Our client specialising in Japanese news services is looking for a Japanese-speaking Assistant Journalist.
You will work in a small team to help report on news, business and feature stories around Europe for a national broadcaster in Japan. This is a great opportunity to be involved in all stages of TV news production whilst working in a Japanese-speaking environment.

Experience and knowledge of news and broadcasting is helpful, but willingness and ability to learn will go a long way, coupled with an ability to think creatively about how to make a good visual news story.

An active interest in European current affairs is essential, organizational skills and an ability to thoroughly research a subject are important. As work will involve travel in Europe, proficiency in one or more European languages would be advantageous. Japanese language skills/experience is necessary and the ability to think about what would interest a Japanese audience is crucial.
TYPE: Permanent, full-time
SALARY: £24k
WORKING HOURS: Monday to Friday
START: ASAP
LOCATION: Central London
Japanese speaking Assistant Director Responsibility:
* Conduct Japanese-English translations of English articles
* Gathering and summarising information on daily news and emergency bulletins
* Dictation from tape (or recorded materials) of press conference or interviews and simple editing work
* Acting as technical assistant for TV news and news programme production
* Arranging and assisting with equipment on location
* Accompanying press conferences and interviews with specialist/artists in different sectors in society, politics, finance, and entertainment
* Willingness to accompany the programme on location
* Possibility of travelling to various countries, mainly in Europe
* Possibility of working on weekend if necessary
Japanese speaking Assistant Director Ideal Candidate:
* Business level of MS Word and Excel, as well as other IT-related skills
* Basic knowledge of camera and editing software (Premier, Photoshop, etc.) is welcome; training will be provided
* Native level English language and business level Japanese language (JLPT N2 or above) is essential
* Strong interest in current affairs, media, and production work in a Japanese cultural environment
* Physically fit, motivated and able to frequently travel all around the UK and Europe
** All applicants must have the right to work in the UK as the Company is not able to offer visa support.
If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days.
We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.