allow for universal birth registration system, including stateless persons.

The rationale of the propose law is manifolds. Among them is to ensure the automatic birth registration of all. Today, there are in Lebanon thousands of stateless children due subjective or objective reasons for the non-registration of their parent’s marriages.... This lead to the invisibility of these individuals due to the lack of proper and adequate legal protection framework. 

TERMS OF REFERENCE

The producer shall be in charge of making, leading, and developing the videos productions. S/he is expected to:  

- Develop the video’s concept and storyboard, based on a script outline.

- Recruit the production crew.

- Control the videos’ artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay while guiding the    film crew in the fulfilment of that vision.

- Narrate, edit and produce a high-quality version of the scripted video based on interviews conducted.

- Produce 5 videos up to 60 seconds each.

- Provide Royalty free music and sound effects as needed.

- Provide 2 versions of the final video with Arabic and English subtitles.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in documentary filmmaking production.

- Good knowledge of media production and communication.

- Strong leadership skills.

- Ability to provide a showreel of previous work including the role (director, producer, camera operator, …)

- Ability to provide a list of previous relevant production of mini-documentary films

 - Good project planning and management skills to ensure the delivery of high-quality work while committing to the project timeline.

- Integrity and fairness

- Ability to deal with sensitive cases and confidential information

- Ability to work under pressure

- Ability to start immediately

PROJECT DURATION: 1 month, starting immediately.

The producer shall submit all deliverables (following milestones agreed upon with the organization) within 30 days from contract date.