Photo Video Consultant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Summary of the Assignment

• To engage the services of an experienced photo-video producer to produce success stories videos and photos for the Kyautata Rayuwa project intervention areas and impact.
• The consultant will visit the project intervention sites and capture visuals (photos/videos) to showcase the project’s work in anticipation of the project donor visit.

Specific Tasks to Perform

• Pre-commencement discussions with relevant CRS staff (Kyautata Rayuwa Project Manager, Marketing and Communications Coordinator and Communications officer) to brief the consultant on the context of the assignment and discuss expectations.
• Briefing by the Marketing and Communications Coordinator on CRS branding, photo style and captions.
• To photograph and video the following key project activities identified in table below.
• Project Activities:
  • Nutrition
  • Food Security and Livelihood (FSL)
• Profile participants and stakeholders by gathering videos, photos, opinions and views of participants and all necessary caption information.
• Develop video scripts for review by the project team before production.

Branding Requirements:

• Shoot at your camera's highest resolution. At a minimum, photos should be at least 4,000 pixels on the long side of the photo.
• Photos delivered to CRS should be high-res JPG’s. No TIFFs or RAW files, please.
• While final videos should be captured in MP4 files and submitted in a sharp quality.
• All photos should be in colour.
• Every photo should have a full caption and, to the extent possible, the caption for each photo should be unique.
• All captions should be placed in the IPTC data and provided to CRS as a word file.
• Ensure photo releases forms, otherwise known as consent forms for captured visuals.
• Ensure that LDSC branding features prominently in photos as much as possible.

Deliverables:

• Deliver a total number of 50 photos with captions. Photos can be shot in a mix of landscape and portrait mode.
• High resolution captioned photos submitted to CRS through WeTransfer to the Project Marketing and Communications Coordinator and Communication officer, in addition to a hard drive handed over to the Kyautata Rayuwa project manager in Sokoto.
• All consent forms, video clips (both raw and edited) testimonials etc, submitted to CRS Focal point for review and finalization.
• One long video of 5mins for Food Security and Livelihood and 5mins for Nutrition and two short videos (2 mins for FSL and 2 mins for nutrition). 5mins videos should be shot in landscape, while 2mins should be in Instagram reels video dimensions (1.91:1 and 9:16)
• All captions should be submitted in a separate word file.

Competencies and Selection

• Proven experience capturing high quality images professionally within similar context.
• Proven experience of highlighting the benefits of the interventions through photos, video clips, quotes etc.
• Access to all photography equipment is required.
• Editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.

Level of Efforts:

• A total of 10 working days will be required for the entire duration of the assignment - for both gathering content and editing. CRS will provide vehicles for field trips to capture photos and success stories.
• Consultancy Location: The consultancy work will be strictly based in Wurno and Wakkamo LGAs across the project implementation communities
• Reporting: The consultant will report to the Project manager with a dotted line to the Nigeria Marketing and Communications Coordinator and communications officer.