Takween’s mission focuses on innovative and concrete solutions that have been researched, tested and implemented to meet the needs of communities and their specific built environments to achieve inclusive urban spaces that will thrive for generations to come.  With this mission, Takween aims to improve the quality for inhabitants living in cities across Egypt and the Middle East.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

According to the nature of the assignment, the videographer will provide:

a) Program activity coverage - professional Videography documentation of Takween supported program, activities, and events.

b) First person narrative visual storytelling with captions & quotes - professional photographic storytelling focused on an individual, a beneficiary or an activity.

c) Everyday Voices - portraits of people, beneficiaries or key actors and partners of Takween.

Key Result Areas

The Videographer will be responsible for the following:

• Record video footage of events proceedings, speeches, and interactions with the public.

• Demonstrate creativity and storytelling skills to craft compelling narratives through video content.

• Ensure that the videos align with the program’s communication guidelines and branding.

• Conduct video editing and post-production tasks, including cutting, sequencing, adding overlays, titles, and background music to enhance the overall video quality and storytelling.

• Provide timely delivery of edited videos to meet communication and publication deadlines.

• Ensure clear and high-quality audio recording during events and interviews, using appropriate microphones and equipment.

• Responsible for shooting quality indoor videos/Photo & outdoor videos/Photo.

• Ensure that equipment for a shoot is present and working.

• The videos will be used for promotional purposes, official communications, social media, and other platforms to foster transparency and public engagement.

• Collaborate with the Marketing team.

• Create rough and final cuts.

• Consult with stakeholders from production to post-production process.

• Design video ads for social media and marketing campaigns is a plus.

• Create product visualization layouts to promote awareness.

• Edits videos using filters and adding the necessary details by using editing tools, programs and various related digital applications to improve the videos quality.

• Edit footage in post-production.

Capture and document the following topics in areas where Takween has projects:

• Historical sites inside the city and surroundings areas.

• Workshops, conferences and events.

• The architecturally significant buildings.

• Streetscape.

• Community “portrait, social life”.

• Crafts development.

• Architectural details and interiors.

• Community oral history and interview.

• City tours and site visits.

The purpose of the Videography is to capture:

• General documentation of the targeted buildings and sites;

• Documentation of the project progress in the different sites (before, during and after);

• Implementation activities (shots for project staff, ongoing work progress)

• Documentation of all project activities including workshops, conferences, city tours, site visits, and events

• Community interaction with the projects activities

• Ethnography and art history interviews with community and different stakeholder

• Tourism related activities including interviews with tour guides and tourists

• Promotion and marketing of the city heritage through different channels.

• The Videographer is responsible for providing his/her own Videography equipment and any supplementary tools needed to produce appealing material.

• In addition to the above, Videos must be delivered in .AVI, .MP4, .MKV, .MOV, and .FLV., Full HD (1080p).

• The Videographer has to abide by the project partners’ rules and regulations.

Reporting

• The Videographer will report to Takween-ICD’s assigned Project Manager and will present the deliverables in high resolution soft copy.

Confidentiality and a Record of Right

• All materials and Videos produced by the Videographer under this task will be the sole property of Takween-ICD, and subject to the project rules and regulations. The Videographer will maintain a high level of confidentiality with external actors/stakeholders, with regard to all the materials produced under the task.