Trainee Production Specialist

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Sector: Media and Publishing

Role: Trainee

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Trainee Production Specialist x3
UTV
1 x Permanent Full-time
1 x 12 month contract Full-time
1 x 6 month contract Part-time
Office location: Belfast. This is an office-based role unsuitable for hybrid working.

Hiring range: £29,034 - £35,679

For more information please email TalkingCareers@itv.com.

Your work matters to millions. Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. 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. Come develop your skills, change TV, and the course of your career. Don't just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

The Team

Our ITV News teams deliver high-quality, trustworthy, and impartial journalism to millions of people on television and online. We operate from 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Islands.

The Role

UTV is looking for a talented Trainee Production Specialist. As a 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 Belfast.

To be eligible for this role, candidates will ideally be multiskilled and familiar with craft editing or live studio operations. Proven skills or knowledge in areas including editing, programme timing, vision, sound, directing, media ingest and transfer, production administration, 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 require. You'll also be required to share your own skills with others.

As a Trainee Production Specialist, you will be a highly motivated individual, friendly, and approachable, 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.

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:

1. Live studio and location operations, including Directing, Vision mixing, Sound, Gallery PA-ing, Autocue, Newsroom and Studio Cameras, and Floor Management
2. Rosters, Scripts, Scheduling, Logging, Clearance and Returns, and other Programme administration and support
3. Media Ingest & Transfer, Playout, Ingest
4. Production Technology Support assistance
5. ITVX/Digital support
6. Editing and templated Graphics
7. Studio systems technical operation, first line fault finding and maintenance and issue reporting
8. Server management and Media storage

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.

Skills You'll Need (Minimum Criteria)

1. You must have knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Editing, Sound, Directing, Programme Timing, Vision, Media Ingest & Transfer, Production Technology Support
2. The ability to multi-skill and shift seamlessly from one task to another if necessary, often under pressure, is key
3. The ability to be proactive
4. Experience of working effectively as part of a team
5. Confident and clear communication skills
6. Proven ability to learn and apply new skills

Other Things We're Looking For (Key Criteria)

1. Proactivity, drive, and resilience
2. A positive attitude to work
3. Excellent attention to detail
4. Social Media/Digital awareness
5. Candidates should demonstrate passion, enthusiasm, a knowledge of the business, an understanding of technology, and an awareness of production methods
6. Candidates should be informed about the news agenda both nationally and for the region/nation

ITV is for everyone. ITV is for Everyone and we want to ensure that UTV 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.

Rewards and Benefits

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:

1. Flexible working options available
2. Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
3. Annual bonus opportunity
4. Competitive pension contribution
5. Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
6. Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life

Closing date: Midnight Friday 7th March 2025. Please note the notice period for this role is 2 months (this will include any new contracts/secondments).