Production Specialist

Overview

In this Production Specialist role, you join a multi-skilled team delivering technical, craft, and administrative support across the news service from our Jersey newsroom and studio. You will rotate between duties, developing new skills through on-the-job training to meet the needs of a busy, live operation. You’ll contribute to day-to-day news production while sharing knowledge with colleagues and staying calm under pressure. This position offers hands-on exposure to live studio work, media handling, and production technology within a collaborative newsroom culture.

Responsibilities

• Support all aspects of news production across live studio and location operations
• Provide technical, craft, and administrative skills (e.g., directing, sound, vision, ingest/transfer, scheduling, scripting)
• Assist with newsroom and studio systems, logging, and playout/ingest processes
• Coordinate production administration, rosters, clearance, and returns
• Assist ITVX/digital support and templated graphics workflows
• First-line fault finding and maintenance of studio systems; report issues
• Work flexibly across duties in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment
• Share skills with colleagues and help train others

Key requirements

• Core skill in Editing, Sound, Directing, Programme Timing, Vision, Media Ingest & Transfer, Production Technology Support
• Ability to multi-skill and shift tasks under pressure
• Proactive, team-oriented, and strong communication
• Proven ability to learn new skills and apply them quickly
• Experience in a news environment or live production is advantageous
• Comfort with long/unsociable hours and weekend/shift work
• Willingness to travel to and work at main workplace in Jersey

• Proactivity
• drive and resilience
• attention to detail
• Editing
• Sound
• Directing

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