Job at a glance
Courage - We speak up with honesty and respect, challenge ideas constructively, and value open, direct communication. Team - We collaborate, celebrate others' successes, and make sure every voice is heard. We put the team's success first. We also recognise the importance of balance and wellbeing, so we welcome flexible working, part-time roles and job shares across all areas of ITN. The Role This role will the run the day to day digital coverage of major Scottish stories across the new ITV News App and social platforms.
Working alongside our existing Scotland bureau, as well as the wider App + social team, our Deputy Content Editor will be the driving force of our digital content from Scotland, capturing the most important aspects of the daily agenda as well as maximising the best of our own newsgathering. This person required for this role will straddle the responsibilities between communicating with those teams to ensure we are optimising our own original and distinctive content for our digital outputs, as well as drawing on their own editorial instincts to cover the most important stories from Scotland to a wider audience.
As well as our own Scotland bureau, the person in this role will communicate closely with the ITV News network digital Content Editors, as well as our partners at ITV Border, ensuring that our coverage of Scotland reflects the needs and interests of our existing audience, as well as expanding reach to new, mobile-first audiences. The right person for this role will be able to think and act independently on editorial decisions, as well as being able to work collaboratively as part of a wider team.
They must also be able to demonstrate an instinctive knowledge of events, issues and trends in the country, and have the ability to translate the most relevant of those to the audience across digital platforms in an engaging and creative way, primarily through social-native storytelling. We want the person in this role to blend a sound news judgement with a hands-on ability to commission, create and curate content that adheres to the highest creative, editorial and compliance standards necessary within a fast-paced, deadline-drive environment., Overseeing and managing the day-to-day digital content about Scotland for the ITV News App and social outputs.
Working closely with the ITV News Scotland bureau to ensure we're covering the right stories in Scotland, as well as maximising and optimising the best of our exclusive and original content across our digital platforms. Maintaining close communication with the ITV News App + Social team, as well as newsdesk and other teams to ensure we're across the latest lines and best picture. Briefing relevant individuals in those teams about story types, format and ambition, creating, signing off and sub-editing content, as well as advising on any updates or changes as stories evolve.
Ability to learn quickly to train up on the key CMS tools used for the App, as well as editing tools within Avid and Premiere. Knowing how to create and optimise content on those platforms, as well as being able to lead and advise others on the team or in the newsroom. Ability to stay calm and work efficiently in intense breaking news scenarios, creating breaking news stories. Working closely with planning teams as well as senior daily editorial staff to make key editorial judgements across all our output.
Helping generate original stories and ideas that appeal to new and existing audiences across our key platforms. Supporting individual members of the team with their original content or creative story ideas, ensuring it has maximum impact across the app and associated platforms. Liaising closely with the wide ITV News operation, specifically ITV News Border, to ensure that the best of ITV News regional content is reflected in our output where appropriate.
Championing content from the app across the wider ITV News operation. Ensuring all ITV News digital content upholds premium standards of new