Development Trainees, ITV Studios- 6 Month FTC

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Sector: Banking and Financial Services
Role: Trainee
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Development Trainees

ITV Studios
6 months fixed term contract starting April 2025
Office locations: London (White City), Manchester, Cardiff, and Bristol
ITV is an accredited Living Wage employer and will pay no less than the Living wage for any role.

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, grow, and make a real difference.

The Role

With a 6-Month Fixed Term Contract, the successful Development Trainee will be placed in one of ITV Studios' labels. Working in the fast-paced world of non-scripted development, you will play a key role in shaping new ideas to pitch to broadcasters and streamers by helping to prepare pitching assets including format documents and sizzles. Other duties may include assisting the teams on shoots and at run-throughs and helping with the day-to-day admin of a development team. Excellent editorial judgement, literary skills, and an ability to spot exciting new ideas are essential.

What You'll Be Doing

• Coming up with new ideas for TV shows
• Attending brainstorms and contributing ideas
• Contributing your own editorial opinion on TV formats
• Engaging with and promoting diversity in storytelling
• Helping to create format documents or other assets to sell the format
• Coordinating and assembling notes from development, production, and commissioners on relevant projects
• Providing detailed research into specific topics
• Pitching ideas to external companies

What You'll Get From It

• On-the-job industry experience
• An experienced industry mentor
• Regular training days, learning about the wider television and content landscape
• Learning crucial skills for working in the TV industry
• Working closely with some of the UK's most successful creatives
• Access to multiple career paths within ITV Studios and the wider TV industry
• Access to the global production community

Skills You'll Need (Minimum Criteria)

• A strong ambition to pursue a career in non-scripted TV development
• A knowledge of and curiosity for the non-scripted TV landscape
• Excellent communication (particularly literary skills), attention to detail, and organisational skills
• A passion for coming up with exciting new ideas (demonstrating excellent editorial judgement)

Other Things We're Looking For (Key Criteria)

• Ability to create a well-constructed TV format
• Ability to work collaboratively and brainstorm ideas effectively
• Ability to successfully pitch your ideas
• Excellent problem-solving skills

ITV is for everyone. ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. 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. We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 5th January 2025

Company

ITV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK, offering some of the biggest career opportunities in the industry. We love telly, we’re passionate about content, and we understand our audiences. With the right people on board, we’re about to take our business – and broadcasting as we know it – to a whole new level.

We’ve got an inclusive working environment where you’ll never stop learning. It’s somewhere that everyone can thrive.