ITV : Apprentice Production Specialist (12 month FTC)

Production Assistant is needed in cardiff, United Kingdom.

ITV is looking for an Apprentice Production Specialist. This job has been crawled from the web.

Location : Cardiff, UK

Contract : 12 month fixed term contract

Do you want to work behind the scenes in TV news and current affairs? Do you like being hands on and learning on the job? Do you think you’d enjoy working with a team of creative people?

In this job you will support the ITV Cymru Wales gallery and studio team as an Apprentice Production Specialist. This role involves working in a live studio and gallery - learning how to do a variety of roles that include autocue, studio camera operation, editing, sound mixing and timing news bulletins along with a variety of other roles.

ITV Cymru Wales is the face of ITV in Wales. We’re part of the UK’s most popular free-to-air commercial broadcaster and home to some of the biggest shows on television.

Based at our state-of-the-art studios in Cardiff Bay, ITV Cymru Wales  produces a variety of award-winning programmes, from news, sport and weather; to current affairs and factual programming. As well as making programmes for our own channel in Wales, we also produce a variety of shows for the ITV Network, S4C and other broadcasters such as the BBC.

Flexibility and organisation are essential, as is the willingness to travel. As such holding a full UK driving licence is preferable but not essential.

Being inclusive and representative is important to us both on and off screen and we are especially keen to encourage applicants with a disability and from within Wales’ many Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

Across our organisation, ITV reaches millions of people everyday, which is why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We have various networks who celebrate and support our colleagues and we try to embed an inclusive mindset in everything we do.  Find out more here

Skills you’ll need (criteria)

• You will be a motivated and talented individual with a keen interest in News and TV
• Enjoy working with a multi-skilled team
• Enjoy being hands on
• Have a willingness to learn new skills with the appropriate training.
• Demonstrate a can do attitude
• Be self motivated and quick thinking with strong and decisive decision making skills
• You will be friendly and approachable, respectful of all your ITV colleagues and you’ll have the ability to maintain a positive attitude, even when under pressure, working to deadlines or in a live environment.
• You will be technically literate, and will be ready to adapt to changing technologies and practices.
• Due to the number of Welsh language productions at ITV Cymru Wales, an ability to speak Welsh is advantageous but not essential

Qualifications/Professional Certificates Required:

No formal qualifications above GCSE are required for this role, and on the job training will be provided.

Please note, we are unable to consider you for this role if you have a degree or higher qualification.

You will have an interest in news and programme making – with a particular interest in the technical aspects of television production. We welcome applications from anyone over the age of 16.