News Producer

Al Mashhad; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 402,000; Full time

Job summary

Info Arab Media FZ-LLC / Al Mashhad is seeking a News Producer to join our News Team at the Dubai headquarters. You will develop, produce, and ensure high-quality newscasts, summaries, and coverage for major events.

The role requires excellent Arabic writing skills, 2–3 years of TV news production experience, and strong teamwork, editorial judgment, and deadline discipline. You will coordinate with senior editors, manage rundowns, and supervise editorial content.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism preferred.
• 2–3 years of experience producing television newscasts.
• Excellent Arabic writing skills.
• Working knowledge of and ability to use video editing system.
• Ability to thrive in an environment requiring teamwork.
• Solid news judgment.
• Ability to work under intense deadline pressure.
• Exercise self-discipline and time‑management skills.
• Sound editorial and creative judgment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Head of News & Output Editor on selecting timely news material.
• Prepare format/rundown for newscast, summaries, updates or assigned coverage.
• Write stories for assigned newscasts.
• Participate in editorial meetings and review scripts.
• Obtain legal/editorial clearances from Output Editor.
• Provide control room with timing and content details during live broadcasts.
• Follow Output Editor's commands in the control room during breaking news.
• Pursue breaking news and assist desk and other producers during coverage.
• Review show content in the video editing system for a clean broadcast.
• Assign and edit stories to multimedia writers on the team.
• Contribute story ideas daily, weekly and long-range.

Skills

Arabic writing

Teamwork

News judgment

Deadline pressure

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism

Tools

Video editing system

Job description

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 10/26/2026

Al Mashhad multi-media platform, known for numerous programs in the private sector, is headed by the famous journalist Tony Khalife along with a group of investors. Al Mashhad provides an innovative experience that transcends the boundaries of platforms to present bold and varied content based on cutting‑edge technologies by mixing television and digital broadcasting.

Launched in January 2023, Al Mashhad brings change and development in the media, to engage younger generations and to benefit from the digital transformation in the region. Al Mashhad is led by an exceptional team of specialists in the field to create outstanding content that tackles the most important issues and topics for the Arab viewer in an innovative and unique manner.

Al Mashhad, which seeks to meet the needs of audiences throughout the Middle East and North Africa region, will present its content in a digital and technologically advanced style that inspires and attracts viewers with a variety of programs, including the most important and latest political, economic and sports news through tasteful and fast news bulletins, in addition to a group of talk shows and satirical criticism of the Arab reality.

Al Mashhad will present a comprehensive and unique vision designed specifically for the Arab viewer based on the presence of an exceptional distinguished team of correspondents and journalists from all over the world, in addition to the fact that Al Mashhad programs will be based on the diversity of opinions and the richness of content through interaction with the Arab viewer on social media.

Job Description

Info Arab Media FZ-LLC / Al Mashhad is seeking to hire a News Producer to join our existing News Team in the Headquarter located in Dubai, UAE. The News Producer will be responsible for the creative development, production, content quality of assigned programs; constructing fresh, informative, creative, compelling newscasts, summaries, updates and assigned special event coverage, ensuring balanced content consist (consistent) with the mission goals of the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or broadcast journalism preferred.
• 2-3 years of experience producing television newscasts.
• Excellent Arabic writing skills.
• Working knowledge of and ability to use video editing system.
• Ability to thrive in an environment requiring teamwork.
• Solid news judgment.
• Ability to work under intense deadline pressure.
• Exercise self-discipline and time‑management skills.
• Sound editorial and creative judgment is essential.

Key Accountabilities

The selected candidate is expected to perform the following tasks: Coordinates with Head of News & Output Editor on selecting timely news material. Prepares format/rundown for newscast, summaries, updates or assigned special event coverage. Writes stories for assigned newscasts. Actively participates in editorial meetings. Reviews all script for assigned newscasts. Obtains legal and editorial clearances from Output Editor. Ensures that all additional production details are completed, including graphics, chyrons, etc. Provides Control Room with critical information regarding the timing, content and execution of live shots while program is on-air. Follows commands of Output Editor in the control room when breaking news is on the air. Aggressively pursue breaking news and assist Assignment Desk and other newscast producers during coverage of breaking news. Inputs and conducts final review of show content in video editing system to ensure a clean broadcast. Assigns and edits stories to Multimedia writers on the team. Contributes story ideas on a daily, weekly and long‑range basis.