Multimedia Editor, Arabian Business
About this role
Arabian Business, the leading source of business, economic, and financial news in the Middle East, is seeking an innovative, energetic, and highly skilled Multimedia Editor to revolutionise our visual and audio storytelling. Based in ITP Media Group’s Media City HQ in Dubai, this role requires a unique individual who is equally exceptional behind the camera as a technical producer, and in front of it as a compelling journalist.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of taking complete ownership of multimedia concepts, from initial ideation to final edit. You will oversee our podcast studio, produce premium digital video content, and act as an on-camera personality. Your primary KPI will be driving brand reach forward, expanding our digital footprint, and aggressively growing the Arabian Business YouTube presence.
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.
Company at a glance
ITP Media Group is one of the world’s most diversified media houses, with a portfolio spanning international consumer and trade publishing, influencer marketing, live events, and creative communications solutions.
Founded in 1987, today the privately owned company operates more than 40 media brands and over 200 live events annually from offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, India and the UK, with further global expansion slated for 2026.
ITP Media Group brands around the world include ahlan, Arabian Business, Boutique Hotelier, Caterer Middle East, Commercial Interior Design, Construction Week, Hotelier Middle East, Out Of Office and WatchPro, while the company also operates Complex, Cosmopolitan, Dazed, Esquire, Grazia, Harper’s Bazaar, Icon, Spartan, Time Out and Tough Mudder in the Middle East, and Gault&Millau in the UAE.
Across its vast network of digital, social, audio, video, print and events platforms, ITP Media Group reaches a global monthly audience in excess of 200 million.
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