Videographer (Cameraman)

AlAin News; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 89,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Al-Ain News seeks an inventive Videographer to craft compelling visual narratives across indoor, outdoor, and remote field assignments, often as a single-person crew handling camera, audio, and lighting. This agile role demands an eye for modern aesthetics and independent operation in fast-changing environments.

You will collaborate with directors and producers to ensure brand-consistent visuals, while bringing native Arabic fluency and strong business English to multi-format storytelling.

Qualifications

• Portfolio Excellence: A verified professional showreel demonstrating advanced range in visual pacing, directional lighting control, and multi-lens mastery.
• Camera System Fluency: Expert technical knowledge of cinema platforms, sensor configurations, exposure calibration (Log formats), and digital storage workflows.
• Autonomy: Proven ability to operate as a completely self-sufficient visual team, managing composition, illumination, and audio tracks cleanly.
• Post-Production Familiarity: Functional baseline knowledge of professional NLE systems (Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve) to render quick rough-cuts or clip-selections when workflow pipelines demand fast turnarounds.
• Language Metrics: Native-level fluency in Arabic with strong operational business English.

Responsibilities

• Cinematic Acquisition: Plan and film high-impact indoor, outdoor, and field segments utilizing a wide spectrum of setups, including cinema packages mirrorless bodies, gimbals, specialized tracking systems, and vertical digital layouts.
• Visual Direction & Narrative: Treat lighting, frame movement, and lens depth as narrative tools; deliver dynamic composition setups with or without formal creative briefs.
• Field Audio & Lighting Management: Design multi-point lighting schemes for ambient, studio, and field environments; capture studio-grade wireless, lavalier, and shotgun audio sequences cleanly.
• Rapid Deployment & Rigging: Efficiently configure, balance, strike, and safely package specialized camera packages and support infrastructure under dynamic, fast-moving environmental changes.
• Creative Alignment: Coordinate tightly with the Director, the producers, and on-camera hosts to ensure visual consistency matches the verified brand playbook.
• Cloud Field Delivery: Log, back up, and ingest multi-camera media pipelines securely; utilize remote acceleration file-transfer systems for fast delivery to post-production hubs.

Skills

Autonomy

Camera System Fluency

Visual storytelling

Post-Production Familiarity

Language Metrics

Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

Final Cut Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

Al-Ain News is IMI's multilingual digital news platform, delivering around-the-clock coverage of regional and international news. The platform combines breaking news, live updates, analysis, opinion, explainers and video to provide audiences with reliable, accessible journalism.

Available in Arabic, Al-Ain News serves audiences across multiple regions through a network of editorial teams and regional bureaux.

Role Summary

We are seeking an inventive, highly creative Videographer to build compelling visual narratives. This is an artistic role for a storyteller who conceptualizes compositions, moves fluidly between complex lighting structures, and treats environments as a canvas.

This is an agile, multi-terrain role rather than a fixed broadcast studio position. You will execute indoor, outdoor, and remote field assignments—frequently operating independently as a single-person crew handling camera, audio acquisition, and lighting elements. We require an artist with multi-format fluency, and an uncompromised eye for modern visual aesthetics.

Key Responsibilities

• Cinematic Acquisition: Plan and film high-impact indoor, outdoor, and field segments utilizing a wide spectrum of setups, including cinema packages mirrorless bodies, gimbals, specialized tracking systems, and vertical digital layouts.
• Visual Direction & Narrative: Treat lighting, frame movement, and lens depth as narrative tools; deliver dynamic composition setups with or without formal creative briefs.
• Field Audio & Lighting Management: Design multi-point lighting schemes for ambient, studio, and field environments; capture studio-grade wireless, lavalier, and shotgun audio sequences cleanly.
• Rapid Deployment & Rigging: Efficiently configure, balance, strike, and safely package specialized camera packages and support infrastructure under dynamic, fast-moving environmental changes.
• Creative Alignment: Coordinate tightly with the Director , the producers, and on-camera hosts to ensure visual consistency matches the verified brand playbook.
• Cloud Field Delivery: Log, back up, and ingest multi-camera media pipelines securely; utilize remote acceleration file-transfer systems (e.g., Frame.io Camera-to-Cloud, LiveU, or secure FTP drops) for fast delivery to post-production hubs.

Qualification

• Portfolio Excellence: A verified professional showreel demonstrating advanced range in visual pacing, directional lighting control, and multi-lens mastery.
• Camera System Fluency: Expert technical knowledge of cinema platforms, sensor configurations, exposure calibration (Log formats), and digital storage workflows.
• Autonomy: Proven ability to operate as a completely self-sufficient visual team, managing composition, illumination, and audio tracks cleanly.
• Post-Production Familiarity: Functional baseline knowledge of professional NLE systems (Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve) to render quick rough-cuts or clip-selections when workflow pipelines demand fast turnarounds.
• Language Metrics: Native-level fluency in Arabic with strong operational business English.