Job Title: Coordinator, Next Creata
Organisation: Next Media
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Next Media is focused on being the leading electronic group in East Africa while creating value by leveraging on accurate data reliable, new technology, understanding consumer behaviour and staying competitive. It includes these brands; NBS TV, Nile Post News, Salam TV Uganda, Sanyuka TV and Cayman Consults.
Background
The Next Creata Program is Next-Creata’s flagship intervention under the Uganda Creatives Program, implemented in partnership with Bayimba Foundation, ITC, and Mastercard Foundation. The program seeks to enhance skills, employability, and financial inclusion for 40,000 young women across Uganda’s creative economy through media production training, digital upskilling, market linkage, and entrepreneurial pathways.
Job Summary: The Job Placement Coordinator is responsible for creating and managing pathways for trainees to transition into paid creative work through internships, freelance opportunities, short-term projects, studio placements, collaborations, and long-term employment.
The role builds and manages relationships with creative industry partners, and ensures that learners are supported to apply their skills in real production environments, grow their professional portfolios, and begin earning.
This role is the bridge between learning and employment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Work Placement & Industry Pipeline Development
- Identify, engage, and maintain partnerships with:
- Media houses (Radio, TV, Digital newsrooms)
- Creative agencies & advertising firms
- Production studios & film/music collectives
- Digital influencer networks & content startups
- Secure internship, freelance, and employment placement agreements.
Internship Program Management
- Match candidates to appropriate placement opportunities based on skill readiness.
- Prepare participants for placement through:
- Pre-placement orientation sessions
- Work readiness coaching (professional conduct, client interaction, time discipline)
- Conduct ongoing check-ins with host organizations and placed participants.
Mentorship Network Development
- Recruit and onboard creative industry mentors (producers, editors, designers, content leads).
- Design structured mentorship plans (1:1 sessions, group critiques, production reviews).
- Coordinate masterclasses, guest lectures, and career clinics.
Portfolio & Career Pathway Support
- Guide learners to develop:
- Professional portfolios
- CVs / Creative resumes
- Digital creator profiles
- Demo reels / showreels
- Support alumni in presenting themselves professionally in the job market.
Placement Tracking & Reporting
- Maintain detailed placement tracking dashboards to show:
- Who has been placed
- Where
- In what role
- For how long
- And whether income was earned
- Submit monthly transition reports to MEL Manager and Program Lead.
Safeguarding & Participant Well-being
- Ensure all work environments meet program safety and inclusion standards.
- Immediately escalate safeguarding concerns to the Safeguarding Officer.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in Talent management, casting, HR placement, production management or Creative business development, artist management, or media coordination.
- Strong network within Uganda’s film, music, radio, TV, and digital creator communities.
- Experience supporting youth, emerging creatives, or training graduates is a strong advantage.
- Ability to work across diverse communities; Luganda and other local languages beneficial.
Required Competencies
- Technical Competencies
- Strong knowledge of the creative industry landscape in Uganda.
- Ability to identify quality creative employers and reputable collaborators.
- Skilled in mentorship matching and talent development.
- Understanding of freelance work patterns and creative business models.
Soft / Behavioural Competencies
- Relationship-builder and network connector.
- Excellent listener, encourager, and motivator of youth.
- Organized, proactive, and highly reliable.
- Comfortable engaging artists, producers, managers, executives, and community leaders.
How to Apply:
All candidates should send their applications with updated CVs via Email to: [email protected]
Deadline: 17th November 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36