Content Editor ITV Careers Job Birmingham area,England UK,Creative Arts/Media

Workplace:
Birmingham

ITV News Central has a rare opportunity for an outstanding journalist to join its management team as a Content Editor. We’re looking for someone who can bring fresh ideas and energy to a newsroom which prides itself on editorial excellence.

As well as having exceptional TV and Digital skills, the successful candidate will play a vital part in maintaining the newsroom’s reputation for being a supportive and encouraging place to work. They will have the skills to be an effective and approachable line manager.

They will make strong editorial decisions to drive the news agenda across the East and West Midlands, and will have a passion to tell the stories that matter the most in this exciting and richly diverse news patch. The role involves programme producing, digital curation, news editing, and/or planning. Knowledge and enthusiasm for producing news presented differently across a wide range of online platforms, including our news app, and streaming service, ITVVX is essential.

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 online and on air.

It is vital that you will be able to make informed decisions confidently and to tight deadlines, using a thorough knowledge of broadcast compliance, the Ofcom Code, privacy legislation and health and safety law and your excellent editorial judgement. For external candidates, training will be provided on our systems and ways of working.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and you possess the journalistic and people management skills that will help us achieve our goals, then we’d love to hear from you.

bOperational skills

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 Senior Content Editor to oversee high quality Programme, Bulletins, or Opt production 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, our news app, 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.

bManagement skills

To provide excellent line management to a group of colleagues
To promote ITV News initiatives and support the Head of News and Senior Content 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 of professionalism and high editorial standards.

bGeneral

To consistently generate original and creative ideas, contributing to the news agenda of the day, on-screen and online
To research and develop…