To produce dynamic and innovative programmes of the highest editorial and technical quality. This role requires a journalist with sound news judgement and the ability to motivate both input and output teams in a creative and disciplined manner sometimes under extreme pressure.



There are a number of openings for this position and the team are looking to hire someone in a permanent role and another in a possible fixed term contract.

Responsibilities
Generate programme running orders making key editorial judgements to provide an appropriate mix of stories for the main ITV weekday and weekend programmes
Hold Output team meetings brief Correspondents, News Desks and Newscasters on the programme content and their role in it
Overall responsibility for transmission from the gallery
Making a final check of scripts and packages prior to transmission
Generating original story ideas and treatments
Compiling and refining the running orders
Deciding programme headlines and trails
Making decisions on news values, legal issues, taste and decency
Maintaining an overview of programme timing
Making decisions about changes to the running order during transmission
Participate with senior management in regular reviews of ITV News output and staffing to ensure we are achieving our key objectives
In conjunction with our Digital team ensure there is close co-operation, understanding and creative cross-promotion of all ITV platforms
Ensure our programmes reflect the diversity of our audience through a balanced mix of reporters and contributors covering stories that connect with our viewers
This job description identifies the main requirement of the role. It is not an exhaustive list of duties but is intended to reflect the nature, range and context of work, which will change over time.

Qualifications
A lively, creative and dynamic leader
A cool and calm operator with a positive "can do" approach
A good communicator with a strong ability to solve problems
A confident and capable team leader, with excellent organisational skills
Sound Editorial judgement in line with the ITV News agenda
A good understanding of key political, financial and international news together with a feel for human interest stories
An eye for identifying the best use of picture and graphics
Flair and imagination
An aptitude for the technical skills of editing and graphics
Good understanding of the on-line operation, and its synchronicity with broadcast programmes