Producer, Life and Style (Travel) – The Times and The Sunday Times (London)
The Times & Sunday Times are looking for an experienced digital video producer to create travel video content for our website, app and Life & Style YouTube channel.
Reporting to the Director of Video, you will oversee all aspects of production, including development, pitching, storyboarding, directing, scripting and overseeing the edit.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of creating premium content that generates high reach and engagement across digital platforms.
Responsibilities
- Successfully manage productive relationships with senior editors in the Travel department and with journalists across the newsrooms
- Create and manage video content for The Times and Sunday Times app, website and for our Life & Style YouTube channel
- Oversee all aspects of video production for Travel, including development, storyboarding, scripting, directing and editing
- Pitch and deliver original Travel video ideas that demonstrate a strong understanding of The Times and Sunday Times Travel readers
- Manage shoots and teams remotely to manage both large scale and small scale projects to a high standard
- Ensure consistent quality across all Travel video output
- Use SEO and audience data analysis to help guide story ideas
- Work collaboratively with colleagues in commercial, demonstrating a strong understanding of the commercial landscape and responding to client briefs, creating video franchises that drive revenue
Skills and experience
- 3-5 years experience producing short form YouTube content from start to finish, carrying it from pitch to shoot, edit and delivery
- Strong understanding of the YouTube audience and how to package content to attract a large audience
- Ability to pitch unique story ideas and gain exclusive access
- Proven track record of working across a variety of formats including contributor-led, scripted and studio-based films as well as original short documentaries.
- Understanding of a story arc and how to build characters, scenes and moments
- Proven track record of creating films with high reach and engagement
- Ability to create imaginative visual treatments and work on tight deadlines
- Ability to work efficiently in the field and manage a team of creatives remotely
- Ideally: an ability to shoot and edit
- A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues.
We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities – attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
- Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
- Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
- Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
- Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
- ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
- Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
- Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
- Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
- A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
- 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
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