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Join a leading news organization as an On-Screen Journalist, delivering high-quality journalism to millions. This remote role requires a proven track record in storytelling and journalism, alongside technical skills in self-shooting and editing. You'll engage with communities to bring stories to life, ensuring diverse representation in news coverage. If you're passionate about impactful storytelling, we want to hear from you.
On-Screen Journalist - Dumfries & Galloway
ITV Border
Permanent | Full-time
Office location: Remote - successful candidate must be based in Dumfries & Galloway
Hiring range: £29,034 - £53,873
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.
For more information please email TalkingCareers@itv.com
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, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.
Your impact sends ripples.
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 role
We have a fantastic opportunity for an On-Screen Journalist to join our Border news team based remotely from our Dumfries and Galloway patch. This is a high profile, on-screen role for someone with a proven track record of delivering striking, high-quality, distinctive journalism on television, on ITVX and online.
The successful candidate will have a strong track record in journalism, with great story-telling ability as well as a sound knowledge of broadcast regulation and the law. You will use your journalistic skills to ensure your reports are informative, factually accurate, fair and balanced.
We are a multi-platform operation so you will be enthusiastic about developing an online presence, ideally having proven experience of using digital media to extend the reach of your journalism.
As an established self-starter, you will immerse yourself in the community, ensure our newsgathering reflects the different communities that make up our audience and develop great contacts to deliver agenda-setting coverage across the region.
This is a busy news patch and you will need self discipline and an excellent work ethic to successfully work remotely. You must be a self-starter who regularly contributes original ideas. Alongside your first-class communication and team-working skills, experience of self-shooting, laptop editing and live reporting is desirable. We will expect you to develop your camera and editing skills to complement our newsgathering and story-telling.
Please note - On-Screen Journalists are required to provide their own means of transport to and from location. The vehicle must be appropriately insured, taxed and maintained. You may claim associated mileage expenses in line with HMRC regulations.
So, if you’re passionate about telling strong human interest stories and have the skills and experience to ensure our outputs, both on air and online, continue to offer a distinctive news service, then we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)
Your showreel will be assessed as part of the interview process - it should demonstrate:
In addition we are looking for:
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)
The rostered hours for this role will include some weekend and Bank Holiday working.
Because of the nature of news production, there will be occasions when you are required to work long and unsociable hours at short notice.
This can be a physically demanding role requiring individuals to transport, carry and operate a camera (and associated equipment) on a regular basis. Lighter kits and Mobile Journalism kits are available on request.
Some members of the Production Team may be required to travel to district offices or to work in other news operations as well as attending relevant forums, development sessions and meetings off site as part of their role.
ITV is for everyone.
ITV is for Everyone and we want to ensure that our team 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.
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
Newsrooms are busy and pressurised environments, involving live news production, which often requires colleagues to make quick decisions under pressure. We also need people who are able to use their initiative and, particularly for editorial roles, know what information might be required and how to research it.
We need to test these abilities at the interview stage to understand how candidates will react when operating in a pressurised environment. This is a fundamental requirement of the role. We will always consider any request for reasonable adjustments as part of the interview process, for example sharing key themes when that is requested in connection with a neurodivergent condition, whilst still ensuring that we are able to test a candidate's ability to operate in the specific environment of a newsroom.
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.
Find out more about applying with a disability.
*There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:
Closing date: Sunday 1st June 2025
Please note the notice period for this role is 2 months (this will include any new contracts/ secondments)
Please note, this role will be subject to a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)