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Posted:
24.08.2025
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08.10.2025
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Job Description:
Description
This is a crucial role as part of the ITV News London senior team - commissioning and overseeing the delivery of content for ITV News London's flagship 6pm programme.
The role requires a journalist who has a proven track record of delivering first-class news programmes, managing teams, commissioning content, working with newsgathering, and a clear understanding of ITV News London's digital strategy online and on ITVX.
This role requires a journalist with sound news judgment and the ability to motivate a team in a creative and disciplined manner in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. As it's a senior position within the ITV News London team, the successful candidate will be required to act as ITV News London Editor and demonstrate management experience.
Key Responsibilities
* Understand and drive the London news agenda - making key judgments to provide an appropriate mix of stories for our 6pm programmes and other platforms.
* Output ITV News programmes in the gallery – working closely with presenters and gallery teams.
* Take final decisions, often under pressure, and communicate those decisions to the wider London team.
* Hold team meetings, brief reporters and correspondents, news desks, and newscasters about content on the London 6pm programme.
* Act as Editor of ITV News London when required - attending senior regional and ITN meetings, making decisions on content, staffing, and budgets.
* Drive the agenda for the late news and lunch bulletin.
* Lead on innovative and creative ways to tell stories on ITV News London.
* Confidently make decisions around legal issues, taste and decency, and demonstrate a good understanding of the right decisions to escalate.
* Ensure London's programme and other platforms reflect the diversity of our audience through a balanced mix of reporters and contributors covering stories that connect with our viewers.
* Line manage colleagues in the London newsroom - taking on mentoring, development, pastoral, appraisals, and other duties.
* Work closely with all parts of the ITV News operation, ensuring cooperation, understanding, and creative cross-promotion of all ITV platforms.
These are the main requirements of the role and are not an exhaustive list of duties. It is intended to reflect the nature, range, and context of the work, which will change over time.
Key Requirements
* Proven experience of producing or planning impactful, high-quality, and distinctive news content to deadlines and under pressure.
* A lively, creative, and dynamic leader with excellent people management skills and the ability to work well in a team.
* A good communicator with a strong ability to solve problems and to brief and lead colleagues in the London newsroom.
* Experience in leading and managing teams.
* A strong knowledge of the capital's news agenda – including a good understanding of key stories and issues including news, sport, and entertainment.
* An excellent grasp of the techniques of using video to tell stories.
* A strong knowledge of ITV News software and workflows.
* An excellent understanding of the importance of diversity in our programmes.
* Strong awareness of health and safety protocols and an ability to dynamically risk assess.
* Strong awareness of all relevant legal and compliance regulations that affect our output.
* Flair and imagination.
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