Trainee Digital Journalist

ITV Consumer Limited 2024; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company seeks a creative individual to produce Welsh-language news articles and digital content aimed at young audiences. This role involves engaging with news stories and social media platforms to share diverse voices from across Wales. Ideal candidates will be fluent in Welsh and passionate about journalism and current affairs. Flexible working options and other benefits are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous holiday allowance

Annual bonus opportunity

Competitive pension

Wellbeing/volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Fluency in Welsh language is essential.
• Ability to create engaging content under pressure.
• Great understanding of digital media strategies.

Responsibilities

• React to news stories and create engaging content for social media.
• Write Welsh language articles and produce digital videos.
• Research original journalism topics, including social justice.

Skills

Fluency in Welsh language (both spoken and written)

Journalistic instinct

Creative thinker

Great understanding of digital platforms and strategies

Keen interest in news and current affairs

Strong communication and language skills

Team player

Job description

Overview

Your day to day will involve reacting to stories that are happening in the news, creating content for social media platforms in a fun and engaging way with a keen focus on putting a young twist on them. You will also be writing Welsh language news articles for S4C's news service and producing digital video content for the service. Additionally, you will be able to research and create your own original journalism content on topics ranging from celebrity culture to social justice stories. You will have a keen interest in news and current affairs and an excellent understanding of a variety of social media platforms and how they can be utilised, but also the drive and passion to find a variety of new voices and stories from the corners of Wales that are sometimes under-represented.

Byddwch yn ymateb i straeon y dydd gan greu cynnwys i blatfformau cyfryngau cymdeithasol gyda ffocws ar gyflwyno’r cynnwys i gynulleidfaoedd ifanc. Yn ogystal byddwch yn ysgrifennu erthyglau yn Gymraeg a cynhyrchu eitemau fideo i wasanaeth Newyddion S4C. Bydd cyfle i chi hefyd ymchwilio a datblygu syniadau gwreiddiol eich hunain ar bynciau gwahanol, o fyd y selebs i straeon am gyfiawnder cymdeithasol. Bydd gennych ddiddordeb mewn newyddion a materion cyfoes ac â dealltwriaeth wych o blatfformau digidol a sut iu defnyddio i gyrraedd cynulleidfaoedd newydd. Byddwch yn angerddol dros chwilio am amrywiaeth o leisiau a straeon o gorneli o Gymru sydd weithiau yn cael eu tangynrychioli ac yn frwd am adrodd straeon yn greadigol.

Responsibilities

• React to news stories and create engaging content for social media with a young twist.
• Write Welsh language news articles for S4C and produce digital video content for the service.
• Research and develop original journalism on topics from celebrity culture to social justice.
• Identify and pursue under-represented voices and stories from across Wales.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Welsh language (both spoken and written).
• Journalistic instinct.
• Creative thinker.
• Great understanding of digital platforms and strategies.
• A passion to increase representation and improve accessibility of Welsh language news content for young audiences.
• Keen interest in news and current affairs.
• Strong communication and language skills.
• Team player.

Additional information

Newsrooms are busy and pressurised environments, involving live news production, which often requires quick decisions under pressure. We test these abilities at the interview stage to understand how candidates will react in a newsroom environment. We will consider reasonable adjustments as part of the interview process, including sharing key themes on request in relation to neurodivergent conditions, while still testing the ability to operate in a newsroom setting. We value authenticity and expect applicants to showcase their own thoughts and experiences. Applications that appear copied from AI-generated content may be rejected.

ITV Cymru Wales, in partnership with S4C, is looking for enthusiastic individuals keen to develop their career in journalism, creating content in Welsh. We encourage applications from Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people and People of Colour to help us achieve our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals. Flexible working options, generous holiday allowance, annual bonus opportunity, competitive pension, save-as-you-earn scheme, and wellbeing/volunteering opportunities are among our benefits.