Executive Producer, Regional Content (Digital-first)

Middle East Broadcasting Networks; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) in Dubai seeks an Executive Producer, Regional Products to oversee the end-to-end creation of regional shows, video series, and podcasts across the MENA region. You will steer editorial direction, manage distributed teams in Beirut, Amman, Baghdad, Cairo, and Dubai, and ensure digital-first delivery that meets high journalistic standards.

You will lead production pipelines, coach talents, and drive AI-assisted workflows to enhance pacing and platform

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, Media Production, Film/Video, Communications, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8-10+ years of progressive editorial and production experience in television, digital video, or multimedia journalism, with at least 4 years in a supervisory or Executive Producer capacity.
• Complete professional and editorial fluency in Arabic and English, with the proven ability to evaluate scripts, cuts, and rundowns independently in both languages.
• Proven track record of managing production teams or bureaus across the Middle East and North Africa (e.g., Levant, Gulf, Egypt, Iraq).
• Demonstrated success launching and scaling recurring video formats, YouTube-first programming, and audio/video podcasts with strong audience retention.
• Hands-on technical knowledge of non-linear editing (Adobe Premiere Pro), audio post-production (Pro Tools, Adobe Audition), field camera operations, lighting, and multi-camera remote shooting setups.
• Demonstrated ability to direct distributed, cross-border creative and technical teams under tight daily deadlines.
• Working knowledge of AI-assisted media workflows and practical understanding of their limitations in Arabic-language journalism.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, commission, and launch original regional shows, video franchises, and podcasts that align with MBN’s mission and content strategy.
• Set the daily and long-term editorial direction for all regional non-news programming, ensuring nuanced, balanced, and fact-checked coverage.
• Study the MENA media landscape and competitor output systematically to identify content gaps, audience trends, and format opportunities.
• Develop show and podcast concepts tailored specifically for target demographics in key Arab capitals as well as the digital youth audience.
• Direct day-to-day operations and production schedules across distributed teams in Beirut, Amman, Baghdad, Cairo, Dubai, and other field locations.
• Enforce strict production deadlines to ensure reliable, on-time delivery of daily and weekly show episodes, podcast installments, and recurring video packages.
• Supervise the complete production pipeline: pitching, research, pre-interviews, rundown construction, scripting, studio tapings, remote shoots, editing, and final sign-off.
• Conduct regular production meetings, set clear daily deliverables, and provide structured operational and editorial reports to executive leadership.
• Architect full-episode structures alongside digital-first cutdowns, segmentations, and short-form promotional clips tailored for YouTube, vertical video platforms, and social channels.
• Optimize all regional video and audio assets for discovery: title development, custom thumbnail strategies, retention hooks, pacing, and platform-specific metadata.
• Explore, test, and operationalize content distribution across new and emerging digital platforms, streaming outlets, and podcast networks to expand regional reach and engagement.
• Scout, recruit, and train on-air hosts, podcast talent, writers, producers, video editors, and sound designers across bureaus.
• Provide direct editorial and technical coaching to hosts and contributors, refining interview styles, delivery, and adherence to appropriate Arabic-language registers.
• Train video editors and field producers on pacing, visual structure, script compression, and multiplatform storytelling standards.
• Maintain technical and aesthetic quality standards across all regional outputs, covering camera setups, lighting, remote filming setups, audio mixing, and graphics integration.
• Troubleshoot and manage technical workflows for field shoots and multi-bureau remote productions.
• Integrate AI-assisted production and editorial tools—such as automated transcription, captioning, audio stem separation, and pacing analysis—into standard workflows while preserving editorial integrity.
• Perform additional job-related duties and take on new responsibilities as needed based on organizational requirements and circumstances.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Bilingual Arabic/English

Cross-bureau management

Audience development

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Pro Tools

Adobe Audition

Job description

Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) in Dubai seeks an Executive Producer, Regional Products to oversee the end-to-end creation of regional shows, video series, and podcasts across the MENA region. You will steer editorial direction, manage distributed teams in Beirut, Amman, Baghdad, Cairo, and Dubai, and ensure digital-first delivery that meets high journalistic standards.

You will lead production pipelines, coach talents, and drive AI-assisted workflows to enhance pacing and platform