Trainee Production Specialist

ITV Consumer Limited 2024; Norwich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Generous holiday allowance

Pension contributions

Save as you earn ITV shares

Wellbeing and volunteering days

Career development opportunities

Job summary

ITV News Anglia in Norwich is seeking a Trainee Production Specialist to join a busy newsroom and studio, providing technical, craft, operational and administrative support across all news service areas. The role requires versatility, initiative, and strong communication under pressure.

You will learn and contribute across studio operations, editing, timing, and production support while developing new skills through on-the-job training and appropriate training.

Qualifications

• Experience in areas including editing, programme timing, gallery op, sound, bulletin directing, media ingest and transfer, production administration, autocue or scheduling is an advantage.

Skills

Sound

Directing

Programme Timing

Shot Logging/Autocue

Media Ingest/Transfer

Production Tech Support

Job description

ITV News Anglia are looking for a talented Trainee Production Specialist., As a Trainee Production Specialist you will work as part of a multi-skilled team providing technical, craft, operational and administrative skills across all areas of the news service, primarily based at our newsroom and studio in Norwich., ITV is for Everyone and we want to ensure that ITV Anglia 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. 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. 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.
To be eligible for this role, candidates will ideally be multiskilled and familiar with studio operations. Proven skills in, or knowledge of areas including editing, programme timing, gallery op, sound, bulletin directing, media ingest and transfer, production administration, autocue or scheduling is an advantage. You must be willing, and have the aptitude, to develop new skills (with appropriate training) and to move between different duties on a daily basis as the needs of a busy and vibrant news operation requires. You'll also be required to share your own skills with others. As a Trainee Production Specialist, you will be a highly motivated individual as well as friendly and approachable. You will be committed to working as part of a successful team, sharing the responsibility for supporting news production. Above all you will be an excellent communicator who is quick thinking and calm under pressure with strong and decisive decision-making skills. If you have a passion for News and Technology and are looking to expand on your current skills and experience this could be the perfect role for you.,

• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Sound, Directing, Programme Timing, Shot Logging/Autocue, Media Ingest & Transfer, Production Technology Support
• The ability to multi-skill and shift seamlessly from one task to another if necessary, often under pressure, is key
• The ability to be proactive
• Experience of working effectively as part of a team
• Confident and clear communication skills
• Proven ability to learn and apply new skills

Other things we're looking for (key criteria)

• Proactivity, drive and resilience
• A positive attitude to work
• Excellent attention to detail
• Social Media/Digital awareness
• Candidates should demonstrate passion, enthusiasm, a knowledge of the business, an understanding of technology, and an awareness of production methods
• Candidates should be informed about the news agenda both nationally and for the region/nation.
  Everyone in the Production Team will have a core skill in one or more of the following areas on appointment but increase their skills over time:
• Studio and location operations, including Directing, Vision mixing, Sound, Gallery PA-ing, Shot Logging/Autocue, Newsroom and Studio Cameras
• Media Ingest & Transfer, Playout, Ingest
• Production Technology Support assistance
• Scripts, Scheduling, Rosters, Logging, Clearance and Returns and other Programme administration and support
• ITVX/Digital support
• Editing and templated Graphics
• Studio systems technical operation, first line fault finding and maintenance and issue reporting
• Server management and Media storage
• ITV Anglia is a richly diverse region and we're looking for a person who will help ensure our coverage is as representative of the people and backgrounds of all those who live here as possible. Please note, the rostered hours for this role will include weekend working , late shifts as well as early morning shifts and Bank Holidays. The working pattern will incorporate late shifts (typically 23:00 finish) as well as early morning (typically 05:00 start). You are expected to provide your own means of transportation to and from your main workplace. Because of the nature of news production, there will be occasions when you are required to work long and unsociable hours at short notice.
• Flexible working with a range of options
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
• More about our benefitsMedia & Entertainment We have our sights on being a leader in UK streaming and global force in content - by Supercharging Streaming and Optimising Broadcast. Discover more about teams driving us there. Find out moreWhat is the magic of ITV? It starts with a simple love of television. Watching it, creating it, talking about it. Whether it's daytime or primetime, for downtime or anytime. We're inspired by our audiences. Who helps shape what we make. Standing shoulder to shoulder with them. Because what matters to them, matters to us. Starting conversations. Winning hearts. Changing minds and sometimes even society itself. Big or small, what we make makes an impact.