La Volvo Ocean Race recrute des mediamen avec une campagne choc : #ifyoudietomorow. L’occasion de voir la réalité du job et de belles images.
Le process est le suivant. On vous le met en anglais parcque si vous souhaitez candidater, l’anglais est un peu obligatoire. Les inscriptions se font à partir du 6 juin au 15 juillet.
Le site pour postuler : http://if.volvooceanrace.com/
Process and timeline:
Stage 1:
Application window open: 0900hrs CET – Monday, June 6, 2016
Application window closed: 1800hrs CET – Friday, July 15, 2016
Evaluation and administration period
Stage 2:
Top candidates interviewed and evaluated: August – September 2016
Stage 3:
Short-list candidates selected, informed of 2017 European sailing trials programme: September – October 2016
More details:
This year, 2016 – Applications: We’re aiming to identify top candidates to compete for the onboard positions in the 2017-18 race. No formal workshops or training are planned in 2016, and no sailing is scheduled to take place with teams. Instead, the focus will be on identifying talent for the OBR positions, and giving those candidates enough lead time to develop their craft skills and onboard experience.
Next year, 2017 – Training: Connect our top candidates with potential teams for training during the 2017 European spring and summer, gather the full squad in Europe to complete this, forge the group into one team through onboard experience and onshore workshops. Making it this far does not guarantee a place in the Race. Finding the right fit with a team is key to success. This is a chance for you to test your mettle on the ocean, and for us to evaluate your craft skills as well as your ability.
The commitment: The race itself will run from the start of October 2017 until the end of June 2018, a nine-month, full-time commitment.
Pre-race preparation could range from three-to-six months meaning the overall project commitment could range from 12-to-15 months, dependent on team assignment and their commencement of activation.
As a guide, a first wave of activity is expected from European spring 2017, with new teams coming on stream in the following summer months.
Applicants will be required to be based with their team in its country of choosing, generating media for team and Volvo Ocean Race consumption from the commencement of contract.
Remuneration: This will be a full-time paid position, on par with European media industry levels, however the period of commencement will be on a case-by-case basis, dependent on team activation.
Qualifications: This is a role for storytellers with a proven track record. You’ll need to be able to demonstrate an existing body of work, existing multimedia skills in use of high-quality video production, including filming, audio gathering and editing; photography and editing; writing and working knowledge of social media.
Most importantly, we’re looking for candidates with a strong sense of story, multimedia reporters able to engage their subjects and encourage them to share this extraordinary experience. Experience of working in media is a requirement. Sailing experience, particularly offshore, is viewed as a bonus, as is the ability to operate in more than one language, noting that a high-degree of English is also a requirement.
Fitness: The Volvo Ocean Race presents enormous physical and mental challenges. It’s an adventure, yes, but it will push you past anything you previously considered a limit. Long work days, difficult working conditions, sun, salt, seasickness, heat, cold, wet, sleep deprivation – you’ll experience it all. But, when balanced with empty horizons of nothing but sea, sunrises, sunsets, nature in all its splendour, teamwork, friendship, finding new depths to your determination, and new sides to your personality – it’ll all seem worth it! To cope, you need to be fit, healthy, flexible, both physically and mentally.
Training: The Volvo Ocean Race will conduct a training clinic for all OBRs, to share the experiences gained on previous Race editions, and to teach the specific skills needed to fulfil the role. You’ll be taught how to operate and troubleshoot the onboard media system; how to operate any of the boat systems that fall under the OBR’s day-to-day jurisdiction (such as the watermaker); be given an overview of the background functions at Volvo Ocean Race HQ in Alicante; briefed on the race’s media strategy with a view to being fully informed on what to produce and when while at sea; be trained in ocean safety techniques, such as use of flares and deploying liferafts.
