Job Overview
We are looking for an experienced and multi‑skilled Production Journalist to join our broadcast and digital news team at ITV News West Country. The role is based in our Bristol newsroom and involves producing bulletins during Good Morning Britain, late and weekend bulletins, curating our website and planning content for online platforms (website, social media, ITVX). The successful candidate should be self‑motivated, creative, with a strong editorial judgment and excellent organisational skills. They should have a wide network of contacts and a clear understanding of how to get stories to air and onto our digital platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Produce and deliver bulletins on air for Good Morning Britain, late and weekend bulletins.
- Curate and update the ITV News West Country website.
- Plan and develop stories for broadcast and digital platforms.
- Generate original ideas and take a creative approach to storytelling, treatments and production for both on‑air and online media.
- Use newsroom technologies for bulletin and digital production.
- Maintain excellent written and verbal communication with colleagues and external contacts.
- Build and manage a network of contacts within various communities.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Fully qualified NCTJ, BJTC or equivalent experience.
- Working knowledge of Ofcom code, media law and compliance.
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to plan multiple stories while prioritising tasks.
- Strong writing skills for TV and digital.
- Excellent news judgment.
- A strong knowledge of the West Country and an awareness of the types of stories that engage our audiences across all platforms.
- Full understanding and qualification in media law.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work well in a team environment.
- Self‑motivated, quick‑thinking, with resilience in a busy newsroom environment.
- Willingness and aptitude to learn other skills and to share skills with others.
- Ability to work to deadlines and to be decisive under pressure.
- Ability to bring in stories from under‑represented people from across our region.
Benefits
- Flexible working with a range of options.
- Generous holiday allowance, plus the option to purchase additional days.
- Annual bonus opportunity.
- Competitive pension contribution.
- Save as you earn – opportunity to buy ITV shares.
- Well‑being and volunteering days and a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life.
Work Environment
Newsrooms are busy and pressurised environments, involving live news production which often requires colleagues to make quick decisions under pressure. We need people who can use their initiative and, particularly for editorial roles, understand what information might be required and how to research it. We will test these abilities at the interview stage to understand how candidates will react when operating in a pressurised environment.
Reasonable Adjustments
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.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do at ITV News West Country and we want to ensure we reflect our audience both on screen and in our workforce. ITV is for Everyone and we encourage applications from Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people and People of Colour to apply for this role.
