ITN
Description
To support the production of dynamic and innovative content of the highest editorial and technical quality. The role primarily involves producing content for ITV News on ITVX, ITV’s new streaming service, and is primarily newsroom based.
There will also be opportunities to work on ITV News’ television programmes and the potential to work on digital output.
Key Responsibilities
- Producing ITV News content on ITVX, television and digital
- Curating content for the news service on ITVX
- Working with ITVX presenter/reporters to produce a regularly updated ITV News bulletin for ITVX and produce packages
- Responding to breaking and developing news stories, writing scripts and turning around video quickly
- Editing video content using Adobe Premiere and Avid
- Conceiving, writing and executing graphic sequences
- Assisting with studio recordings for ITVX content when required
- Contributing and researching story ideas and planning stories
- Publishing content to the ITVX platform using a content management system creating compelling thumbnails for news videos on ITVX, and promoting content on ITV News social media platforms
- Ability to work at the same level on our TV news programmes and digital
- Ensuring a wide range of representative voices feature across all our coverage
- Researching and selecting archive
- Sourcing and logging picture and stills
- Ensure stories are accurate, comply with the law and relevant regulations, and work in accordance with ITN guidelines on health and safety in the office and in the field
- This role involves shift work and will include early starts, late finishes and weekends
These are the main requirements of the role and is not an exhaustive list of duties. It is intended to reflect the nature, range, and context of the work, which will change over time.
Key Requirements
- Very well-organised with a high ability to multi-task, working across multiple stories per day
- High-quality news judgement, good initiative and a self-starter
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Ability to edit to a high standard – experience of editing in Adobe Premiere and Avid desired
- Scrupulous attention to detail, able to write accurate scripts and edit high quality video
- Experience in package producing is desirable
- An excellent general knowledge of news and current affairs
- Experience of publishing to a content management system and writing headlines for digital output desirable
- A sound knowledge of the logistics of making video content
- Visual flair for spotting pictures and producing graphics
- Excellent writing ability
- Technical adaptability and flexibility
- A strong team player
- Calm under pressure with the ability to adapt and be flexible in both task and role
- Sound knowledge of the ITN Compliance manual
- Awareness of Health and Safety requirements
Our people are at the heart of everything we do at ITN. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience. and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you want to explore.