Job Description
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.
Are you a video producer who is passionate about sport? Join our rapidly growing, future-facing team at the forefront of SunSport’s transformation from a print and online brand into a video-led operation.
After huge audience growth and commercial success since the launch of Sun Sport Originals, we’re expanding our team in order to build on everything we’ve learned to produce more of the content our audience and commercial partners love.
Your Role: As Senior Sports Video Producer, you will lead the delivery and development of flagship Sun Sport Originals formats, overseeing their execution from inception to cross-platform publication. Reporting to the Sport Commissioning Editors, you will inspire junior colleagues and drive high editorial standards to grow our audience and commercial appeal. This is a pivotal role for a sports enthusiast who is confident in making evidence-based decisions to evolve content for YouTube and social platforms.
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, developing a raft of famous new faces and helping to deliver The Sun to its next generation of viewers.
This is your chance to join a talented team, redefining how content is created and consumed, contributing to creative, innovative video output that drives traffic and revenue, as we redefine how a brand at the heart of the nation's conversation finds innovative new ways to tell the stories that matter in the fast-paced digital world.
Day to day you will:
1. Produce sport video content that delivers audience growth and is appealing to commercial partners
2. Pitch, develop and deliver new format ideas to the Sport Commissioning Editors
3. Oversee the full video production process, including: casting, shooting, the edit and publication
4. Provide journalistic rigour to all content created by yourself and the team - ensuring accuracy and the highest of standards are met
5. Ensure videos are delivered for Comm-Ed sign off with minimal changes required
6. Editorial lead on your formats, fully immersed in football and football culture with knowledge of other sports
7. Produce scripts, YouTube titles and associated copy that are accurate, engaging and journalistically sound
8. Cast and book the best talent
9. Pre and post production delivery oversight
10. Produce shooting briefs
11. Confident on set and managing talent when in a record
12. Leadership of junior colleagues to ensure successful cross-platform delivery of their projects
13. Liaise with Commercial Project Management teams on to ensure delivery of all assets linked to commercial deals
14. Ensure compliance and duty of care protocols are adhered to, and assisting the production department in maintaining the necessary paperwork.
What we’re looking for from you:
15. Digital Native: You are deeply immersed in the sport digital media landscape, with an intuitive understanding of what drives traffic online, especially on YouTube and how content needs to adapt across platforms.
16. News Savvy: You have a solid understanding of journalistic practices, the latest sport coverage trends, and how to turn them into compelling visual stories that resonate with digital audiences.
17. Editorially minded: You know what it takes to create content that will grab people’s attention and keep them engaged, taking your lead from the latest news and trends.
18. NCTJ qualified: Ideal but not essential if CV shows extensive experience working in a sport editorial role.
19. Creative & Fast-Paced: You thrive in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment, always ready to capitalise on breaking sports news or trending sports events to create impactful video content.
20. Podcast & Culture Savvy: You understand how podcasts work editorially and commercially, with a genuine feel for sport content, internet culture and the conversations audiences actually care about.
21. Data-Driven & Results-Oriented: You use analytics and performance insights to shape editorial decisions and optimise content.
22. Team management: You are used to managing teams, including producers and editors, to deliver great episodes in a positive manner.
23. Leadership & Collaboration: You’re a natural collaborator who can work closely with colleagues to ensure a seamless video production process from concept to execution.
24. 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:
25. Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
26. Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes
27. ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
28. Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
29. Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
30. 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
31. Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
32. A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
33. Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
34. 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you to apply for any of our roles please contact us on careers@news.co.uk.
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