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We’re looking for a video producer for Today in Focus: The Latest. Working alongside the executive producer, lead producer and host, you’ll plan, record and edit episodes and produce content for social feeds. Hosted by Lucy Hough, Today in Focus: The Latest aims to make sense of a rapidly‑changing news cycle and brings our audience up to speed on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes.
About the role:
* Generate ideas for podcast episodes, researching, briefing presenters and guests for interviews, recording in studio or remotely, scripting, editing and mixing to professional standards, always on tight deadlines.
* Book on‑air talent, both internal and external.
* Work closely with the executive producer, lead producer and host to guarantee the highest levels of creativity, editorial and legal standards.
* Work in conjunction with the Today in Focus team to ensure Today in Focus: The Latest complements the Today in Focus output.
* Play an active part in the Guardian’s multimedia team and look for opportunities to showcase our journalism and values in an audio and video form.
* Contribute to and occasionally produce other Guardian podcasts as required.
* Work with other Guardian departments including social, marketing and membership to assist discoverability and promotion of podcasts.
This is a 12‑month NUJ fixed‑term contract or staff secondment.
About you:
* Experience of working in video podcasting or broadcast news.
* Ability to work to regular tight deadlines.
* Experience in editing audio and video news.
* Experience with Adobe audio and video editing software: able to edit smoothly and accurately at pace.
* Ability to script and edit video/audio.
* Experience in news or current affairs journalism and popular culture.
* Great journalistic instincts and editorial rigour.
* Creativity – able to find new angles on major news stories.
* Passion for audio and video podcast production.
* Comfortable recording audio and video in studio and on location.
* Ideally you will have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role.
We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.
All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply.
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