Video Producer

Video Producer

Woo (by ITV)

Permanent

Location: 3 days p.w. in London and Home working

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 per annum

Why you should join us…

We connect with millions of people every day, make content they can't get enough of and reflect and shape the world we live in… and we do all this through the power of creativity.

We will be a digitally led entertainment and media company that creates and brings brilliant content to audiences, wherever, whenever and however they choose.

Business overview per Business Area:

Woo (by ITV) is a new generation digital media brand and marketplace redefining wellness. We aim to make wellbeing discoverable, aspirational and culturally relevant.

Woo aims to engage with Gen Z (and Gen Y) with their passion points: music, fashion, activism and culture but through a wellness lens. We take un-conventional practices that are designed to improve the human experiences, align them with cultural icons and deliver it in a way that feels accessible, relatable and desirable. Think documentaries, reality series, and endorphins releasing videos, audio and beyond.

Our video and audio content strategy aims to redefine wellness is for Gen Z through:

Hero Franchise Content: Long form and short form content series with a digital mindset - think everything from documentaries to scripted reality.

Functional Content: From podcasts to video series, short form content to introduce our audience to wellness practices through a cultural lens.

Viral: Social series designed to drive engagement and broad audiences.

This role entails…

We are looking for a strong creative producer to help bring our original video and audio content slate to life. This person needs to be an instinctive story teller but understands the mechanics that make content fly across social eco-systems as well as drive press and cultural impact.

You will:

• Work with the Head of Video and attend creative meetings with stakeholders to develop and pitch the content strategy and original formats across audio & video, research and write compelling treatments and pitches and ensure ideas always fit within the Woo brand content guidelines.
• Help manage production companies and external directors, develop and book Woo production network including freelance producers, editors, crew and production partners and produce content, lead shoots and oversee in-house productions including managing budgets – for video & audio projects.
• During filming, duties could include: making sure that the production runs to schedule & budget, interviewing contributors (when required), managing talent, directors, crew and clients on set/location, write schedules and supervise post-production up until the final delivery.
• Opportunity to direct series within the content slate and ensure all shoots meet ITV requirements and compliance.
• Oversee Woo’s in-house video editor and production manager responsibilities
• Once a film is delivered oversee the distribution of assets to the Social and Editorial team.

To be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following skills:

Minimum role criteria:

• This person should understand the nuance of brand defining content versus audience driving social content and ideally would have a portfolio of work that does both.
• The Ideal Candidate would have experience in film production for a youth market and have experience working across music, fashion and documentary film production.
• Experience in a producer role – either at a production company, creative agency, publisher, brand or freelance.
• A strong portfolio of work that you have produced – from editorial to branded content
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with team members
• Communicate consistently with creative team and executive leadership.
• Extremely organised and able to successfully reach multiple deadlines at once, without compromising creative quality.
• Strong attention to detail and critical thinking skills.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from candidates with a disability and as a Disability Confident Leader if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you have a disability, we’ll guarantee you’ll get to the next stage*.

(minimum criteria above)

The Key role criteria is as follows:

• A strong creative voice and understanding of production techniques to engage audiences across platforms and social media.
• Flexible and versatile in nature, able to take on challenges whilst maintaining a sense of humor.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience working at a creative agency or publisher and an interest and knowledge of new creative and production techniques.
• Experience developing original content – video or audio
• An interest in developing original content formats and experience bringing to life ideas from initial concept to screen
• A large network of freelance crew & production partners

Shoots may require flexible working hours and travel.

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. So we encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything... our email is talkingcareers@itv.com.

Find out more about our benefits http://www.itvjobs.com/why-join-us/benefits/

We want to be the most flexible employer in Media. We offer Smart working and we will support you and provide you the right environment and work/ life balance.

We reach millions of people everyday, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We have various networks who celebrate and support our colleagues. We try to embed an inclusive mindset in everything we do.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.