DCEs may have a substantive platform or shift they work across more than others – but flexibility over time is a key part of the role. This role requires a journalist with sound news judgement, creative storytelling, and the ability to work within a team, as well as leading team members in a creative and disciplined manner, within a fast-paced deadline-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support content editors in making key editorial judgements to provide an appropriate mix of stories for ITV News output.
• When working on ITV News digital platforms, you will be the guardian of quality and tone, with responsibility for running the desk alone at the beginning and end of the day.
• Overseeing and managing the day-to-day content created by the ITV News app team, as well as content created for other 3rd party and social platforms.
• Working closely with Content Editors to commission the right content from across the newsroom operation. In doing so they will be key to liaising directly with teams in the field.
• Maintaining close communication with the newsdesk and other teams to ensure we're across the latest lines and best picture.
• Briefing producers on the team about story types, format and ambition, signing off and sub-editing content, as well as advising on any updates or changes as the story evolves.
• Ability to learn quickly to train up on the key CMS tools used for the App, as well as editing tools within Avid and Premiere.
• Ability to stay calm and work efficiently in intense breaking news scenarios, creating breaking news stories before assigning to others, as well as publishing push alerts in the absence of the Content Editor.
• Attending and leading in key editorial meetings to help shape the day's content.
• Ensuring ITV News stays on-trend, and ahead of trend, with all its output.
• Helping generate original stories and ideas that appeal to new and existing audiences across our key platforms.
• Supporting individual members of the team with their original content or creative story ideas, ensuring it has maximum impact across the app and associated platforms.
• Liaising closely with the ITV News regions to ensure that the best of ITV News regional content is reflected in our output where appropriate.
• Championing content from the app across the wider ITV News operation.
• Occasional responsibility to work in other areas of the ITV News operation in a similar capacity as and when required.
• Ensuring all ITV News digital content upholds premium standards of news values, compliance, taste and decency.
• Ensuring there is close co-operation, understanding and creative cross-promotion of social content across all ITV platforms.
• Helping lead and plan ITV News content around major news events.
• Attending and leading planning meetings to ensure original and diaried digital content is well planned and executed.
• Responsibility for leading on training internally where and when needed.
• When in newsgathering to work on planning stories for future coverage, and on occasion to work in the field on planned or breaking news.
• When working on programmes to take responsibility for packages and lives.
• When working on streaming platforms to lead on explainers, belts and other distinctive content.
• When working on digital to play a key role in commissioning, creating and curating content.
• Making decisions on news values, legal issues, taste and decency.
• To on occasion act up to the role of content editor and act as a leader in an operational team.
• Ensuring our content reflects the diversity of our audience.
• Ensuring there is close co-operation, understanding and creative cross-promotion of all ITV platforms.

These are the main requirements of the role and is not an exhaustive list of duties. It is intended to reflect the nature, range, and context of the work, which will change over time.

Key Requirements:

• A creative and dynamic leader with superb organisational skills.
• A cool and calm operator with a positive “can do” approach.
• A good communicator with a strong ability to solve problems.
• Excellent editorial judgement in line with the ITV News agenda.
• A good understanding of key political, health, business, economic and international news together with a feel for human interest stories.
• A strong writer, with experience of writing for bulletins or digital platforms.
• Experience of editing video and overseeing the creation and curation of edited content across platforms.
• Experience of digital publishing and social posting, with an understanding on how best to present a story for digital platforms, is desired.
• Scrupulous attention to detail when checking content for accuracy and style.
• An eye for identifying the best use of picture and graphics.
• Experience of outputting content from the gallery.
• Experience of working across multiple platforms.
• An excellent knowledge and understanding of the importance of diverse contributors in news coverage.
• Good knowledge of Ofcom regulations and the ITN compliance manual.
• Awareness of Health and Safety requirements.
• Awareness and understanding of the financial implications of all decision making.
• An understanding of personal responsibility for cross-company cooperation within both ITN and ITV.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at ITN. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will be offered, if required, due to a disability or health condition. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please just let us know in your application, or at any stage throughout the process, if this is something you want to explore.