Support for the Youth Mental Well-being Short Video Workshop

Organizational Context

The World Health Organization (WHO), established in 1948, is dedicated to promoting global health, ensuring safety, and serving vulnerable populations. Its overarching goals include expanding universal health coverage, enhancing protection against health emergencies, and improving health and well-being for a billion more people worldwide. This assignment operates within WHO's commitment to these vital public health objectives.

Job Purpose

This assignment aims to engage communication and medicine students in a collaborative, six-week online workshop to produce a short awareness video on youth mental well-being. Participants will gain end-to-end content production experience, covering all stages from conceptualization and scriptwriting to filming, editing, and final delivery. The workshop emphasizes ethical communication, interdisciplinary teamwork, visual storytelling, and the development of health-sensitive content. The ultimate goal is to create a 2.5 to 4-minute video that addresses youth mental well-being with clarity, sensitivity, and a constructive approach, fostering practical skills and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Responsibilities

Engage communication and medicine students in a collaborative, six-week online workshop focused on producing a short video about youth mental well-being. Strengthen participants' practical skills in ethical communication, interdisciplinary teamwork, visual storytelling, and health-sensitive content development. Guide students through the entire content production process, including issue framing, concept development, scenario writing, speech text preparation, filming, editing, rough-cut revisions, and final video delivery. Provide structured guidance and editorial feedback throughout the workshop. Ensure the final output is a 2.5 to 4-minute video that addresses youth mental well-being with clarity, sensitivity, and a constructive perspective.

Work Experience

Previous experience in video production, script writing, editing, or health communication is desirable but not mandatory. Applicants should demonstrate an interest in youth mental well-being or social impact communication, a willingness to work in interdisciplinary teams, motivation for a comprehensive production process, and sensitivity in addressing mental health topics.

Skills

Demonstrated interest in youth mental well-being or social impact communication. Willingness to engage in interdisciplinary teamwork. Motivation to participate in a complete production process. Sensitivity in addressing mental health topics respectfully and responsibly. Fluency in Turkish and English is desirable.

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