Nation Media Group is Uganda’s most influential media house, operating NTV, the biggest and most popular English-language television station and Spark TV. the first female-focused, and fastest growing television station in Uganda. It also operates the Daily Monitor, Saturday Monitor, Sunday Monitor and The East African Newspapers, 93.3 KFM. 90.4 Dembe FM and National Courier service.

We are looking for a qualified. experienced and result oriented professional to fill the following vacancy.

Job Title: Program Producer – 1 POSITION
Reports to: Head of Production
Department: Production

JOB PURPOSE:
To conceptualize, plan for and produce TV programs that educate, inform, entertain and earn revenue for Africa Broadcasting Uganda Limited.

Main Responsibilities:
• Conceptualize programs ideas and come up with a storyboard and scripts for internal/external broadcasts and for clients.
• Creates the overall aesthetic visual presentation and branding of assigned shows while following the programs guidelines and concepts.
• Plans production with crew, clients, decides schedules and timelines.
• Liaises with the technical staff to produce raw footage for editing in conformity with the programme concept and client brief.
• Monitor in-house creative and technical units in the development, production and post-production of programs.
• Create and manage the production budget of the programs

Qualifications & Experience:
1. Academic: University Degree in Mass Communication or any related field from an accredited institution.
2. Professional: Diploma in TV Production
3. Experience: At least 3 to 5 years of production experience with emphasis on Television production

Core Competencies
• Passion for writing Documentary and Reality TV shows
• Possesses broad knowledge of local, regional and International issues and/or depth knowledge
• Ability to work accurately & under pressure
• Deadline driven
• Computer Literate
• Must have a good eye for detail
• Must be able to deal effectively with simultaneous tasks
• Excellent spelling, grammar and punctuation skills
• Must be able to demonstrate a unique skills set in managing digital media television production workflow systems.