Content Editor

Workplace: Birmingham

The team

Our News team delivers high quality and trustworthy television and online coverage that regularly attracts audiences in excess of 3.5 million viewers. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles and challenges on offer. We operate in 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit and a Weather centre based in the heart of Westminster.. And finally, we produce a range of current affairs factual programming out of ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.

The role

ITV News Central has a rare opportunity for an outstanding journalist to join its management team as a Content Editor. We’re looking for someone who can bring fresh ideas and energy to a newsroom which prides itself on editorial excellence.

As well as having exceptional TV and Digital skills, the successful candidate will play a vital part in maintaining the newsroom’s reputation for being a supportive and encouraging place to work. They will have the skills to be an effective and approachable line manager.

They will make strong editorial decisions to drive the news agenda across the East and West Midlands, and will have a passion to tell the stories that matter the most in this exciting and richly diverse news patch. The role involves programme producing, news editing, digital curation and/or planning. Knowledge and enthusiasm for producing news presented differently across a wide range of online platforms, including our streaming service, ITVX, is essential.

You will either be a qualified journalist, to NCTJ level or equivalent with a minimum three years experience working in a broadcast newsroom or equivalent, or have a real depth of experience gained by working within a multi-media news operation. You will be able to demonstrate your skills in creative journalism, editorially and visually, to make our news content engaging and relevant to our audience online and on air.

It is vital that you will be able to make informed decisions confidently and to tight deadlines, using a thorough knowledge of broadcast compliance, the Ofcom Code, privacy legislation and health and safety law and your excellent editorial judgement. For external candidates, training will be provided on our systems and ways of working.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and you possess the journalistic and people management skills that will help us achieve our goals, then we’d love to hear from you.

To apply, please upload your CV together with a concise letter of application. Please outline why you want this role and what you would bring to the team as a Content Editor.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

Proven experience of producing or planning impactful, high-quality distinctive News content to deadlines and under pressure.
A strong knowledge of media law compliance and the ability to exercise excellent editorial judgement.
Experience of successfully leading or managing others or projects.
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

An understanding of the importance of Diversity Inclusion in determining output.
Experience of working effectively as part of a team.
The ability to demonstrate resilience determination with a willingness to learn new skills.
Proven track record of working successfully to deadlines and focusing well under pressure.
A passion for Regional News
Experience of using Social Media as a promotional tool
A good knowledge of the Central region Read more