At a Glance
- Tasks: Create and shoot compelling news stories for TV and digital platforms.
- Company: Join the iconic Walt Disney Company in a dynamic London team.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days leave, private health insurance, and exclusive Disney discounts.
- Other info: Flexible work schedule with opportunities to travel and grow your career.
- Why this job: Be a creative storyteller and make an impact in breaking news coverage.
- Qualifications: Strong network news experience and technical skills in shooting and audio.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 55000 £ per year.
Our London-based Multimedia Field Producer must be a creative storyteller and cinematographer with the demonstrated ability to cover breaking and ongoing news with correspondents and other production staff.
Responsibilities include pitching, developing, producing, and shooting stories for all broadcast and digital platforms, with a focus on distinctive and creative visual storytelling.
Candidates must have strong experience in network news and be editorially strong, experienced in lighting and audio on multi‑camera shoots, resourceful in the field, and have extensive reporting and production experience.
You will be expected to travel on short notice for extended coverage of breaking news.
What You Will Do
- Generate, pitch, and execute creative enterprise and day‑of‑air news story ideas for television and digital.
- Collaborate with bureau managers, correspondents, editors, bookers, segment producers, and engineers to create compelling packages for the network.
- Shoot and produce live segments, both in the field and in the studio or from remote network locations.
- Collaborate with others to produce packages from concept to delivery; including idea generation, story research, news gathering, shooting, writing, and post‑production.
- Be experienced and willing to work in conflict zones.
- Demonstrate strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Possess strong technical skills – shooting, lighting, and audio.
- Editing skills are highly preferred.
- Show outstanding news judgment, critical and strategic thinking, organization skills, and an ability to be persistent yet diplomatic, as well as a commitment to accuracy and integrity in news coverage.
- Have strong knowledge of newsgathering, including multiple transmission formats and social media.
- Continuously develop and maintain sources that result in original reporting and sourcing.
- Maintain flexibility and the ability to work long and varied schedules and travel when needed.
- Appreciate cultural differences and work sensitively in a variety of countries.
Qualifications
- Strong experience in network news.
- Editorially strong, experienced in lighting and audio on multi‑camera shoots.
- Resourceful in the field.
- Extensive reporting and production experience.
- Willing to travel on short notice for extended coverage of breaking news.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave.
- Private medical insurance & dental care.
- Free park entry for you and your family and friends.
- Disney discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B, and ticketing.
- Excellent parental and guardian leave.
- Employee Resource Groups: Women @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong.
Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
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