Royal Media Services Ltd Careers

 REF No. HR-SBK-DCE-9-2024 

The Digital Content Executive is responsible for creating and managing digital content that drives engagement and brand loyalty. This role involves producing and optimizing content for social media, websites, and other digital platforms, focusing on promotions, betting tips, and sports event coverage that appeal to the betting audience..

The roles of the Assistant Traffic Controller Position will include the following: –

• Develop and execute a content calendar that aligns with sports schedules and betting promotions.
• Create engaging digital content, including social media posts, blog articles
• Manage social media accounts, ensuring a consistent brand voice and regular interaction with followers interested in our products and offerings.
• Monitor social media trends and analytics to optimize content performance and increase engagement with the audience.
• Work with the ATL & BTL Coordinator to drive traffic to the website through targeted digital marketing campaigns.
• Track and analyze the performance of digital content, providing regular reports to the Creative Strategist.
• Use insights from analytics to refine digital content strategies and improve engagement and conversion rates among the target audience.
• Coordinate with the ATL & BTL Coordinator to integrate digital content into broader marketing campaigns.

Skills and Personal Attributes:

• Must be passionate about sports and bear a good understanding of the sports, betting & entertainment scene.
• Must have excellent Communication & Writing skills
• Must have strong Analytical skills
• Understand Media Laws & Media Ethics
• Must be social media savvy, innovative, creative, and passionate about this space.
• Must be a team player, dynamic & able to work under demanding circumstances
• The ideal candidate must have a working knowledge of online technology and online news best practices and an appreciation of the business processes, protocols, and controls
• Keep abreast of evolving trends through continuous professional education in the area of digital platforms

Academic and Professional Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
• Proven experience in digital content creation and management, preferably in the sports betting or entertainment industries.
• Strong understanding of social media platforms, SEO, and digital analytics.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with a passion for sports and betting content.

Job Ref No. HRD/CORR/SIA/8/2024

Key roles & responsibilities

• Ability to shoot visual content, report, write, edit and produce stories on deadline for multiple platforms – Tv, Radio, digital and social media platforms
• Offer creative and innovative ideas for elevated storytelling
• Excellent writing skills, with solid news judgment and ethical decision-making skills
• Generating ideas for news stories and news features
• Following leads from news agencies, the police, the public, press conferences and other sources
• Generating ideas to head of desks, editors and producers
• Writing scripts for bulletins, headlines and special reports
• Superior on-camera presentation
• Capture quality footage
• Edit footage as needed
• Provide practical and creative input to scene planning
• Exercising judgment on the best story angle
• Preparing material for both pre-recorded and live pieces
• Developing and maintaining useful contacts and relations with news sources

Academic and professional/work Experience

• Degree in journalism, mass communications or any other related field
• At least 3 Years relevant experience as a reporter / correspondent in a busy media house.

Essential Competences

• Excellent written and spoken English, Swahili and Luo (Attach vernacular voice demo in mp3 format)
• An edge for news or features, ability for quick thinking, persistence, personal initiative and a good memory
• Sound knowledge of the local and international social, political and economic news-shaping environment
• A clear communicating voice
• Ability to report accurately and impartially.

Qualifications;

• Bachelor in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Statistics, Computer Engineering or any other relevant course
• A DevOps Engineer who has a wide-ranging knowledge of both development and operations, including scripting, infrastructure management, system administration, and DevOps toolchains.
• He/she needs to have a strong understanding of common system architecture, provisioning, and administration, source control, giving and receiving code reviews, writing unit tests, and familiarity with agile principles.
• For this role, she/he will be driving innovation in our product development while relentlessly improving the performance, scalability, high availability and cost optimization

The DevOps engineer shall undertake the following:

• Working with software developers and software engineers to build and manage production services to ensure high availability
• Design, configure, and support software build/deploy pipelines (CI/CD, Git, GitLab) for Group projects
• Build and set up new development tools, policies and infrastructure
• Undertakes software deployment through various staged operating environments i.e. Development, QA, Staging, Production
• Ensure that we have the best system hosting & backup services for all products across the Group
• Tests code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline and minimize errors
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Establish and enforce system monitoring tools to ensure high availability and cost optimization
• Establish and enforce risk assessment policies and standards

What you’ll need

• Fluency in scripting languages i.e bash and python
• Hands on experience in managing AWS or related cloud infrastructure at scale as well as on-prem infrastructure
• Experience in building high availability and auto-scaling infrastructure that optimizes cost and performance
• Skills in building and designing automated deployment pipelines in CI/CD environment
  • Strong skills in the following technologies
    Linux and related distros
    Monitoring tools and techniques i.e. (grafana, graphite, nagios etc)
    Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
    Experience in servers, servlet containers and web servers (Nginx, Apache, Tomcat)
    Intermediate to expert level skills in RDBMSs such as Mysql, Postgresql
    Working knowledge of Virtualization i.e. vmware, virtualbox etc
• Great communication and collaboration skills

HR/MRKT/BRA/7/24

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As the Business Research Analyst, your responsibilities will:

• Work closely with sectional heads to understand business and data requirements and provide direction.
• Ensure that data which is required for reporting is available and in a format which can be easily consumed while overseeing accuracy and integrity of the data.
• Participate in data design and infrastructure conversations as well as identify and coordinate data infrastructure improvements with analytics, data and software team.
• Enable the success of the Company by supporting them in accessing, understanding, and utilizing data.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and overall integrity of business metrics.
• Develop and maintain business intelligence documentation, training materials, best practices, and overall data toolkit
• Assist in the development and programming of data collection tools.
• Work with research managers and investigators to implement statistical analysis plans. This will involve developing, testing, and executing statistical programs to generate descriptive statistics, conduct hypothesis tests, and create graphical representations.
• Generate reports and visualizations to communicate research findings to both internal teams and external stakeholders.

ACADEMIC AND SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics or Economics.
• At least 3 years’ experience in data analysis and Business Research
• The ability to balance priorities, clarify stakeholder requirements, pay keen attention to detail, and generally keep deliverables on schedule
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerBi or other data visualization tools, SQL, coding platforms such as R and statistical methods (Python an added plus)
• Ability to communicate technical details clearly and concisely to management & external stakeholders.
• A curious mind and a passion for problem-solving, data and analytics.

REF No. HRD/MFM/RPC/07/2024

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The successful candidate will among others be able to do the following;

• Research, plan and develop on air content, ideas and concepts in line with the station strategy and values.
• On air presentation/continuity and acting on feedback from listeners.
• Write broadcasting reports and execute commercial logs
• Music research, identify and propose music that should be incorporated into the station sound.
• Carry out outside broadcasting/Road shows and attend functions on behalf of the station.
• Receiving briefs from clients/ marketers/ supervisor and executing accordingly.
• Scripting, recording, packaging and producing station features
• Creatively create and execute on air gaming elements
• Hosting sport shows.
• Maintain close and effective contact with sports news sources
• Generate ideas for sports stories
• Cross-promote the company’s online & traditional product lines
• Conceptualize and execute online campaigns for various projects
• Ensure all social media platforms are updated regularly
• Advise supervisor on new trends in online tools, applications, channels, design & strategy

Skills and Personal attribute

• Fluent in spoken and written Ameru, English and Swahili with a radio voice & personality
• An ear for music.
• Able to work odd hours including weekends and holidays without supervision.
• Must be social media savvy, innovative and creative
• Have an understanding of Media Law and Ethics
• Demonstrate professional approach and appearance including enthusiasm, drive, commitment, honesty, trust and loyalty
• Keep abreast of evolving trends through continuing professional education in the area of digital platforms

Academic and professional experience

• Degree in journalism / mass communication or another related field from a recognized university.
• At least 3 years’ experience as a Presenter /newsreader/reporter in a reputable radio station.
• Must be social media savvy, innovative and creative

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute creative concepts for promotional campaigns, advertisements, and marketing materials that align with the brand’s vision and objectives.
• To design visually compelling graphics, illustrations, and animations for various digital platforms, including social media, website, linear media, and mobile app.
• Produce high-quality video content, including promotional videos, motion graphics, and animated ads, from concept development to final editing and delivery using footage from diverse sources
• Collaborate with the team to brainstorm ideas, storyboard concepts, and strategize on effective visual communication strategies.
• Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in graphic design, videography, and motion graphics to continuously enhance the brand’s creative output.
• Ensure consistency and adherence to brand guidelines across all promotional materials and campaigns.
• Conceptualize, produce, and shoot brand events and activities.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with proficiency in graphic design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and video editing software (Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects).
• Strong portfolio showcasing creative design skills, motion graphics, and video production abilities.
• Excellent understanding of typography, color theory, composition, and visual storytelling principles.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and adapt to changing priorities and requirements.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Academic and professional experience

• University Graduate – Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Film Production, or related field.
• Proven experience (3+ years) as a graphic designer, promo producer, or videographer, preferably in the gaming or entertainment industry.
• Proficient in several non-linear/digital editing packages

Key roles & responsibilities

• Covering news stories and provide analysis and context on the subject matter as necessary.
• Produce a range of creatively told stories across the RMS linear and digital platforms
• Identify, develop and package original stories and other content for various platforms
• Build and maintain contacts and provide timely and authoritative coverage of developing stories and trends
• Sourcing exclusive crime stories, and ensuring that they are factual credible, well researched, and balanced;
• Following leads from news agencies, the police, the public, press conferences, and other sources;
• Generating ideas to editors and producers;
• Researching and compiling relevant information to support a story using credible information sources such as the internet, archives, databases, etc.;
• Writing scripts for bulletins, headlines, and special reports;
• Selecting appropriate locations, pictures, and sound and exercising judgment on the best story angle;
• Participate in field assignments and location shoots in conjunction with camera crew;
• Using portable digital video (DV) cameras and other equipment to record material and appropriate
  editing software to produce complete packages for broadcast;
• Preparing and presenting material ‘on air’ for both pre-recorded and live pieces;
•  Identifying potential interviewees, briefing them, preparing interview questions, and conducting both live and recorded interviews;
• Understanding and complying with media law and industry codes of conduct.

Academic and professional/work Experience

• Degree in journalism, mass communications, or any other related field
• Degree in social science and post-graduate training in journalism or mass communication
•  At least three (3) years relevant experience as a generalist reporter in busy newsroom in a media house covering all aspects of news planning, gathering, editing and airing.
• At least three (3) years relevant experience as a specialist Political, Crime and Security, Investigative or Features reporter.

Essential Competences

• Excellent written and spoken English and/or Swahili. The capacity for bilingual reporting (English/Swahili) will be an added advantage
• An edge for news or features, the ability for quick thinking, persistence, personal initiative, and a good memory
• Sound knowledge of the local and international social, political and economic news-shaping environment
• A clear communicating voice
• Ability to report accurately and impartially.

Key Considerations

• Experience in Features Reporting, Investigative Reporting, Crime and Security reporting or political reporting
• Willingness to work for long hours and on short notice
• Willingness to travel locally and abroad including difficult and dangerous locations in the line of duty

HRD/DG/DVP/3/ 2024

Royal Media Services Limited is recruiting for the above position. We are looking for a trained creative digital video/photographer with great production and organizational skills. The jobholder is expected to be a team player, a problem solver with great attention to detail and possess a clear understanding of overall content production process.

The jobholder’s role will include the following:

• Film quality indoor and outdoor audio-visual content using modern production equipment
• Responsible for producing compelling quality video content that can be shared with demanding audiences across social media channels and other online platforms.
• Work with production and editorial team members to deliver on creative content that meets all deliverable deadlines.
• Ability to mine through hours of original footage and create short and compelling content that can tell the same story in a few minutes or even seconds.
• Timely delivery of assigned productions.
• Responsible for developing innovative new ways to create compelling video content that can be shared
• Employing a data-driven approach to video content by using analytics to inform ongoing video creation strategy.
• Ability to mine through hours of original footage and create short and compelling content that can tell the same story in a few minutes or even seconds

Key focus areas: Engage in the pre-production, production and post-production process of assigned visual projects.

Academic and professional Experience

• Diploma in Communication/TV production with relevant practical experience. Bachelors in Communication/TV production will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Creative suite, Media Encoder and Final Cut Pro is required
• A deep understanding of programming across social media channels, including experience creating original video for social platforms including YouTube, Facebook… is required.
• Proven knowledge of digital media and content landscape is required.

HRD/RAP/RP/03/2024 

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will among others be able to do the following;

• Research, plan and develop on air content, ideas and concepts in line with the station strategy and values.
• On air presentation/continuity and acting on feedback from listeners.
• Write broadcasting reports and execute commercial logs
• Music research, identify and propose music that should be incorporated into the station sound.
• Carry out outside broadcasting/Road shows and attend functions on behalf of the station.
• Receiving briefs from clients/ marketers/ supervisor and executing accordingly.
• Scripting, recording, packaging and producing station features
• Creatively create and execute on air gaming elements
• Be able to demonstrate leadership skills
• Cross-promote the company’s online & traditional product lines
• Conceptualize and execute online campaigns for various projects
• Ensure all social media platforms are updated regularly
• Advise supervisor on new trends in online tools, applications, channels, design & strategy
• Liaise with digital sales officers to create campaigns that can be commercialized

THE PERSON

• Below 35 years of age
• A bachelor’s degree preferably in the arts or mass communication training or Diploma from KIMC in Radio broadcast or broadcast journalism.
• 3 years on- the- job experience in radio or TV broadcast
• Fluent in spoken and written English, Swahili (Coastal) with a rich voice and an ear for music.
• Have a proper understanding of the Coastal region and its people.
• Able to work long hours/odd hours without supervision.
• Must be social media savvy, innovative and creative
• Demonstrate professional approach and appearance including enthusiasm, drive, commitment, honesty, trust and loyalty
• Keep abreast of evolving trends through continuing professional education in the area of digital platforms
• Understand Media Law and Ethics