Photo-Video Analyst [Open to internal and external applicants]

Background

The Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA) is responsible for positioning UNDP as the world’s leading global development network, promoting its global authority and thought leadership on sustainable development and the interconnected issues of poverty, inequality, and climate change. BERA leads and supports UNDP in building and nurturing strategic relationships and alliances essential to achieving its mission.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Performance of high-quality video content
• Edit video interviews with donors, partners, and celebrities including UN Goodwill Ambassadors for UNDP’s donor visibility and impact efforts;
• Edit video content for UNDP crisis response work.
• Produce broadcast edits with scripts for broadcast media and newswire services;
• Produce high-quality visual content (videos, slideshows, infographics etc) to showcase UNDP’s programmatic work for flagship campaigns and events;
• Produce content for UNDP’s corporate partnership with Samsung including photo, video, and multimedia stories;
• social media content for the ‘Samsung Global Goals’ app to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Generation17, including participation during high-level events and engagements.
• Includes supporting creative direction, photography, filming, editing, and publishing.
• Edit multimedia content at high‐level events and of UNDP executive leadership and for corporate marketing purposes;
• Support digital asset management system
• Support the Photo-Video Editor Specialist to build UNDP’s capacity by providing quality control assurance of assets in UNDP’s digital asset management system (DAM) and promoting production which meet journalistic and professional standards;
• Establish partnerships and open channels of communication.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder mapping and analysis to identify stakeholder needs and how best to leverage their participation and/or strengthen their engagement.
• Facilitate knowledge and capacity building, knowledge sharing and advocacy relevant to the assigned thematic area(s).
• Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned that are generated from the project and implementing partners.

Institutional Arrangement

The incumbent will be working under the direct supervision of the Digital Production Lead, Digital Communications Studio and overall guidance of the Senior Management of the Advocacy, Marketing and Communications Group in BERA.

Competencies

• Core Achieve Results: LEVEL 1
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1
• Learn Continuously LEVEL 1
• Adapt with Agility LEVEL 1
• Act with Determination LEVEL 1
• Engage and Partner LEVEL 1
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1

Education Required

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Film, Social Media Marketing, Photography, Video Production, Broadcast Journalism, Communications or another related field is required.
• Or A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas mentioned above, in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience.

Experience

• A minimum of two (2) years (with Master’s degree), and four (4) years (with Bachelor´s Degree) of relevant work experience in video/photo production, digital marketing, social media, including filming, scripting, storytelling, editing, and dissemination;

Skills and Experience

• Athorough understanding of the latest trends and developments in digital marketing, social media, and video production;
• At least 2 years of proficiency and experience) in graphic design, video editing and relevant software, such as: Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and the Adobe Creative Suite;
• Demonstrated experience of social media friendly video production from conceptualization to publication on digital channels.

Desired skills

• Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section:
• Digital storytelling
• Experience using platforms to produce digital stories, ie Exposure, Drupal, or similar
• Proven ability to conceptualize and create photography and video products which follow editorial direction;
• Demonstrated ability to produce, optimize and edit photographs and videos at professional level;
• Teleprompter
• Experience in supporting content in a high-quality digital asset management (DAM) system;

Language Fluency

Language Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of French and Spanish is desired.