Multimedia Editor, Arabian Business

Overview

Responsibilities

• Pitch, script, shoot, edit, and deliver premium multimedia content that aligns with the high standards of the Arabian Business brand.
• Fully operate, record, and engineer the Arabian Business podcast, executing high-quality audio.
• Attend high-profile internal and external live events, identifying key moments with sharp news judgment to film, edit, and package social-first video clips at high speed.
• Host on-camera interviews and bring to life engaging video reporting with regional business leaders.
• Develop and execute a strategy for the Arabian Business YouTube channel, focusing on growth.
• Transform complex investigative text features into highly shareable, mobile-first vertical video assets (Reels, long-form video) and audio snippets.
• Ensure all visual and audio outputs meet local regulatory guidelines, legal compliance, and internal brand visual standards.

Key Skills

• Proven experience as a multimedia journalist, video producer, or digital content creator within a fast-paced newsroom.
• Advanced technical proficiency with filming equipment (DSLRs, lighting, audio rigs) and professional editing suites (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut, After Effects, Audition).
• Strong on-camera presence, articulation, and journalistic interviewing skills.
• Deep understanding of social video algorithms, YouTube analytics, and audience growth mechanics.
• Ability to turn dense financial or corporate subject matter into highly visual, accessible, and cinematic digital narratives.
• Exceptional organisational skills to balance long-form longer term projects with the demands of instant daily breaking news outputs.
• Candidates must have a strong understanding of domestic and regional media law, and international press ethics.

What We Look For In Candidates

• A true self-starter who doesn't wait for direction, takes full accountability for an idea from its inception to final publication.
• Seamlessly bridges the gap between technical production (editing, framing, mixing) and editorial journalism (interviewing, scripting).
• Thrives under pressure, moving with speed to clip up high-impact moments from live business forums while maintaining editorial accuracy.
• Obsessed with the next visual trend, constantly introducing new content formats to expand brand reach and capture new audiences.