Job Vacancy: Deputy Content Editor - ITV News
Location: London, UK
Closing Date: 18th June 2026
Our mission is to reach new audiences, on new platforms with new content. This is an exciting role which is initially centred around working with our streaming team, but with the opportunity beyond that to work across all ITV News output across newsgathering, programmes and digital.
You will work with the streaming Content Editor to create content for the ITVX Rail and YouTube Channel. This role is key in driving growth on our streaming platforms via search engine optimisation, audience data. You will work closely with all digital teams and the wider newsroom to inform and produce high-quality, original news with an emphasis on visual content.
You will secure maximum impact for ITV News’ television material online – selling it as effectively as possible – and understand how to re-purpose television material for streaming platforms.
You will liaise closely with the news desks and key bureaus, editors and producers to ensure that our output reflects the best of our news gathering and analysis, commissioning content where appropriate.
You contribute to explainers, midform digital content and daily news delivery on streaming platforms, optimising content to get the best out of ITV News coverage.
You will be the guardian of quality and tone, with responsibility for running the streaming desk alone at the beginning and end of the day. You will be the representative of ITV’s streaming output in some of the newsroom’s key editorial meetings as well as providing feedback to the entire company about how our digital operation has performed each day.
The successful candidate will have to create rollout plans for ITV News content, pitch midi and explainer ideas, edit toppers, long interviews and belts for streaming and create thumbnail and headline plans for stories. They will run a team overseeing live streaming of programmes, help plan further ahead, oversee the best quality work from producers and APs - working alongside the leadership.
You will understand the fundamentals of audience engagement and data analytics. You will help lead and manage the distribution strategy of ITV News content across streaming platforms on a daily basis. You will be responsible for helping to grow our audience on these and other key strategic platforms. This role will be crucial in helping to grow our audience and ensure our content reaches the widest audience possible.
Once the successful candidate is established in the role, they will have the opportunity and training to work across other aspects of the ITV News operation.
This role is primarily newsroom based, but with some opportunity for hybrid working. It will contain shift work, including weekends.