Assistant Video Producer

News UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading news organization in Glasgow is looking for an Assistant Video Producer to join their award-winning content team. The role involves using industry-standard software to produce high-quality video content for various platforms. The ideal candidate will have experience in video production, excellent news judgement, and strong editing skills, especially in Adobe software. Benefits include a generous pension scheme, 25 days holiday, and a range of training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

25 days holiday

Maternity and paternity leave

Training and LinkedIn Learning access

Private medical insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Bikes for Work scheme

Access to wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Proactive in identifying new video opportunities.
• Experience focusing on news and sport outputs.
• Strong editing skills for digital content.

Responsibilities

• Use software to meet deadlines and maintain quality.
• Plan, produce, and shoot shows, editing footage for various platforms.
• Identify opportunities to create original video content.

Skills

Creativity

Video production experience

Sound news judgement

Excellent knowledge of news and sport

Video editing skills

Ability to identify high traffic videos

Tools

Adobe Premier Pro

After Effects

Photoshop

Job description

Job Description

We are The Scottish Sun.

The Scottish Sun is Scotland’s No.1, award-winning newsbrand. The Scottish Sun cares about quality of life, the kind of world we live in, and about people. The Scottish Sun is more than a newspaper. It is an instigator, an entertainer, a cultural reference point, a finger on the pulse and a daily relationship. The Scottish Sun strives to the very highest standards of accuracy in its reporting, and continues to invest in original journalism in print and online.

Your Team: You’ll be joining our award-winning content team working alongside some of the most talented journalists in the country across all platforms.

Your Role: We are looking for a talented Assistant Video Producer to join our award‑winning team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced producer or VJ to make their mark at Scotland’s biggest newsbrand.

Day to day you will:

• Use industry‑standard software, such as Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects, Photoshop or equivalent professional tools to consistently meet tight deadlines and maintain high‑quality output.
• Plan, produce and shoot shows, and then edit that footage for various platforms.
• Identify opportunities around the daily news agenda to create original video to support our existing output across all platforms.
• Self‑shoot video on location, including news/sport reports, interviews and short features.
• Act as a video advocate to raise the overall quality of video produced within The Scottish Sun.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Someone creative who can proactively identify new opportunities.
• Video production experience, with a focus on news and sport output.
• Sound news judgement with the knowledge of what makes a great video.
• Excellent news, sport and current affairs knowledge.
• Video editing skills for digital output, including experience of Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects & Photoshop.
• Ability to identify videos that have high traffic potential.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

Benefits

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
• 25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
• Private medical insurance covering pre‑existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [e-mail].