Our mission is to reach new audiences, on new platforms with new content. This is an exciting producer role which is initially centred around working with our streaming team, but with the opportunity beyond that to work across all ITV News output across programmes, digital and newsgathering
You contribute to explainers, midform digital content and daily news delivery on YouTube and ITVX, as well as optimising content - working on thumbnails, headlines and creative, effective sells - to get the best out of ITV News coverage.
The successful candidate will edit YouTube toppers and long interviews, cut long belts of broadcast content for streaming and create thumbnail and headline plans for stories - there are also opportunities to pitch explainers and midform digital content.
You will understand the fundamentals of audience engagement and data analytics, helping to grow our audience on YouTube and ITVX.
Once the successful candidate is established in the role, they will have the opportunity and training to work across other aspects of the ITV News operation.
This role is primarily newsroom based, but with some opportunity for hybrid working. It will contain shift work, including weekends.
Key Responsibilities:
- Curating broadcast content for YouTube and ITVX, working on thumbnails and headlines
- Using Premier pro to edit and Photoshop to create thumbnails
- Livestreaming news events and ITV News programmes
- Working on What You Need to Know explainers and bespoke streaming content
- Occasional work on vodcasts and midform films
- Assisting in the production of TV News bulletins
- Taking ownership of items including packages, live reports, headline sequences and graphics
- Script writing
- Researching and selecting archive
- Sourcing and logging video and stills
- Pitching and developing story ideas
- Researching filming opportunities and interviews
- Carrying out interviews and acting as a field producer, when required, on filming shoots
- Making informed legal and health & safety judgements
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:
- Experience working with YouTube on digital first news content
- A working understanding of YouTube first content like explainers, vodcasts and films made for the platform
- Understanding of thumbnail making and headline writing to sell news on YouTube
- Ability to edit well on Premier Pro and some experience with Photoshop
- Ability to build strong working relationships
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise and manage a wide range tasks effectively
- Excellent journalistic judgement and knowledge of news and current affairs
- A good understanding of how to construct news on video
- A basic understanding of graphics and how to write them and work with a designer
- An ability to write clear accurate news copy
- A commitment to creating news coverage that reflects the diversity of Britain’s communities
- Good knowledge of Ofcom regulations, the ITN compliance manual and legal requirements and 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.
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