Production Specialist
ITV Central
9-month Fixed-term contract/Secondment | Full time
Office location: Birmingham
Hiring range: £30,195 - £41,285
Our ITV News teams deliver high quality, trustworthy and impartial journalism to millions of people on television and online. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles on offer and plenty of challenges. We operate from 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit based in the heart of Westminster and produce a range of current affairs & factual programming at ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.
The role
ITV News Central are looking for a talented Production Specialist.
As a Production Specialist you will work as part of a multi-skilled team providing technical, craft, operational and administrative skills across all areas of the news service, primarily based at our newsroom and studio in Birmingham..
To be eligible for this role, candidates will ideally be multiskilled and familiar with craft editing or live studio operations. Proven skills in, or knowledge of areas including editing, programme timing, vision, sound, directing, media ingest and transfer, production administration or scheduling is an advantage.
You must be willing, and have the aptitude, to develop new skills (with appropriate training) and to move between different duties on a daily basis as the needs of a busy and vibrant news operation requires. You’ll also be required to share your own skills with others.
As a Production Specialist, you will be a highly motivated individual as well as friendly and approachable. You will be committed to working as part of a successful team, sharing the responsibility for supporting news production. Above all you will be an excellent communicator who is quick thinking and calm under pressure with strong and decisive decision-making skills.
If you have a passion for News and Technology and are looking to expand on your current skills and experience this could be the perfect role for you.
Everyone in the Production Team will have a core skill in one or more of the following areas on appointment but increase their skills over time:
1. Live studio and location operations, including Directing, Vision mixing, Sound, Gallery PA-ing, Autocue, Newsroom and Studio Cameras and Floor Management
2. Media Ingest & Transfer, Playout, Ingest
3. Production Technology Support assistance
4. Scripts, Scheduling, Rosters, Logging, Clearance and Returns and other Programme administration and support
5. ITVX/Digital support
6. Editing and templated Graphics
7. Studio systems technical operation, first line fault finding and maintenance and issue reporting
8. Server management and Media storage
9. Camera Operator skills
Central News in the West and East Midlands is a richly diverse region and we're looking for a person who will help ensure our coverage is as representative of the people and backgrounds of all those who live here as possible.
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)
10. You must have a core skill in one or more of the following areas: Editing, Sound, Directing, Programme Timing, Vision, Media Ingest & Transfer, Production Technology Support, Scheduling, Camera Operator
11. The ability to multi-skill and shift seamlessly from one task to another if necessary, often under pressure, is key
12. The ability to be proactive
13. Experience of working effectively as part of a team
14. Confident and clear communication skills
15. Proven ability to learn and apply new skills
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)
16. Proactivity, drive and resilience
17. A positive attitude to work
18. Excellent attention to detail
19. Social Media/Digital awareness
20. Candidates should demonstrate passion, enthusiasm, a knowledge of the business, an understanding of technology, and an awareness of production methods
21. Candidates should be informed about the news agenda both nationally and for the region/nation.
ITV is for Everyone and we want to ensure that ITV Central reflects our audience both on screen and in our teams. We encourage applications from Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people and People of Colour to help us achieve our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals.
Newsrooms are busy and pressurised environments, involving live news production, which often requires colleagues to make quick decisions under pressure. We also need people who are able to use their initiative.
We need to test these abilities at the interview stage to understand how candidates will react when operating in a pressurised environment. This is a fundamental requirement of the role. We will always consider any request for reasonable adjustments as part of the interview process, for example sharing key themes when that is requested in connection with a neurodivergent condition, whilst still ensuring that we are able to test a candidate's ability to operate in the specific environment of a newsroom.
Closing date: Sunday 21st June 2026
Please note the notice period for this role is 2 months (this will include any new contracts/ secondments)