DW Akademie is looking for motivated Ukrainian media professionals willing to join the team of MediaFit mentors for the third season of the Creators Fund scheduled for May-August 2023. It is envisaged to support up to 24 media products. More details here.

ENI /2021 / 423-657

EU Project “MediaFit Programme for Information Integrity in Southern and Eastern Ukraine” 

Mentors for Content Production

TERMS OF REFERENCE 

The mentorship is at the heart of the Creators Fund vision to facilitate an innovative creative process. The mentors will be paired to up to 6 creators (journalists or media teams) to provide an individual practice-oriented and constructive guidance during the entire process from content development to production and publication process. Mentors are also expected to identify training needs of creators and any additional expertise needed to ensure the successful completion of the media product.

1. Expected Deliverables

Preparatory Phase 

• Participation in the Creators’ Fund Kick-off meeting (tentative Mid-May 2023).

Mentoring Duties

• Offline and online mentorship of the Creators including but not limited to consulting on research, scripting, staffing, budget, production process (pre-production, production, postproduction), marketing, publishing and all other stages of creating and publishing of a media product.
• Quality Management to ensure that the produced content is of high professional quality, in line with the creators’ guidelines, corresponds to expected editorial quality standards and do not contravene EU Grant objectives. 

Communication

• Frequent communication with DW Akademie project staff regarding the status of the individual productions. A monthly report summarizing all mentoring efforts.
• Regular feedback on the identified training needs or specific expertise for creators to work effectively.
• To participate in the evaluation process of the Creators Fund programme to improve further selection seasons.

2. Qualifications

Essential

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in working in the Ukrainian professional media sector.
• Demonstrated ability to develop media productions in different formats from A to Z.
• Previous experience in mentoring, teaching, providing any kind of capacity-building to students and media professionals.
• Fluency in Ukrainian and English.
• Good communication skills and patient to work both with the DW Akademie project team as well as the assigned Creators.

Desirable

• Experience with media content distribution and promotion.
• Professional journalistic or other media-related education is preferred.
• TTT/TTeT training by DW Akademie would be an asset.
• Experience in working with international media development organisations. 

3. Working Framework 

• Participation in a mandatory online on-boarding session for mentors in May.
• Participation in the regular (mostly weekly) meetings to provide feedback on the mentorship process.
• Individual work with creators, including flexible working hours agreed with creators and adjusted to your own daily routine.
• A monthly report to the DW Akademie team.
• Envisaged timeframe for providing mentorship: May-August 2023.
• Expected scope of work: up to 32 working days.
• 120 euro a day (gross).

4. Application instructions

Please send your CV and a Motivation Letter in English to [email protected] with the email subject “Application to Creators Fund Mentors Season 3” by the 26 March 24h Kyiv time.

5. Project Description

 DW Akademie, Germany’s leading organisation for international media development department of Deutsche Welle, in partnership with Transtele Canal France International (CFI) and Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) implement the 36-month project “MediaFit Programme for building Information Integrity in southern and eastern Ukraine” (ENI/2021/423-657).

DW Akademie is Deutsche Welle’s centre for international media development, journalism training and knowledge transfer. Our projects strengthen the human right to freedom of expression and unhindered access to information. DW Akademie empowers people worldwide to make independent decisions based on reliable facts and constructive dialogue.

The Creators Fund is one core element of MediaFit. Launched in February 2022, the regional programme is providing content support for up to 60 independent media productions. The goal of the Creators Fund is to help produce non-news products that connect with the needs of regional target audiences. The fund will act as a capacity-building catalyst in regions with a low level of investment in independent media.