Role Overview
ITV News Central is looking for a talented Production Specialist. As a Production Specialist you will work as part of a multi-skilled team providing technical, craft, operational and administrative skills across all areas of the news service, primarily based at our newsroom and studio in Birmingham. ITV is for Everyone and we want to ensure that ITV Central reflects our audience both on screen and in our teams. We encourage applications from Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people and People of Colour to help us achieve our diversity, equity and inclusion goals. Newsrooms are busy and pressurised environments, involving live news production, which often requires colleagues to make quick decisions under pressure. We also need people who are able to use their initiative. We need to test these abilities at the interview stage to understand how candidates will react when operating in a pressurised environment. This is a fundamental requirement of the role. We will always consider any request for reasonable adjustments as part of the interview process, for example sharing key themes when that is requested in connection with a neurodivergent condition, whilst still ensuring that we are able to test a candidate's ability to operate in the specific environment of a newsroom.
Key Skills and Qualifications
- You must have a core skill in one or more of the following areas: Editing, Sound, Directing, Programme Timing, Vision, Media Ingest & Transfer, Production Technology Support, Scheduling, Camera Operator
- The ability to multi-skill and shift seamlessly from one task to another if necessary, often under pressure, is key
- The ability to be proactive
- Experience of working effectively as part of a team
- Confident and clear communication skills
- Proven ability to learn and apply new skills
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)
- Proactivity, drive and resilience
- A positive attitude to work
- Excellent attention to detail
- Social Media/Digital awareness
- Candidates should demonstrate passion, enthusiasm, a knowledge of the business, an understanding of technology, and an awareness of production methods
- Candidates should be informed about the news agenda both nationally and for the region/nation
Additional Responsibilities
- Live studio and location operations, including Directing, Vision mixing, Sound, Gallery PA-ing, Autocue, Newsroom and Studio Cameras and Floor Management
- Media Ingest & Transfer, Playout, Ingest
- Production Technology Support assistance
- Scripts, Scheduling, Rosters, Logging, Clearance and Returns and other Programme administration and support
- ITVX/Digital support
- Editing and templated Graphics
- Studio systems technical operation, first line fault finding and maintenance and issue reporting
- Server management and Media storage
- Camera Operator skills
Employment Conditions
Central News in the West and East Midlands is a richly diverse region and we're looking for a person who will help ensure our coverage is as representative of the people and backgrounds of all those who live here as possible. The rostered hours for this role will include weekend working, late shifts as well as early morning shifts and Bank Holidays. The working pattern will incorporate late shifts (typically 23:00 finish) as well as early morning (typically 05:00 start). You are expected to provide your own means of transportation to and from your main workplace. Because of the nature of news production, there will be occasions when you are required to work long and unsociable hours at short notice.
Benefits
- Flexible working with a range of options
- Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Competitive pension contribution
- Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
- Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
