Senior Video Producer, Royals

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news, entertainment, and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades, we are dedicated to providing accurate, insightful, and engaging content across print and digital platforms.

Are you obsessed with the Royals and want to be part of the video team who make some of the most watched Royal content in the World? Are you a digital native storyteller? Do you create and consume your content on You Tube as well as Social channels? Ready to help shape the future of one of the Sun’s fastest growing communities?

We’re on the hunt for a Senior Producer to oversee our flagship studio show Royal Exclusive, help produce our Royal documentaries and create the next raft of Royal formats, as well as working seamlessly with our News colleagues to be across all Royal breaking news.

You’ll have sharp editorial instincts, strong experience in running shows and understanding your digital audience and lots of creative energy. You’ll be comfortable managing a moving schedule and confident being a key part of the production process, from inception to delivery.

As a Senior Producer, you will be responsible for delivering one of our flagship Royals formats, overseeing its execution (including cut downs and socials) from end to end. Supported by more junior colleagues, you will need to lead and inspire as well as make sure that any supporting formats also published to that channel and created by them are up to the highest standards.

Working directly into the Exec Producer and Channel Manager you will need to make editorial decisions based on analytics, adapting and evolving our content to ensure it is as successful as it can be.

A confident, independent worker, you’ll be comfortable leading your team and making decisions, whilst also able to working closely with production to ensure our workflows are adhered to and we stay on time and on budget for delivery.

Sun Originals is a brand new video production studio making premium series for The Sun, Sun Sport and Fabulous brands. Creating, developing and producing a slate of brand new original shows, the department is tasked with delivering huge new audiences, developing a raft of famous new faces and helping to deliver The Sun to its next generation of viewers.

This is your chance to join a talented team, redefining how content is created and consumed, contributing to creative, innovative video output that drives traffic and revenue, as we redefine how a brand at the heart of the nation's conversation finds innovative new ways to tell the stories that matter in the fast‑paced digital world.

• Make confident editorial decisions based on channel ambitions backed up by analytics
• Cast and book the best talent
• Pre and post production delivery oversight
• Be confident liaising with the editorial news team
• Produce shooting briefs and scripts for series
• Be confident on set and managing talent on set and on location
• Be confident writing video headlines and supporting descriptions
• Pitch and develop new creative ideas to the Exec Producer
• Leadership of more junior colleagues to ensure successful delivery of their formats and social assets delivery
• Ensure compliance and duty of care protocols are adhered to, and assist the production department in maintaining the necessary paperwork

• Digital Native: You are deeply immersed in the digital media landscape, with an intuitive understanding of what drives traffic online, especially on You Tube and how content needs to adapt across platforms.
• Royal News Savvy: You have a solid understanding of journalistic practices, the latest news and lifestyle coverage trends, and how to turn them into compelling visual stories that resonate with digital audiences.
• Data-Driven & Results-Oriented: You use analytics and performance insights to shape editorial decisions and optimise content.
• Team Management: You are used to managing…