WE’RE HIRING | Video and audio producer - TimesLIVE

Arena Holdings is a news and entertainment content provider and one of Africa’s largest English-language news publishers. It owns iconic news titles including the Sunday Times, Sowetan and Business Day. Arena also broadcasts on DStv through Business Day TV, Ignition and The Home Channel, and owns three film production and distribution assets — Empire Entertainment, Indigenous Film Distribution and Ochre Moving Pictures.

Arena is also home to Africa’s longest-running independent recording label and music publisher, Gallo Music.

Arena Holdings is looking for a video and audio producer to join our multimedia team and help shape digital storytelling across some of South Africa’s leading news and lifestyle brands.

We are looking for a creative, highly skilled and digitally savvy storyteller who can conceptualise, produce, shoot, edit and publish compelling video and audio content.

The ideal candidate should have a cutting-edge portfolio, a strong understanding of local and international digital trends, and the ability to tell stories that resonate with audiences across multiple platforms.

They will need to be comfortable working at speed, under pressure and across multiple projects, while maintaining the highest editorial and commercial production standards.

• Conceptualise, produce, shoot, edit and publish high-quality video and audio content across Arena platforms.

• Produce engaging breaking news, interviews, explainers, social videos, podcasts, documentaries and long-form content.

• Manage the full production process, from story development and scripting to recording, editing, packaging and publishing.

• Develop innovative, audience-focused approaches to visual and audio storytelling.

• Write scripts, headlines, captions and supporting copy for multimedia content.

• Repurpose content into engaging, platform-specific formats for digital and social audiences.

• Collaborate with journalists, editors and producers to identify and develop multimedia story opportunities.

• Co-ordinate interviews, contributors, locations, schedules and production requirements.

• Develop content ideas that drive audience engagement, reach and revenue.

• Work across multiple Arena brands, tailoring content for different audiences and platforms.

• Work weekends and after hours when required by the news cycle.

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in journalism, audiovisual engineering or a related field.

• Experience in an audio and video industry, digital newsroom and related fields.

• Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure.

• A self-motivated person with an ability to work within a team.

• Exceptional video and audio storytelling skills with a strong editorial instinct.

• Highly proficient in video/audio recording and editing software.

• Creative, digitally savvy and always looking for new ways to tell stories.

• Able to manage multiple projects and collaborate across newsrooms and brands.

• Self-motivated, adaptable and comfortable working independently.

• Committed to accuracy, ethics and editorial integrity.

• Understanding of audience analytics and content performance.

Qualified applicants may submit their CV and two references to mediarecruitment@arena.africa.

Please indicate “Video and audio producer” in the subject line of your application.