Internships Opportunities at Ubongo Kids Tanzania

Intern – Videographer & Editor

Production · Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam

UBONGO is Africa’s leading producer of kids’ edutainment. As a non-profit social enterprise, we create fun, localised and multi-platform educational content that helps kids learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives. Ubongo reaches millions of families across Africa through accessible technologies like TV, radio and mobile phones. Our show’s Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me currently air in 31 countries across Africa, in Swahili, English, French, and Kinyarwanda. We are currently adapting the shows to even more languages including Kikuyu, Luo, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Twi. This is a great time to join an organisation that’s rapidly growing across the continent, and work with a creative and impact-driven team committed to reaching as many families in Africa with life-changing edutainment.

We’re looking for an organised, dynamic, creative and flexible Intern – Videographer & Editor to learn, expand and improve our visual content. You’ll work closely with our Postproduction coordinator and team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Filming & Editing UBONGO content both on location and studio | LIVE footage content – eg caregiver, PSAs, Intros & Outros, PROMOs etc.
Filming and editing of client projects- both on location and in studio
Editing and compiling of single videos and episodes according to different broadcasters video and audio specifics, and time codes
Compression and decompression of videos and episodes to be shared online with various parties or film festivals, based on specifics given
Script Reviewing & Screen directions before filming

REQUIREMENT:

TO BE A MATCH, YOU’LL NEED TO:

Be fluent written and spoken Kiswahili and English
Have a diploma or undergraduate degree in any field
Have minimum 2 years working experience in media
Experience in filming and editing videos – both on location and/or in studio.
Be very comfortable using Final Cut Pro and/or Adobe Premiere Pro
Take initiative and ownership of creativity and shot list of film projects, working hand in hand with team members
Have a passion for UBONGO’s vision of using media to transform education in East Africa
Be a persistent but empathetic pusher. We’ve got to get things DONE.
Good at dealing with ambiguity and able to figure things out for yourself.
Willing to speak up for what’s right, when you see wrong, or when you think there might be a better way.
Honest, fast learner, team player, trustworthy, transparent and conscientious.
Someone who loves kids. They’re why we do what we do. They’re running around our office all the time. Our kids’ music and videos will become part of your life (and constantly stuck in your head).

Phew! You made it through that. The good thing is that there are also perks, like delicious healthy lunch at the office, health insurance, and you get to watch cartoons at work.

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Social Media Marketing Intern

We are looking for a Social Media Intern with experience in social media marketing to work collaboratively with our Social Media Associate to grow the user engagement and reach of our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn). The ideal candidate should be able to create engaging content around and about our shows, keep the pages lively and engage with the audience on a daily basis.

You are a good candidate if:

You have the ability to think outside the box and create content that is engaging and keeps people involved
You have social media marketing know-how, and have worked on a brand via social media for at least 6 months.
You are ready to try out various content in order to achieve the highest engagement
You are able to work in a team to execute social media campaigns
You have an interest in market research and love understanding consumer behavior. Because of this you love learning about different audience types for specific targeted ad campaigns and testing to see how they react to different messaging.
You find patterns in campaign results and you report insights as well as suggestions for improvement.
You have good English and Swahili writing skills
You have the ability to work independently and to think on your feet
You are a persistent but empathetic pusher. We’ve got to get things DONE.
Willing to speak up for what’s right, when you see wrong, or when you think there might be a better way.
Persistence! We have a big goal and have to get things done with limited resources.
‘UTU’ (a Swahili word for humanity). This implies that you are honest, trustworthy, transparent and conscientious.
Passionate about education, storytelling, and being a changemaker.
Can work well in a dynamic environment with people in multiple countries.
Someone who loves kids. They’re why we do what we do. They’re running around our office all the time. Our kids’ music and videos will become part of your life (and constantly stuck in your head).

Your day-to-day responsibilities require you to:

Daily updates of content on social media channels for all languages
Populating the Languages Social Media spreadsheet for Hausa, French and Kinyarwanda.
Engagement with audiences on the different platforms
Market research (what are other edtech companies doing on social media)
These responsibilities might grow after your demonstrated work ethics.

Requirements