Assistant Video Producer

We are The Scottish Sun. The Scottish Sun is Scotlands No.1 award-winning newsbrand. The Scottish Sun cares about quality of life the kind of world we live in and about people. The Scottish Sun is more than a newspaper. It is an instigator an entertainer a cultural reference point a finger on the pulse and a daily relationship. The Scottish Sun strives to the very highest standards of accuracy in its reporting and continues to invest in original journalism in print and online.

Your Team: Youll be joining our award-winning content team working alongside some of the most talented journalists in the country across all platforms.

Your Role: We are looking for a talented Assistant Video Producer to join our award-winning team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced producer or VJ to make their mark at Scotlands biggest newsbrand.

Day to day you will:

• Use industry-standard software such as Adobe Premier Pro After Effects Photoshop or equivalent professional tools to consistently meet tight deadlines and maintain high-quality output.

• Plan produce and shoot shows and then edit that footage for various platforms.

• Identify opportunities around the daily news agenda to create original video to support our existing output across all platforms.

• Self-shoot video on location including news/sport reports interviews and short features.

• Act as a video advocate to raise the overall quality of video produced within The Scottish Sun.

What were looking for from you:

• Someone creative who can proactively identify new opportunities.

• Video production experience with a focus on news and sport output.

• Sound news judgement with the knowledge of what makes a great video.

• Excellent news sport and current affairs knowledge.

• Video editing skills for digital output including experience of Adobe Premier Pro After Effects & Photoshop.

• Ability to identify videos that have high traffic potential.

If you think you have what it takes but dont tick every requirement on the list please do apply. We recognise that considering someones potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is 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 and Virgin Radio UK and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous 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 multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion guided by principles and acting with purpose we exist to promote a fair society freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling we represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter.

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We represent reflect and reach the nation telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age gender ethnicity disability social class or sexuality we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

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• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;

• 25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;

• 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 covering pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships ClassPass at Home weekly virtual HIIT yoga and run club classes

• Bikes for Work scheme

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling

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