About the Organization

Since 1951, UNDP has been working and partnering with different public private sector organizations in India to Strengthen Systems and Institutions and promote Inclusive Growth and Livelihoods as well as Sustainable Energy, Environment and Resilience, with a focused agenda to leave no one behind.

UNDP India’s Communications department works closely with the verticals listed above, ensuring that the organizations’ communication reaches all its stakeholders – the government, private sector partners, implementation partners, beneficiaries and the general public. This is done by leveraging strategic communication tools, as well as by creating effective campaigns, community outreach, and media engagements.

Objective of the Assignment

With the rise of digital platforms, it is more important today than ever before to communicate through videos. Videos are one of the most effective, immediate and powerful ways through which UNDP can convey how our work improves people’s lives worldwide.

In this context, UNDP India is looking to contract multiple videographers based in different parts of the country to deliver powerful communication video materials that demonstrate the impact of UNDP projects and initiatives in a range of areas where we work. These include inclusive growth, systems strengthening and institutions, energy and environment, and others related to UNDP core principles. A key ask of the videographer will be to deliver crisp, strong videos/short films in different formats – mobile first and broadcast.

Under the Long-Term Agreement (LTA) videographers will be empanelled under the following category:

Individual videographers to shoot and edit short films documenting UNDP projects, key events and package them in an interesting manner. The nature of assignments will range between the following:

• Document human interest stories reflecting the impact of UNDP’s work in India. This may include trailers, short films and animated short films
• Shoot and edit video interviews/video bytes of key officials during events or international days
• Cover high-level visits of key UN officials and produce short, crisp wrap-up videos for social media
• Livestream events on social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube.

Under the Long-Term Agreement (LTA) videographers will be empanelled under three categories for:

• Category I: Videographers documenting results from projects and partnerships across the country.
• Category II: Social media friendly, short-form content development like reels, YouTube and other platforms.

Objective and Setup

The overall objective to set up this Long-Term Agreement (On Call) is to facilitate and expedite the process by which UNDP will hire the services of videographers, once there are specific assignments in the next 3 years.

 
The assignments will typically be to shoot and edit videos – mobile first and broadcast versions – of UNDP’s work in the country. It is anticipated that 60-70 assignments will take place per year.

 Under the supervision of the Programme Management and direct guidance of the Communications Specialists, the videographer provides high-quality videography services. The videographer demonstrates a client-oriented approach, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds. The videographer ensures effective and efficient provision of services, full confidentiality in all aspects of assignment, management of information flow and follow-up on deadlines and commitments made. In all activities UNDP commissioned videographers are to ensure dignity of subjects, particularly in the context of people living or affected by HIV and children.

 It is anticipated that the following number of assignments will take place per year in each of the categories:

• Category I: 40-50 assignments
• Category II: 30-40 assignments

Scope of Work

GENERAL:

• Understanding UNDP branding guidelines
• Complying with UNDP video guidelines, particularly for human interest stories
• Receive briefing from the Communications and Programme teams in UNDP
• Desk review of all documents and/or other material available – including previously produced films – where available
• Attend (or participate via conference call) in pre-production briefing on the issues being covered and participate in preparatory research and production planning
• Videographers will be required to interview people (beneficiaries, project managers, etc.) on their assignments and share the transcriptions in a word document
• All final materials, master film and raw footage, to be delivered in a hard drive
• Ensure consent forms are submitted when the subjects of the video are children or people living with or affected by HIV or violence
• Finalise the script in consultation with UNDP (script development can happen either before or after the field documentation, depending on the story). All scripts require approval from UNDP and/or its partners
• Edit a film into a high-quality, engaging product including addition graphics where required and subtitling of soundbites in English and Hindi required
• Videos may vary in duration – mobile first, social media requirements, and broadcast – as required
• As and when needed, add background music to the film
• Recording of high-quality voiceover with good quality professional voices in English and/or other languages
• Provide regular updates to UNDP regarding film development and major challenges, if any
• Submit a rough cut of the film. UNDP may ask for changes upon the submission of the first rough cut. The videographer must comply with the changes an resubmit for approval
• If requested, deliver shorter edits of the film
• Shoot, edit, package and produce excellent films that tell a story
• For event documentation, the videographer must ensure a multi-cam set up to record the event and capture video bites of dignitaries who maybe speaking in the same venue
• Ability to edit video footage ‘live’ into video capsules and deliver quality end products during tight timelines
• If required, the videographer must be able to document the event and livestream the event sessions on social media – Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The videographer must also possess the necessary skills and required to do so

Duration of the assignment

The assignment, under this Long-Term Agreement (On Call) Individual Contract, is expected to have a duration of 3 years. The initial contract would be for one year with an option for renewal in subsequent years upon satisfactory performance evaluation.

Required skills and experience

Candidates are requested to go through the required qualification and experience requirements stated above and only apply when they meet such criteria. Evaluation will be based as per details in below section.

 CATEGORY I

• Education Qualifications: Degree in communications, arts, media, design, or any relevant field will be preferred.
• Minimum 3 years' experience (nationally or internationally) delivering on high profile projects
• Contributes to national and international media outlets (for e.g.: National Geographic; Getty images; Granta; BBC; Reuters; etc). This is not mandatory
• Excellent communications skills, especially written for putting together captions, photo essays, etc.
• Ability to conduct short video/audio interviews
• Experience in covering events
• Ability to shoot through innovative tools like drone, 360-degree and underwater video would be preferred
• Contributes regularly to leading news agencies, bilateral and multilateral agencies, NGOs, etc.
• Preference to videographers with local language skills

CATEGORY II

• Education Qualifications: Degree in communications, arts, media, design or any relevant field would be preferred but not mandatory.
• Minimum 2 years of experience, documenting multimedia projects and initiatives through innovative communication/documentation tools like DSLR, drone, 360-degree, GoPro and producing iPhone photo/video is necessary
• Good communications skills and ability to conduct short video/audio interviews
• Extensive experience is shooting, producing, and editing short-form content
• Applicants with multimedia experience is mandatory
• Preference to videographers with local language skills
• Owning necessary equipment such as drones, 360-degree and GoPro, etc. to document projects and initiatives will be preferred (please list out such equipment in the proposal)
• Preference to videographers with local language skills

How to Apply 

Deadline 19-Jun-26 @ 08:00 AM (New York time)

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