Overview
Camera Operator – News ITV Careers Jobs in Birmingham, UK at Deaf Unity
Camera Operator ITV News Central Maternity Cover – 9-month contract Office location:
Birmingham Hiring range: £30,195 – £54,293
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. We also have a Political Unit based in the heart of Westminster and produce a range of current affairs & factual programming at ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.
The
role
ITV News Central is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Camera Operator to join its team in the Midlands to provide content using a range of cameras, sound, editing and lighting equipment for our award winning news service based in Birmingham and covering the whole of the Midlands.
The successful candidate will have a track record of first class shooting and sound skills you’ll need for our frontline news gathering requirements, covering all aspects of our on-screen and online output.
You’ll be part of a small team so being self-sufficient will be essential and you will be an excellent communicator and problem solver. You’ll also be able to demonstrate your flexibility around working hours and to travel to every corner of the patch.
Your passion for news, a great work ethic and your ability to work effectively within a multi-skilled team are also key to the role.
An essential part of the role is to work closely with the editorial team to ensure our online stories are up to date and relevant, offering ideas to assist in the creation of a highly polished product.
You will be expected to live in the patch so you are part of the community you serve and have the ability to react quickly when needed. You must be willing to cover breaking news outside of normal rostered hours, including evening and weekends.
Key Responsibilities
- To shoot, collate, edit and send to base high quality footage/packages for all aspects of our output using a variety of production tools.
- To choreograph and shoot live segments of our programmes using our News Production Vehicle (NPV), LiveU or other news gathering technology.
- To maximise the quality of on-screen and online output by developing and building a strong knowledge base of the region, its locations, live locations, keeping up to date with technology for shooting and sending, and share this information in order to contribute to improving the quality of output.
- To understand the requirement for flexibility in order to best cover new stories. This can involve working outside of normal rostered hours where required.
- To make full use of Wolftech for story briefs and assignments and then maintain proactive contact with the news desk throughout the day in order to maximise communication
- If required, be willing to ask questions at the scene of a breaking news story or conduct interviews for a simple contribution, following a briefing with a member of the editorial team.
- To provide front line technical support on camerawork and editing for the editorial team, flagging up technical issues and working closely with colleagues to resolve any technical problems as they occur.
- Where capable to do so, to provide support within the Production Specialist pool as required.
- To act as an ambassador for the company when out on location or dealing with members of the public
- To be proactive about diversity, equity & inclusion ensuring the output reflects news stories and issues across the audience spectrum
- To edit packages in a confident, creative and efficient manner, making full use of all production tools in order to make the most interesting item possible
- To curate ITV’s digital offering on the website or ITVX as required
- To meet all online and on‑air deadlines throughout the day, reacting quickly to breaking stories, and regularly liaising with the news desk
- To undertake project work and contribute to network news output as required
- To provide guidance to colleagues with less experience, maintaining professional standards and adhering to ITV’s Legal & Compliance, ITV Trust and…
Title: Camera Operator – News ITV Careers
Company: Deaf Unity
Location: Birmingham, UK
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