Screen Journalist - Representing Border

On-Screen Journalist ITV Border

Permanent | Full-time

Office location:
Edinburgh

Hiring range: £29,034 - £53,872

The team

Our ITV News teams deliver high quality, trustworthy and impartial journalism to millions of people on television and online. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles on offer and plenty of challenges. We operate from 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands.

The role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly respected current affairs programme Representing Border - the political programme for the south of Scotland.

With the Scottish Parliament election taking place in May it’s going to be a busy and demanding year.

Representing Border is a political regional programme for the south of Scotland. It usually broadcasts every night that Holyrood is in session, as well as producing special programming.

We’re looking for a senior broadcast journalist with thorough knowledge of UK and Scottish politics.

The successful candidate will have superior knowledge of Scottish and UK politics, a strong track record in broadcast journalism as well as a sound knowledge of the Ofcom Code and the law. You will use your journalistic skills to ensure your reports are informative, factually accurate, fair and balanced.

We are a multi-platform operation so you will be enthusiastic about developing an online presence, ideally having proven experience of using digital media to extend the reach of your journalism.

Alongside your first-class communication and team-working skills, experience of self-shooting, laptop editing and live reporting is desirable. We will expect you to develop your camera and editing skills to complement our news gathering and story-telling.

Please note - On-Screen Journalists are required to provide their own means of transport to and from location. The vehicle must be appropriately insured, taxed and maintained. You may claim associated mileage expenses in line with HMRC regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• To consistently generate original and creative ideas, contributing to the news agenda of the day, on‑screen and online
• To research and develop story ideas thoroughly and creatively for on‑air and online output
• To make, maintain and nurture a wide range of relevant contacts
• To be pro‑active about diversity, equity & inclusion ensuring the output reflects news stories and issues across the audience spectrum
• To source interesting contributors, from all parts of the community, who will bring the story to life
• To tell the story through engaging and authoritative presentation either through a live broadcast, as part of a news package, or through a range of digital platforms. On screen, to use picture, natural sound and soundbites to give the story maximum impact.
• To self‑shoot items (where appropriate to the story and the conditions) to a high standard
• To edit packages in a confident, creative and efficient manner, making full use of all production tools to make the most interesting item possible
• To curate ITV’s digital offering on the website or ITVX as required
• To create accurate graphics for bulletins, programmes and packages which clearly illustrate stories and communicate ideas using the template based graphic system
• To write scripts that are accurate, concise and engaging
• To meet all online and on‑air deadlines throughout the day, reacting quickly to breaking stories, and regularly liaising with the news desk
• To provide copyright clearance details and basic media management (sourcing, booking and returning tapes to the library)
• To exercise excellent editorial judgement maintaining professional journalistic standards and adhering to ITV’s Legal & Compliance, ITV Trust and OFCOM guidelines

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

Your showreel will be assessed as part of the interview process – it should demonstrate:

• The ability to dress professionally, speak clearly and deliver the script or interview with a style and tone which is both authoritative and relaxed
• Proven technical ability (self shooting, editing, live reporting & digital) to give the story maximum impact as part of a package, live report, online article,…