Job Introduction

BBC World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, part of BBC News, delivering a wide range of language and regional services and working increasingly with other parts of BBC News to serve global audiences.  It uses multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of 429 million globally, including TV, digital platforms including social media, AM, FM and shortwave radio, digital satellite and cable channels. As part of an historic and exciting expansion, the BBC World Service has launched four new language services serving audiences in India – Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu – to work alongside two existing services, BBC Hindi and BBC Tamil.

BBC Hindi.com is one of the fastest growing news website in its segment. BBC Hindi intends to reach millions of new audience through social media, mobile apps and digital partnerships. Apart from the digital space BBC Hindi is also present on FM through our partner stations. We create entertainment and sports bulletins for our partner stations. BBC Hindi focuses on original journalism, creative storytelling and innovative presentation of news content. It aims to report in a lively and engaging fashion, and interactivity will form a large part of its content across all platforms.

Role Responsibility

We are looking for a talented Digital Audio Producer to produce high quality radio and audio output for both FM and digital platforms. The person should be confident on air in Hindi as a presenter and diligent in research and script writing. A special focus on Sports and Entertainment is required, ability to adapt the same content for different social and digital platforms. The selected person has to work under  pressure of strict deadline without losing the creativity.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in radio/audio production
• Experience of Live and recorded broadcast
• Knowledge of audio recording and editing techniques and software
• Broadcast level fluency in written and spoken Hindi
• Fluency in written and spoken English is desirable
• Ability to write original script and translate for broadcast
• Knowledge of Digital Journalism and social media
• Ability to produce audio and a video content independently
   

Package Description

Contract: Continuing (permanent) contract.  Local terms and conditions apply.

Location: Delhi

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in India.

About the Company

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