Content Editor

Content Editor ITV News Channel Television 12-month FTC | Full-time Office location:
Jersey (This is an office based role unsuitable for hybrid working) Hiring range: £41,284 - £56,028 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. We operate from 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit based in the heart of Westminster and produce a range of current affairs & factual programming at ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.

The ITV News Channel team are looking for an experienced journalist to join their team of Content Editors.

Content Editors support the Programme & Digital Editor in ensuring that all broadcasting and online content is as excellent, relevant and up-to-date as it can be. They work as part of a team of Content Editors on forward planning, news editing and producing shifts, co-ordinating day-to-day news gathering - online and on-screen. They produce whole programmes as required and act as the main curator for work on ITVX and our news websites.

Content Editors may form part of the News Management team working alongside key production colleagues to assist the Head of News in agreeing and communicating strategy as well as leading projects. On occasion Content Editors may be required to deputise for the Programme & Digital Editor or Head of News.

You will either be a qualified journalist, to NCTJ level or equivalent, with a minimum three years experience working in a broadcast newsroom or equivalent, or have a real depth of experience gained by working within a multi-media news operation. You will be able to demonstrate your skills in creative journalism, editorially and visually, to make our news content engaging and relevant to our audience with a multi-platform approach to our storytelling.

With your thorough knowledge of journalism compliance, the Ofcom Code, privacy legislation and health and safety law and your excellent editorial judgement, you will be able to make informed decisions confidently and to tight deadlines.

Jersey is a unique region with its own political system and infrastructure and we're looking for a person who will work with our team to cover all the issues and stories that are important to our community.

Content Editors make key editorial judgements and will have a core skill in one or more of the following areas on appointment. They will develop new skills from the list below in order to work effectively and flexibly as part of the newsroom’s senior team.

• PROGRAMME PRODUCING - Working closely with the Programme & Digital Editor to oversee high quality Programmes and Bulletins, ensuring that editorial, technical, legal/compliance and timing requirements are consistently met.
• NEWS EDITING - Efficiently and effectively leading day to day news gathering and other projects by co-ordinating the coverage of breaking stories and planned events, reacting swiftly, effectively and accurately to news stories.
• ONLINE EDITING - Taking a lead in curating and maintaining ITV’s online news service ITVX and our news website, generating ideas and driving digital media coverage through a collaborative effort across the team locally and nationally.
• PLANNING - Leading the advance planning of content for all news output, on all of our platforms, online and on screen. Preparing comprehensive long term and weekly prospect lists, as well as working closely with colleagues on short-term and next day coverage. Generating a constant flow of original news and feature ideas.
• FEATURES & PROJECTS - Overseeing the planning and production of all news features and current affairs, programme strands and ITV projects.

• To provide excellent line management to a group of colleagues
• To promote ITV News initiatives and support the Head of News and Programme & Digital Editor in implementing such initiatives amongst the wider team.
• To act as a key leader of the team, motivating others, setting an example in terms…