ITN: Producer (ITVX), ITV News (4 Month FTC/Attachment)
Production Assistant is needed in London, United Kingdom.
ITN are seeking a Production Assistant. This job was crawled from the web.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Contract: FTC
To support the production of dynamic and innovative content of the highest editorial and technical quality. The role involves curating and producing video content for ITV News on ITVX, ITVâs new streaming service, and is a newsroom-based position. This is a 4 Month FTC/Attachment.
Key Responsibilities
- Curating content for the news service on ITVX, clipping video from ITV Newsâ television bulletins and publishing directly to the news ârailâ on ITVX
- Working with ITVX presenter/reporters to edit and produce a regularly updated 90 second ITV News bulletin for ITVX, using Adobe Premiere
- Responding to breaking and developing news stories, writing scripts and turning around video quickly
- Assisting with the production of news packages and special coverage when required
- Editing video content using Adobe Premiere and Avid
- Working with graphic designers to conceive, write and executing presenter-led graphic explainer sequences
- Publishing content to the ITVX platform using a content management system
- Create compelling thumbnails for news videos published on ITVX, and promoting content on ITV News social media platforms
- Contributing and researching story ideas and planning stories
- Ensuring a wide range of representative voices feature across all our coverage
- Researching and selecting archive
- Sourcing and logging picture and stills
- Ensure stories are accurate, comply with the law and relevant regulations, and work in accordance with ITN guidelines on health and safety in the office and in the field
- This role is newsroom based and involves shift work, including early starts, late finishes and weekends.
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
- Very well-organised with a high ability to multi-task, working across multiple stories per day
- High-quality news judgement, good initiative and a self-starter
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Ability to edit to a high standard and at speed - experience of editing in Adobe Premiere and Avid desired
- Scrupulous attention to detail, able to write accurate scripts and edit high quality video
- Experience in package production, bulletin writing and graphics scripting desirable
- An excellent general knowledge of news and current affairs
- Experience of publishing to a content management system and writing headlines for digital output desirable
- A sound knowledge of the logistics of making video content
- Visual flair for spotting pictures and producing graphics
- Excellent writing ability
- Technical adaptability and flexibility
- A strong team player
- Calm under pressure with the ability to adapt and be flexible in both task and role
- Sound knowledge of the ITN Compliance manual
- Awareness of Health and Safety requirements
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