The Team: The Sun Online is the biggest mobile news brand in the UK - and still growing! - with a young, talented, diverse team who publish the best coverage of news, sports, TV and showbiz, lifestyle and family values.
The Role: We are looking for a passionate and driven video producer who will work on the Fabulous team. Your day-to-day duties will include everything from sourcing, editing and scripting video, to assisting on shoots and pitching and planning video series. A deep understanding of the Fabulous brand at The Sun is crucial alongside a passion for it.
Day to day you will:
- Produce, present and edit videos on a daily basis for Fabulous.
- Edit videos for a number of platforms including both on and off platform.
- Assist on photo and video shoots.
- Pitch, plan and deliver original video series.
- Work to strict deadlines with high output expectations.
- Passionate and driven individual who can act as a team player.
- Remain calm under pressure and deliver work at a consistently high standard.
- Self- starter, organised an effective problem solver.
- Bursting with new ideas and ways to tell a story.
What we’re looking for from you:
- Expert level Premier skills.
- Graphics expertise is preferable.
- Proven ability to work under pressure in breaking news situations.
- Deep understanding of social platforms.
- A love for the Fabulous brand.
- Ability to shoot and edit.
- Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard.
- Proactive and displays a willingness to take on any task.
- Positive attitude and good team player.
- Takes initiative in order to achieve desired results.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of the The Sun brand, both print and digital.
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, talkRADIO and Virgin Radio, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. In April 2022, we launched TalkTV, a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK, delivering a schedule of news, current affairs and entertainment and sport. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print, audio and video, events and experiences, our 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
At News UK some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to offer exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 8 employee-led networks; Cultural Diversity, News is Out, GenZ, Sustainability Champions, News for Parents, Women in Tech, News UK Christian Fellowship and we are awaiting the launch of our Women’s Steering Group.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. We offer private medical insurance covering pre-existing conditions, discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes, and a ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme, as well as offering opportunities for physio/massage, counselling and legal support.
In addition we also offer:
- 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.
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.