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Sector: Media and Publishing
Role: Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Trainee Production Specialist
ITV Anglia
9 month FTC
Office location: Norwich (This is an office-based role unsuitable for hybrid working.)
Hiring range: £29,034
Please note: This is to assist candidates in assessing their suitability for the role. The range does not represent a longer-term salary commitment for the role.
Your work matters to millions.
Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it's not surprising that you'll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we're at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.
When you join us, you enter a fun working environment with opportunities to learn, grow, and make a real difference.
The team
Our ITV News teams deliver high quality, trustworthy and impartial journalism to millions of people on television and online. It's a fast-moving environment with a huge variety of roles on offer and plenty of challenges.
The role
ITV News Anglia are looking for a talented Trainee Production Specialist. As a Trainee Production Specialist, you will work as part of a multi-skilled team providing technical, craft, operational, and administrative skills across all areas of the news service, based at our newsroom and studio in Norwich.
To be eligible for this role, candidates will ideally be multiskilled and familiar with studio operations. Proven skills in, or knowledge of areas including video editing, gallery operations, media ingest and transfer, and production administration is an advantage.
You must be willing, and have the aptitude, to develop new skills (with appropriate training) and to move between different duties on a daily basis as the needs of a busy and vibrant news operation require.
As a Trainee Production Specialist, you will be a highly motivated individual as well as friendly and approachable. You will be committed to working as part of a successful team, sharing the responsibility for supporting news production. Above all, you will be an excellent communicator who is quick-thinking and calm under pressure with strong and decisive decision-making skills.
If you have a passion for News and Technology and are looking to expand on your current skills and experience, this could be the perfect role for you.
* Live studio and location operations, including Directing, Vision mixing, Sound, Gallery PA-ing, Autocue, Newsroom and Studio Cameras, and Floor Management
* Media Ingest & Transfer, Playout, Ingest
* Production Technology Support assistance
* Scripts, Scheduling, Rosters, Logging, Clearance and Returns and other Programme administration and support
* ITVX/Digital support
* Editing and templated Graphics
* Studio systems technical operation, first line fault finding and maintenance and issue reporting
* Server management and Media storage
Anglia is a richly diverse region and we're looking for a person who will help ensure our coverage is as representative of the people and backgrounds of all those who live here as possible.
Please note, the rostered hours for this role will include weekend working, late shifts as well as early morning shifts and Bank Holidays. The working pattern will incorporate late shifts (typically 23:00 finish) as well as early morning (typically 05:00 start). You are expected to provide your own means of transportation to and from your main workplace.
Because of the nature of news production, there will be occasions when you are required to work long and unsociable hours at short notice.
Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)
* You must have knowledge of one or more of the following areas: Editing, Sound, Directing, Programme Timing, Vision, Media Ingest & Transfer, Production Technology Support
* The ability to multi-skill and shift seamlessly from one task to another if necessary, often under pressure, is key
* The ability to be proactive
* Experience of working effectively as part of a team
* Confident and clear communication skills
* Proven ability to learn and apply new skills
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)
* Proactivity, drive and resilience
* A positive attitude to work
* Excellent attention to detail
* Social Media/Digital awareness
* Candidates should demonstrate passion, enthusiasm, a knowledge of the business, an understanding of technology, and an awareness of production methods
ITV is for everyone.
ITV is for Everyone and we want to ensure that ITV Anglia reflects our audience both on screen and in our teams. We encourage applications from Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people and People of Colour to help us achieve our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion goals.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including
* Flexible working options available
* Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
* Annual bonus opportunity
* Competitive pension contribution
* Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
* Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
Closing date: 25th February
Interview dates: 11th & 12th March
Please note the notice period for this role is 2 months (this will include any new contracts/secondments)
Company
ITV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK. Which means we offer some of the biggest career opportunities in the industry. We love telly, we’re passionate about content, and most importantly we understand our audiences. Thanks to an impressive 60-year history, our leadership is stronger than ever.
We’ve also got the kind of inclusive working environment where you’ll never stop learning. One that’s at the heart of popular culture, that’s passionate about new tech, that has a truly international reach, and is incredibly focused on developing our teams; individuals and on the diversity of our workforce as a whole.
In other words, it’s somewhere that everyone can thrive.
We’re 60 years of TV history - and we’re also its future. Which means there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
Here at ITV, we celebrate individuality, we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
It’s your talent that really matters and we want you to be the best you can be. So, our aim is to make sure our workforce reflects the diversity of modern society, which is why we promise to treat you with fairness and respect, whatever your age, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity or marriage/civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status and family circumstances.
As members of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN), we’ve made a public commitment to improve representation of society on screen, and to become more diverse and inclusive behind the scenes too.
If you need to discuss an alternative way to submit your application, we’ll always try to meet your individual needs wherever possible. To find out more, you can email us direct at talkingcareers@itv.com.
For further details & a list of our vacancies, please visit itvcareers.com.
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