Job Description
The Team
Independent TV is our destination for trusted news, insight, and investigation from around the globe, offering a blend of current affairs, lifestyle, culture, sports, and live footage - all brought to life by The Independent’s renowned editorial team. Central to The Independent’s strategy, Independent TV delivers a diverse range of content, including documentaries, podcasts and much more.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Content, the Senior Producer for Independent TV will lead the production of new and established shows for our channels, as well as working hand in hand with our commercial team on creating bespoke content for our brand partners.
This role will work with the best of our talent from across the company, collaborating with our producers and journalists and creating new best-in-class formats and documentaries that appeal to a broad international audience.
You will help to identify and attract talent that can elevate our storytelling and extend our voice across all platforms. You will also be expected to give feedback on the work of others in the team, being a proven creative who can lead by example with positivity, encouragement and flair.
Overall, this is a hugely exciting role in a fast-growing media company that suits a smart, creative and motivated individual who is driven to tell the best stories and connect with audiences.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
* We champion diversity in our teams and in our reporting. As a growing and global brand, we must have a workforce that’s more representative of our readers, viewers, clients and partners, and a workplace that creates a sense of belonging for everyone
* We are committed to hiring and developing a diverse workforce regardless of background, and we support our people to thrive in their careers here.
The Independent is an equal opportunities employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly.
About you
Essential skills and experience
* An experienced video producer with a proven track record of bringing to life excellent, engaging programming.
* A skilled director - you can set the look and feel for your shows.
* A natural communicator and collaborator who can work effectively with small and large teams, giving clear notes and informing all relevant stakeholders on your projects.
* Obsessed with culture - from television, magazines, literature, and social media, you draw inspiration from a broad range of sources.
Additional desirable skills
* Scripting - writing scripts, episode breakdowns and treatments for our programming.
* Talent direction - You work well with new and experienced on-screen talent, helping them to deliver the best version of themselves.
* Shooting - You have an eye for a great image and can happily pick up a camera to create those images yourself.
* Editing - You are comfortable cutting your content where necessary and can are happy to quickly put a rough cut together with clear handover notes for our editors.
About us
The Independent is an online news publisher that was established in 1986 as a national newspaper independent of party political affiliations or proprietorial influence. In 2016, The Independent became a fully digital publisher, moving away from print in pursuit of sustainability, and to safeguard its values and journalism for the future.
The Independent has always thrived through innovation and change. It was the first British newspaper to add a Saturday magazine; the first to give photography the same prestige as a news copy; the first to challenge the Westminster lobby system of closed briefings; the first broadsheet to move to the more compact ‘tabloid’ format; the first to launch a concise quality compact paper; and the first – and only – major newspaper to pull off a successful transformation to fully digital publishing.
Through The Independent, Independent TV, eCommerce, indy100, subscriptions and other ‘reader revenues’, The Independent plans to continue the work of many decades, bringing much-needed independent journalism to over 100 million unique global visitors a month, make its voice ever louder and more insistent the world over.
We have an international editorial team with our main offices in London and New York.
Our values – you will deliver across all our values
Inclusive: We champion diversity in our teams and in our reporting. Working as a team, we put transparency and effective communication at the heart of everything we do.
Innovative: From the very beginning, The Independent has been breaking the mould. We take risks and are always looking to try new ideas in pursuit of excellence.
Independent: Nobody tells us what to think; we make up our own minds and aren’t afraid to do things differently. Like our readers, we value honesty and integrity above outside influences.