Media in Cooperation and Transition
Introducing MiCT
Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) is a non-profit organisation delivering expert media services in complex and challenging contexts with passion, precision and agility. Through our collaborative work with our partners, we foster transparent, inclusive and fair dialogue supporting resilient societies that thrive.
Across three continents and 15 countries, MiCT facilitates the training of journalists and media producers, programme and content development, radio and film production, magazine and book publishing, media research and monitoring, in addition to supporting the financial viability of our partners.
Media should inspire audiences to act and drive societies to thrive by providing contextual information and facilitating inclusive and informed exchange.
Therefore, at MiCT, we collaborate with our partners according to their contexts, potentials and needs, realising considerate media processes and products with relevance and impact.
Our Mission: Facilitating transitions in collaboration with our partners
At MiCT, we collaborate with our partners supporting audiences to adapt to changing circumstances caused by the climate crisis, conflict, health emergencies and disasters, ever more arbitrary systems or challenging economic circumstances.
Cooperation is vital as we work with our partners towards financial viability and creating contextually relevant, valuable content and platforms. MiCT leverages localised collaboration to guarantee access to vital information and an equitable knowledge transfer.
This is how we strengthen our partners, and co-create and enrich spaces through which societies can thrive.
Our Ethics: Compassionate and demanding processes
We want to accelerate the transformation of international development and aid systems – cultures and structures entangled in colonial history and economic models that perpetuate discrimination, inequality and environmental destruction.
Access to financial resources, shifting decision-making processes to actual stakeholders, making project design and implementation actor-based and driven form the nexus of this transformation. Through proactive and compassionate inclusion in all our processes – beyond superficial considerations such as representation – MiCT supports this transformation. We are mindful of perspectives from across the political, age, ability, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and religious spectra.
We are listening and committed to asking tough questions about cultural and structural practices that harm people and the environment, demanding institutional responsibility and supporting personal agency. We ask these questions of ourselves, partners and donors, just as we seek to link different actors, co-creating spaces for critical lateral thinking and dialogue.
Transparency: Donors, supporters and memberships
MiCT’s projects are financed through grants from and contracts with recognised international foundations or state institutions. We do not accept anonymous donations.
Our projects have been financed and supported by the Belgian Foreign Office, the Canadian Government, CFI, GIZ, the DOEN Foundation, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Federal Foreign Office, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KAICIID, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), UNAMI, IOM, UNDP, UNESCO, and UNWOMEN.
Call for Applications
As part of a project financed by the German foreign office, we are looking for different roles to support us.
Position: Editor
What you’ll be doing
- Plan, coordinate, and revise multimedia material for publication on websites
- Review and develop ideas and decide what material will appeal most to readers
- Offer comments to improve the product and suggest titles and headlines
- Publish content across platforms
Requirements
- 1-5 years of experience in Digital Media
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
Position: Social Media Manager
What you’ll be doing
- Oversee interactions with the public by implementing social media platform content strategies
- Analyze engagement data
- Identify trends in customer interactions
- Plan and execute digital campaigns
- Build an online community
Requirements
- 1-5 years of experience in Digital Media
- Experience in working with social media platforms and messengers (Whatsapp, Telegram)
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
Position: Designer
What you’ll be doing
- Create the design and style guide for websites
- Create graphics for social media and different digital products as well as banners for programmatic advertising
Requirements
- 1-5 years of experience in Digital Media
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
Position: Illustrator
What you’ll be doing
- Creating digital content according to personas that are specified
- Drawing rough sketches for approval
- Liaising with editors, authors or designers
- Production of 90-100 images
Requirements
- 1-5 years of experience in Digital Media
- 3-5 years of experience in illustration
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
Position: Marketing researcher / Digital marketing manager
What you’ll be doing
- Implement strategies that promote digital media content.
- Manage various channels, such as social media networks, Google Ads, website content and email marketing
- Deliver a persuasive and cohesive marketing message to the audience
Requirements
- 1-5 years of experience in Digital Media Marketing
- Proof of experience in working with Social Media and Search ads, and Programmatic Platforms
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
Position: Animated video series scriptwriter
What you’ll be doing
- Prepare a video script for short animated series in a way that enables readers to envisage the setting, emotion and the way it will work on screen
- Collaborate with producers, directors and actors to draft and redraft
- Production of video scripts for 10 episodes, 5min per episode
Requirements
- 1-5 years’ work experience in Film, Advertising or Animation industry
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
Position: Animated video series designer & animator
What you’ll be doing
- Work with creative professionals including storytellers, designers and voice actors to produce short animated series for youtube
- Create animated graphics and visual effects
- Production of 10 episodes, 5min per episode
Requirements
- 1-5 years working in Film or TV, Youtube shows, Advertising or Animation industry
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
Position: Animated video series sound designer & composer
What you’ll be doing
- Compose songs, arrange vocals and instruments, pick the sonic style of music, and set up musical equipment.
- Collect, edit, and create sound effects, ambient effects, and music for animated series
- Write, direct, and create music
- Manage contracts, copyrights, and finances for sound
- Production for 10 episodes, 5min per episode
Requirements
- 1-5 years working in Film or TV, Youtube shows, Advertising or Animation industry
- Professional working proficiency in English or German and native or bilingual proficiency in Russian
How to apply
If you are interested in any of the following roles, please send your CV and portfolio (if relevant) to [email protected], mentioning your relevant work experience.
Please note that due to the expected number of applications, we will only contact short-listed candidates.