Broadcast jobs in United Kingdom

Job Description

The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.

Your Role: The podcast video editor role is at the heart of The Times and The Sunday Times digital content creation strategy, responsible for delivering high-quality visualised podcasts for our app, website, YouTube and social channels. The ideal candidate will be a video editor with a clear understanding of The Times and The Sunday Times audiences – present and future. You will have proven experience in editing sport video for online platforms, including YouTube, and be comfortable working with our sport journalists across both titles to leverage their knowledge and expertise. Working with our studio and podcast teams, you will be responsible for creating engaging video content from our filmed material. You should be as comfortable editing one-minute vertical videos for social as you are editing long-form material. Some experience in filming visualised podcasts is also desirable, both in studio and remotely.

Key Skills and Responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships and work comfortably across the newsroom
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, including AutoPod; some understanding of Adobe After Effects is also desirable
• Experience of using Riverside software for virtual recording
• Edit pacy and engaging business video podcasts, sometimes under great time pressure, ensuring that all information is accurate and in-house style
• Editing shorter packages for YouTube and social channels
• Filming podcasts in person when required
• NCTJ or equivalent qualification

We are News UK : One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Some of our benefits include:

• 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 including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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