web producer London, England
Job description
Job Description
Digital Content Producer, TalkTV - Casual Work
Your role: To pitch, write and produce engaging stories for TalkTV’s website.
Day to day you will:
Identify stories and subjects that will resonate with a wide audience online but are appropriate to the TalkTV brand
Write engaging copy quickly and accurately
Watch TalkTV and turn guest interviews and other on-air moments into written articles
Liaise with social media team to curate best content across our platforms
Pitch and produce written ‘evergreen’ features around key topics, supporting on-air output and SEO objectives
Use the Adobe suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro) to produce multimedia content
Follow trends and write in-line with our growth strategy, i.e incorporating keywords into headlines, encouraging recirculation to other articles
What we’re looking for from you:
The ability to write in a concise and entertaining way
A creative mind with an ability to think differently
An instinct for how to 'sell' a story to get maximum impact across our digital platforms
Excellent attention to detail
Experience of using a content management system
A solid grounding in media law
Ambition to progress and make the most of opportunities that present themselves
TalkTV: The latest innovation from News UK, TalkTV launched on 25 April 2022 creating a major new channel, available to everyone across the UK and delivering a bold new voice in current affairs, debate and opinion. Piers Morgan, one of the most recognisable broadcasters in the world, is the first signing for TalkTV, delivering Piers Morgan Uncensored, a primetime show which promises to be a fearless forum for lively debate and agenda-setting interviews. Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Tom Newton Dunn provides straight and balanced news with The News Desk. And the legendary Sharon Osbourne is just one of the famous faces discussing the day’s issues on The Talk. Drawing together world-class talent across News UK, TalkTV broadcasts from state-of-the-art studios at The News Building in London Bridge and available live or on-demand, on linear and connected TV and on any personal device. TalkTV broadcasts 24/7 on Sky Channel 526, Virgin Media Channel 627, Freeview Channel 237 and Freesat Channel 217, as well as via connected TV services, smart devices, the TalkTV app and at talk.tv.
Equal opportunities:
News UK is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It opposes all forms of discrimination in the workplace.
We are a diverse team so want to maximise every individual’s potential to create a productive environment where everyone feels valued, and where talents are fully recognised and utilised.
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.
