Production Journalist
2x 6-month Full Time FTC
1x 6-month Part Time FTC (3 days per week)
Office location: Birmingham
Internal Adverts:
Hiring range: £29034- £39697 (Pro–rated for the part-time role)
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.
TalkingCareers@itv.com
External Advert:
Hiring range: £29034- £39697 (Pro–rated for the part-time role)
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 News team delivers high quality and trustworthy television and online coverage that regularly attracts audiences in excess of 3.5 million viewers. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles and challenges on offer. We operate in 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit and a Weather centre based in the heart of Westminster. And finally, we produce a range of current affairs & factual programming out of ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.
The role
We are looking for an experienced and multi-skilled Production Journalist to join our broadcast and digital news team at ITV News Central, which holds the Royal Television Society award for the best regional news programme and prides itself on editorial excellence. We are a multi-platform operation so you will be enthusiastic about developing an online presence through our website, social media and the ITV Central regional rail on ITVX.
We’re looking for a candidate who is self-motivated and enthusiastic, someone who has lots of story ideas relevant to this richly diverse part of the UK, that will work across digital platforms, and on TV. They should strive for creative production and be excellent in working as a team - essential skills in broadcast news. They’ll have a contacts list bulging with links to different communities and a clear understanding of how to get stories to air and onto our digital platforms. They’ll thrive with a demanding and changing workload, meeting tight deadlines and staying calm and approachable under pressure.
The role is based in our Birmingham newsroom and the successful candidate will already have experience working on television and digital news production. The role involves producing our bulletins during Good Morning Britain, as well as lunchtime, late and weekend bulletins, plus you’ll be curating our website and publishing our stories on ITVX, along with story planning. Therefore, it’s expected you’ll have a passion for creativity, strong editorial judgement and excellent organisational skills. You will be brimming with ideas for original stories and a passion for digital curation, producing content that enhances our reputation and engages our digital audience.
You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to demonstrate good working relationships with colleagues and external contacts. You will have excellent editorial judgement and social media skills, and you’ll know what gets the Midlands talking. You will have qualified in media law and have a thorough understanding of the Ofcom Code.
To be considered for an interview, you will need to submit a covering letter and a CV.
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)
Fully qualified NCTJ, BJTC or equivalent experience
Working knowledge of Ofcom code, media law and compliance
The ability to generate, research and develop original ideas and taking a creative approach to storytelling, treatments and production for both on-air and online
Knowledge and understanding of digital platforms and how to tap into new audiences online
Excellent organisational skills and demonstrate the ability to plan multiple stories while prioritising tasks
Strong writing skills for TV and digital (accurate spelling and grammar essential).
Excellent news judgement
A strong knowledge of the Midlands and an awareness of the types of stories that engage our audiences
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)
Excellent communication skills
The ability to work well in a team environment
The ability to be self-motivated and quick-thinking, demonstrating resilience in what is often a busy newsroom environment across day, early, late and weekend working
The willingness and aptitude to learn other skills and to be happy to share skills with others
The ability to work to deadlines
Able to make decisive decisions under pressure
Able to bring in stories from underrepresented people from across our region as well as underrepresented parts of the Midlands
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 00:00 finish) as well as early morning (typically 04:45 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. 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 ITV Central 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.
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.
Find out more
*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:
Flexible working options available
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
‘What Matters’ and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
More about our benefits
Closing date: Thursday 1st May
Interviews: Monday 12th May and Tuesday 13th May
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)