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 exciting new role will see you working with our Scotland bureau and contributing to our award-winning social output.
It will require you to create and present bespoke original content aimed at new and younger audiences on our owned and operated digital platforms, primarily the new ITV News App, as well as our social platforms and their millions of followers. The right person for this role will be a hands-on, social-native journalist who is comfortable knowing how to break down complex stories to a wide mobile first, social audience interested in news about Scotland.
This role will involve everything from: -Being able to do tell these stories themselves in first-person video explainers -Gathering and curating content to create engaging social videos that engage with the audiences we're trying to reach -Supporting and working collaboratively alongside our existing ITV News Scotland bureau to help maximise coverage of the biggest stories in Scotland as well as our own exclusive journalism.
You'll be a multi-skilled producer and presenter, creating compelling and visually engaging video content on issues that matter to, and derive from, younger audiences, with an expectation of creating original takes and creative edits on those issues. You'll be responsible for helping create impact with our own original social content, growing the brand and reputation of ITV News in this space. The ideal candidates will be able to originate ideas and bring them alive with creative production and graphic treatments to produce videos about Scotland that grab and hold the attention of new audiences on their mobiles - and you'll have the experience and showreel to demonstrate this., To create and present original content targeted at a young, social audience interested in news stories about Scotland that resonate to the widest audiences.
To pitch and deliver original story ideas and treatments which create impact both among the target audience as well as the wider public. Expected to generate and deliver ideas strong enough deliver across existing all ITV News digital and streaming platforms, including the new ITV News App, TikTok, Instagram, ITV X, and Youtube. Create original videos on topics and issues in Scotland of relevance, and which resonate, to younger audiences, demonstrating an understanding about the stories that matter.
Support the existing Scotland bureau to complement and optimise the on-agenda stories of the day, as well as our extensive exclusive and original journalism. Use graphics to deliver visually engaging videos. Write scripts for short and long form video of the highest quality, aimed at the audience but within the highest expectations and standards of the ITV News brand. Also you'll be required to provide written articles around your stories which should engage audiences on our own site as well as 3rd party platforms such as Apple News.
Pitch and deliver original and exclusive digital journalism and strands across multiple platforms. Ability to deliver across a range of formats, from editing multiple videos a week, with the ability to produce complex video to tight deadlines, as well as longer form edits as and when required. The ability to shoot material to the highest standard on mobile phone and DSLR. Provide imaginative treatments for complex stories, presenting complex ideas simply and in an engaging way.
To clip, and curate the best of ITV News video, and other video content, as and when required. Create engaging content across multiple platforms, taking a story idea and be prepared to deliver it in horizontal and vertical vi