Production Manager at Girl Effect

Context and Background for the Arewa Inspiration Project

• Girl Effect Nigeria is looking for a production company to produce highquality audio content as part of a new strategy in Northern Nigeria.

By distributing shortform behaviourchange content on an Interactive Voice Recognition platform (IVR) and radio, the new strategy seeks to:

• Empower Arewa girls to change their own lives by sharing the knowledge they need to make informed decisions
• Bring a digital experience to people without access to the internet through a lofi digital product for vulnerable girls and boys
• Reach more people than Girl Effect’s existing brands in Africa (specifically in Ethiopia, Malawi and Rwanda)
• Girl Effect Nigeria currently has two existing products in the market for adolescent girls; Girls Connect, an IVR service that distributes shortform scripted content, and Springster, a digital platform and website. The new strategy will merge these products under one new brand, double the capacity of the IVR service, and introduce a radio element to promote the IVR line. You can find out more about these products on our website at https://www.girleffect.org/wherewework/africa/nigeria/
• Girl Effect are in a strategic phase between now and October, during which we will establish our impact framework, our new brand positioning and identity, our final product mix and our content strategy. Although we don’t know exactly what our content formats will be right now, we do know that we’re likely to produce both shortform scripted and shortform factual entertainment audio formats. We also welcome suggestions for other formats which could form part of our new offer.
• The majority of these formats will be distributed on an Interactive Voice Recognition service and will need to be recorded in a way that’s both creatively and technically ‘fit for purpose’ for this distribution channel.

What we are looking for

• An established production company with specialist audio production expertise and credentials with multiple media industry clients. The production company must demonstrate the ability to record creative audio to an exceptionally high standard.
• You will partner with us during a content development phase to pretest content ideas, work with the Girl Effect Production lead on the recruitment of a local writing team, casting and talent management, and lead on the ongoing production of all audio content.
• Girl Effect Nigeria aim to have the production company onboard by the end of October 2018.

Specific Deliverables

• Work collaboratively with Girl Effect during a content development phase for the new brand in Nov and Dec 2018
• Work with Girl Effect’s Production lead to recruit Hausa writers
• Work with Girl Effect’s Production lead on casting and talent management
• Provide of a fully equipped studio for rehearsals and production
• Provide producers/directors, audio engineers and quality equipment (including multichannel mixers) for both studio and outdoor recordings.
• Prepare preproduction meetings and schedule all audio recordings
• Organise and attend script review meetings to ensure scripts are ready for production
• Book location and permissions for outdoor recordings
• Editing and mixing to deliver highquality audio in line with the production schedule
• Creating and maintaining a bank of sound effects for use in the IVR and dramas. Such sound effects shall be unique to Girl Connect
• Production of radio adverts for Girl Effect promos
• Production of audio cues for Interactive Voice Recognition service

Topline Timings for new Strategy Production:

• Strategic phase for new brand: September
• Development of new brand + content framework: October
• New production company onboard: By end of October
• Content development for new brand: November, December
• Preproduction: January
• Production: February
• Products live: April

Eligibility Criteria
Proposals must include:

• Your company profile, outlining how your experience fits our requirement
• Evidence of past work of a similar nature
• Testimonials from other media industry clients
• Profiles of key production personnel
• Your rates or proposed methodology for costing
• Audio recording of 2 short form content scripts provided by Girl Effect
• Interested companies’ staff may be required to undertake safeguarding checks.

Selection Criteria

• Girl Effect Nigeria will assess all bids through a prewritten and fixed set of criteria which will consider technical quality, cost, personnel and experience.