Senior Reporter – Campaign Middle East

Motivate Media Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,880 - 334,800; Full time

Job summary

Motivate Media Group seeks an experienced editor to drive bilingual reporting in English and Arabic for Campaign Middle East. The role involves writing daily articles, producing exclusive pieces, and coordinating content across magazines, websites and events.

You will head events content, manage speakers, and work with the editorial team to elevate partnerships while maintaining high editorial standards and compliance.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years reporting in English and Arabic within the Middle East.
• Strong knowledge of the brand, marketing and advertising landscape.
• Verifiable portfolio of published content, articles and exclusives in the Middle East.

Responsibilities

• Build close relationships with brand-side marketers and agency leaders across the Middle East.
• Write and publish 2 Arabic articles per day, plus one exclusive weekly news story.
• Write and publish 2 English articles per day, plus one exclusive weekly news story.
• Publish 1 exclusive feature for print magazine per quarter.
• Prepare content for magazine pages including News and Work, Appointments and Directories.
• Copy-edit features for Campaign Middle East and the Saudi Report.
• Collaborate on social media content across Campaign Middle East channels.
• Commission and edit thought leadership articles from brand and agency leaders.

Skills

Reporting in English & Arabic

Brand/marketing knowledge

Portfolio of published content

Tools

Wordpress CMS

Canva

Photoshop

InDesign

Video editing tools

Job description

Job Description

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Posted on 07/08/2026

Established in 1979, Motivate Media Group operates in partnership between Ian Fairservice and H.E. Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Former Minister of State for Financial Affairs, UAE. With a staff of over 200 experienced professionals based out of the Dubai headquarters, and the Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and London offices, Motivate’s wider publishing expertise includes award‑winning print and digital titles such as What’s On, Emirates Woman and Gulf Business. As well as books and magazines, Motivate also produces content across other platforms including video, digital media, cinema, events, social, influencer marketing and out of home.

Key Responsibilities

• Buildclose relationships with brand-side marketers and agency leaders across the Middle East.
• Writeand publish 2 online Arabic articles per day, including one exclusive newsstory per week.
• Writeand publish 2 online English articles per day, including one exclusive news story per week.
• Writeand publish 1 exclusive feature for print magazine per quarter.
• Preparecontent for specific pages for the magazine including News and Work, Appointments, Private View, and monthly directories.
• Copy-editfeature articles for the monthly Campaign Middle East magazine and the annual Saudi Report.
• Workwith the team to take online, magazine and event content across Campaign Middle East's social media channels.
• Workwith the team to commission and edit thought leadership articles from brand and agency leaders.
• Contributeto the weekly wrap-up videos, Gen Z podcasts, and other video-led initiatives for Campaign Middle East’s social media.
• Attendon-ground industry events, activations and review campaigns for online and print coverage.
• Headthe Campaign Middle East events team. This includes working with the Campaign Middle East team to come up with themes, topics of discussion, and finding the right speakers for events, as well as ensuring seamless communications between speakers, moderators and event sponsors.
• Leadthe Campaign Middle East Breakfast Briefing events as the Masterof Ceremonies on stage.
• Ensurethe event website is updated and help the events and marketing teams with the right social media, website and email marketing collateral from an editorial perspective.
• Maintainingan updated database of speakers and their expertise/specialties.
• Generateideas for longer-form coverage in line with key industry trends and challenges.
• Workclosely with the editor, and the wider editorial and commercial team toelevate the quality of content and add value to new and existing commercial partnerships.
• Maintainhigh standards of copy and adhering to group-wide compliance policies.

Qualifications

• Atleast 3-4 years of experience in reporting in English and Arabic within the Middle East.
• Preferred:Strong knowledge of the brand, marketing and advertising landscape, aswell as contacts and recommendations from respected leaders within the regional industry.
• Astrong, verifiable portfolio of published content, articles and exclusivesin the Middle East.
• Provenrecord of breaking news for a media organisation, as well as writing in-depth features and analyses.
• Abilityto spot trends in market data and conduct research to identify and produce stories.
• Trackrecord of ability to build network of sources to produce reports.
• Basicknowledge of Wordpress CMS, Canva, Photoshop, InDesign and video editingtools.
• Excellentteam dynamics – a smooth and seamless cultural fit into a curious,hard-working, diligent and trustworthy team that delivers outcomes without micro-management.