A fantastic opportunity for a dedicated journalist to join our passionate, hardworking team based in Milton Keynes on a full-time basis. Reporting to East Regional News Editor, you'll be delivering multiple local news bulletins for Heart and Smooth Radio stations across the East as well as providing on-air and on-line content for Global's national brands like LBC, LBC News, and Classic FM. You'll be creative, have a fantastic voice, great writing skills with experience of producing multiple news bulletins in a busy environment. Key Responsibilities As a bulletin reader, you'll have a phenomenal voice, write creatively and be able to deliver outstanding quality, relevant, timely and accurate local news and current affairs content. You'll be part of ensuring stories from our region are heard on our national news talk brand, LBC, and on our rolling news station, LBC News. You'll understand the importance of the full range of social and multi-media tools available in delivering a successful multi-platform news experience for our audiences. You'll have sound legal judgement and be proficient in Ofcom's broadcast regulations and guidelines. You'll understand the importance of developing relationships with key contacts across our region. You'll have the flexibility to tackle both bulletin reading and reporting shifts as required. What You'll Love About This Role
1. Think Big: We're passionate about news, and eager to investigate and create our own outstanding and exclusive stories!
2. Own It: You will have a commanding on-air presence and be confident in your ability to, if required, report live into LBC and LBC News.
3. Keep it Simple: Drive straightforward, impactful content that resonates deeply with audiences.
4. Better Together: We work with colleagues across Global's Newsroom to provide on-target, agenda-setting, news content.
What Success Looks Like In your first few months, you'll have:
* Created and presented news bulletins across our Heart and Smooth Radio stations in the East.
* Produced creative and engaging content for LBC and LBC News.
* Sourced and produced original, exclusive content.
* Responded professionally to a big breaking story.
* Developed a full understanding of the different Global brands
What You'll Need The ideal candidate will be proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions, capable of the following: You will be confident working on your own and under the guidance of your Senior colleagues to provide on-target, agenda-setting, news content. You will have a commanding on-air presence and be confident in your ability to, if required, report live into LBC and LBC News. You will have experience of producing and presenting multiple news bulletins each hour. You will enjoy working flexible hours and always strive to complete a task to a high standard. A knowledge and understanding of the key issues affecting the lives of people in the East of England. You'll have an excellent knowledge of media law and the OFCOM Broadcast Code.