Job Title: Master Trainer, Next Creata (Several Positions)
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: Master Trainers are responsible for delivering hands-on, practical, project-based media training to young women in the Uganda Creatives Program. The role ensures that learners gain real production skills, build professional discipline, and graduate with portfolio–ready work that can be used to secure paid opportunities in the industry.
Master Trainers are expected to train like working professionals — not theorists. This is a production-floor training environment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Training Delivery
- Plan and deliver structured, practical training sessions using approved curriculum modules.
- Teach using real industry workflows, production tools, timelines, briefs, and collaborative team assignments.
- Conduct daily practical exercises, drills, guided editing/production tasks, and performance check-ins.
Project Supervision & Output Quality
- Lead the development of team-based production projects (e.g., short films, shows, radio segments, graphic promo packs).
- Guide learners through pre-production, production, and post-production phases.
- Ensure each trainee graduates with at least one polished portfolio project.
Mentorship & Professional Readiness
- Coach learners on:
- Professional discipline
- On-set etiquette
- Client communication
- Creative collaboration
- Delivering to deadlines
- Conduct periodic 1-on-1 mentorship check-ins.
Assessment & Reporting
- Track participant attendance, progress, and competencies.
- Provide weekly learner skills assessment updates to the Curriculum & Training Manager.
- Identify top talents for internship and work placement pipelines.
Training Environment & Safeguarding
- Support a safe, respectful, inclusive learning environment.
- Model anti-harassment, gender-inclusive studio conduct.
- Report safeguarding concerns immediately according to program protocol.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Demonstrated professional expertise in one of the listed specializations (portfolio needed).
- Experience training, supervising, or coaching junior creators or media students (formal or informal).
- Familiarity with collaborative creative workflows.
- Degree not required. Skill and portfolio outweigh academic qualification.
Competency & Behavioural Expectations
- Hands-on. Patient. Professional.
- Able to explain HOW and WHY — not just show WHAT.
- Passionate about youth development and creative empowerment.
- Respectful and comfortable working with first-time learners / entry-level creatives.
- SPECIALIZATION INSERTS.
- (Choose one out of the 5)
Master Trainer – TV Production
- Required Technical Skills
- Studio and field camera operation
- Lighting workflows
- Script supervision / production planning
- Multi-camera recording or live studio workflow
- Voice direction and presenter coaching
- Preferred Tools
- Camera kits (Canon/Sony), teleprompters, Blackmagic ATEM, Premiere / DaVinci Resolve
Master Trainer – Radio Production & Podcasting
- Required Technical Skills
- Live and recorded radio programming
- Storyboarding & scriptwriting for audio
- Voice recording & microphone technique
- Audio editing and sound design
- Show hosting, panel format guidance
- Preferred Tools
- Adobe Audition, Reaper, ProTools, Zoom H-series recorders, Rode microphones
Master Trainer – Broadcast Graphic Design & Motion Graphics
- Required Technical Skills
- Designing for broadcast frames, lower thirds, tickers, transitions
- Animation workflows
- Visual identity development for shows / segments
- Preferred Tools
- Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, Blender (bonus)
Master Trainer – Post-Production (Editing & Sound)
- Required Technical Skills
- Editing multi-layer timeline projects
- Sound balancing, colour grading, captioning
- Story pacing and visual rhythm
- Export formats for TV / online
- Preferred Tools
- DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Audition
Master Trainer – Digital Distribution & Audience Growth
- Required Technical Skills
- Platform-first content packaging (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram)
- Analytics interpretation & content strategy
- Digital storytelling formats & trends
- Campaign structure for creator growth
- Preferred Tools
- Meta Business Suite, YouTube Studio, TikTok analytics tools, Canva/CapCut
- Performance Indicators
- Success will be measured by:
- Cohort attendance & completion rates
- Number and quality of portfolio projects completed
- Demonstrated skill improvement among trainees
- Positive learner evaluations
- Graduates successfully being placed into paid creative work
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: Diploma, Associate’s Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: no experience required