Junior Broadcast Engineer
Junior Broadcast Engineer
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Junior Broadcast Engineer
Junior Broadcast Engineer An exciting new opportunity to help make radio TV and digital products at News UK working as part of the Broadcast Technology team.
The Team:
Youll be joining a supportive and collaborative team of Broadcast Engineers working together to share knowledge develop skills and help make brilliant radio TV and digital products. The team are responsible for complex studio and broadcast systems managing them to ensure high quality uninterrupted transmissions.
Your Role:
As a Junior Broadcast Engineer reporting to the Lead Broadcast Support Engineer you will be joining a team of 8 shift engineers responsible for the support maintenance fault management and readiness of News UK broadcast systems and networks both at our London studios and on location at outside broadcasts. You will work a shift pattern which includes early late and weekend working taking part in an oncall rota to respond to urgent technical issues outside standard hours.
Day to day you will:
Provide customerfocussed support for broadcast technology users
Maintain and solve problems with hardware and software in studios and racks rooms
Seize every opportunity to grow and develop your skills
Work with outside companies and internal departments to promptly resolve faults
Test and fix equipment
Perform quality and line tests with external contributors
Book configure and test satellite feeds for sporting and news events
Configure equipment to meet operational needs
Provide support for Outside Broadcasts
Document systems processes and procedures
Keep studios racks rooms stores and technology offices safe and tidy
Implement new systems to support changing broadcast requirements
Understand transmission chains and audio processing for broadcast
What were looking for from you:
Some knowledge and experience of broadcast media technologies
Some experience of television and/or radio studio operations
An understanding of professional audio and video signal paths
A passion for delivering exceptional customer service
Good numerical and written skills
Awareness of IPbased technologies
Some knowledge of broadcast playout and scheduling systems
A positive attitude with exceptional clientfacing interpersonal skills for written oral and facetoface communications
The ability to assess risk and work in a safe manner at all times
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 marketleading local radio stations across Ireland. Our worldfamous 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 individuals 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 preexisting 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%
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
