Call for Consultancy: Video Production for online Campaign - Search for Common Ground

 Project Overview- 

Search for Common Ground (Indonesia) invites applications from creative agencies/firms or individual consultants to produce and promote videos for an online campaign which aims to promote peace and interfaith tolerance to Indonesian youth.

Background

In recent months, the issues of religion and religious blasphemy have become gained momentum in Indonesia’s civil society landscape. From the case that saw Meiliana, a Buddhist with Chinese heritage jailed under the charge of blasphemy, the HTI (a hardline Muslim organization) flag-burning incident which caused huge uproar, to the video by two comedians—Coki Pardede and Tretan Muslim—lightly making jokes touching on the issue of religion that led to both comedians resigning from the entertainment industry after the fierce backlash they received.

Search for Common Ground (Search) Indonesia believes that humor and social media, when used right, can be powerful tools to spread peaceful messages, including in supporting religious freedom and interfaith tolerance. Through the SOLID-ID: Strengthening Religious Freedom in Indonesia project, Search will produce strategic media content on religious freedom, in the form of video, infographics, editorial articles, and comic strips on social media that promote peace, to be disseminated through social media and local partners.  In order to carry out this purpose, Search deems it necessary to collaborate with a local partner that focuses on producing positive and engaging content, particularly in the forms of videos, on social media.

Organization

Search is an international peacebuilding organization that strives to transform the way the world deals with conflict, away from adversarial approaches; towards collaborative problem-solving. Search has been working in Indonesia since 2002, and works with governments, civil society, state institutions, youth, women, media organizations and other stakeholder groups to promote peace, reconciliation, tolerance, and collaboration across dividing lines.

Search, in collaboration with local partners, supports the process of building peaceful culture through media programming, dialogues, outreach activities, and capacity strengthening. Search Indonesia works primarily with youth to prevent violent extremism and religious intolerance as part of the challenges for peace and tolerance in Indonesia.

Objective

• To produce positive content as an alternative narrative on social media
• To engage the youth in critical thinking through humor and comedy
• To promote the message of peace in general and interfaith tolerance in particular

 

Key Duties of Consultant

The selected Consultant(s) must perform the following tasks, including but not limited to:

1. Co-design video concept

The selected consultant will work together with Search Indonesia team in creating the concept and script of videos.

2. Produce videos that promote peace in Indonesia

The selected consultant will organize and carry out filming and editing according to the agreed timeline and Search brand guidelines.

3. Place videos on online platforms.

The consultant will work together with Search Indonesia’s Communication and Social Media Coordinator to create captions and editorial plan to accompany the videos. They will distribute and promote the videos through their channels.

4. Report the statistics

The consultant will provide monthly insights of the videos within the period of December - February, including but not limited to number of likes, views, comments, and engagements.

Deliverables

Applicants should outline proposed deliverables in their proposal for the consultancy, including:

1. 1 (one) video script
2. 1 (one) 3-minute video that promote peace and interfaith tolerance in Indonesia with 2 versions:
1. One version with Indonesian subtitles, without Search’s logo, for publication
2. One unpublished version with English subtitles, with Search logo
3. Placement of the 1 (one) video on online platform. The video is expected to reach a total of 30,000 viewers within the period of December – February.
4. Performance report of the video. 

The consultancy period will be from November 26^th 2018 to December 21^st 2018.

SN	Activities	Deadline
1	Application deadline	23 November 2018
2	Signing agreement	26 November 2018
3	Draft video script	7 December 2018
4	Production and editing	10-17 December 2018
5	Launch video online	20 December 2018

Remuneration

The schedule of payment of the consultancy fee is as follows:

1. 50% will be paid upon signing of the agreement
2. 50% will be paid upon launching of the videos online

Consultancy fee is subjected to tax.

Qualifications

• Experience in production of videos for online campaigns;
• History of work with online youth influencers is an advantage.

  

To apply:

Interested candidates should send the following items to phandayani@sfcg.org:

• Letter of interest
• Technical proposal (including proposed deliverables)
• Financial proposal (detailing the cost calculations), and
• Resume

This position will close on 23 November, 2018.

Short-listed offerors will be invited for further discussion about the proposed approach. Incomplete applications will not be accepted

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Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work.