Senior Video Producer, Fabulous

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news entertainment and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades we are dedicated to providing accurate insightful and engaging content across print and digital platforms.

The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.

Your Role: Are you obsessed with female culture and Gen-Z digital trends As a Senior Producer for Fabulous you will oversee the growth of one of our highest-profile formats driving content that connects with millions. Reporting to the Commissioning Editor and Channel Manager you will lead a creative team to build successful digital franchises from the ground up in a fast-paced innovative environment.

Your Team: Sun Originals is a brand-new video production studio making premium series for The Sun Sun Sport and Fabulous brands. Creating developing and producing a slate of brand-new original shows the department is tasked with delivering huge new audiences and developing a raft of famous new faces. Fabulous is The Suns brilliant lifestyle magazine brandfamous for its coverage of fashion beauty and womens culture.

Day to day you will:

• Deliver our flagship vodcast format and lead its growth to the next level.

• Make confident editorial decisions based on channel ambitions and audience analytics.

• Assist the Commissioning Editor with strategic planning and creative direction.

• Cast and book the best talent

• Produce shooting briefs and scripts for various series and digital formats.

• Manage talent on set and lead records with confidence.

• Write compelling supporting copy for new episodes across all publishing platforms.

• Collaborate with Commercial Project Management to integrate sponsorships seamlessly.

• Lead junior colleagues to ensure successful delivery of their formats and social assets.

What were looking for from you:

• Podcast & Culture Savvy: You understand how podcasts work editorially and commercially with a genuine feel for womens lifestyle content internet culture and the conversations audiences actually care about. Experience of publishing on Megaphone is an advantage.

• Digital Native: You are deeply immersed in the digital media landscape with an intuitive understanding of what drives traffic online especially on YouTube and how content needs to adapt across platforms.

• Strategically Minded: You know what it takes to deliver outstanding digital content and how to grow communities and channels around it

• News Savvy: You have a solid understanding of journalistic practices the latest news and lifestyle coverage trends and how to turn them into compelling visual stories that resonate with digital audiences.

• Data-Driven & Results-Oriented: You use analytics and performance insights to shape editorial decisions and optimise content.

• Team management: You are used to managing teams including producers and editors to deliver great episodes in a positive manner.

• Leadership & Collaboration: Youre a natural collaborator who can work closely with colleagues to ensure a seamless video production process from concept to execution.

• Organised: You have excellent project management skills and ensure your production admin is correct and up to date.

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.

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.

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.

At News UK we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network Parents and Carers and LGBTQ group News Is Out and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships free ClassPass at Home weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• Bikes for Work and Electric Car scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• 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%

• Wide range of training available plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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