Trainee Production Specialist

About the role

ITV News Anglia is recruiting a Trainee Production Specialist for a 6-month fixed-term contract, based at its newsroom and studio in Norwich. The role sits within a multi-skilled team that covers technical, craft, operational and administrative work across the news service. The position is office-based and unsuitable for hybrid working.

Key responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-skilled team providing technical, craft, operational and administrative support across the news service
• Share skills with colleagues and adapt quickly to changing needs of a busy news operation
• Develop new skills through training and move between different duties each day
• Be ready to work long and unsociable hours at short notice, including late shifts (around 23:00 finish), early morning shifts (around 05:00 start) and bank holidays
• Provide your own transport to the workplace

Required profile

• Ideally multiskilled and familiar with studio operations
• Experience in one or more of: sound, directing, programme timing, shot logging/Autocue, media ingest and transfer, production technology support
• Ability to multi-skill and switch tasks quickly, often under pressure, and to be proactive
• Team player with confident, clear communication and proven ability to learn new skills
• Passion for news and technology, awareness of the news agenda and of production methods

Required skills

• Advantage: editing, programme timing, gallery op, sound, bulletin directing, media ingest and transfer, production administration, Autocue or scheduling
• Core skills developed over time: studio and location operations, media ingest and transfer, playout, production technology support, scripts, scheduling, rosters, clearance and returns, ITVX/digital support, editing and templated graphics, server management and media storage

What we offer

• Salary of £30,195
• Flexible working options
• Generous holiday allowance, plus the option to buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Pension contribution
• Opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days