AddressCreative Video Manager (12 month FTC)
Location: Hybrid
Contract: 12 Month FTC
talkSPORT is the world’s biggest sports radio station. From World Cups and European Championships to the Premier League and the Champions League, through to Test cricket and world class boxing, the talkSPORT network is at the heart of the world’s major sporting events.
Your team:An exciting opportunity has emerged to join the talkSPORT and talkSPORT BET social and video teams and help supercharge their growth across social media.
Your role: As we continue to expand our digital presence and engage with sports enthusiasts across various platforms, we are seeking a dedicated and skilled Creative Video Producer to join our dynamic teams
As the Creative Video Manager at talkSPORT BET, you will play a vital role in the growth of the business among our target audience. You will be responsible for leading the video production, planning shoots, filming and editing content and then overseeing it’s posting, all with the aim to spread the word of the brand and grow a loyal base of customers.This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your expertise and creativity in the sports media industry.
Day to day you will:
Work alongside the Head of talkSPORT BET and with talkSPORT’s award-winning social media and video teams, to develop a video strategy turbocharging awareness of the talkSPORT BET brand by planning and creating high quality sports video content.
Plan, produce, record and edit video content with talkSPORT BET’s ambassadors, including high-profile celebrities and former sportspeople.
Manage a content diary in conjunction with both the talkSPORT BET social team and the sporting calendar, making sure you’re producing social-first video content that puts talkSPORT BET at the heart of key sporting moments.
Use social media and video analytics to understand trends and the data behind performance, allowing you to tweak the strategy and the content that is created for optimum results.
Be able to spot opportunities to reach betting audiences through video content, and understand how to convert them into customers for the business.
Host regular brainstorms with stakeholders and talent to come up with creative ideas that are in line with the brand values.
What we are looking for from you:
Proven experience in creating highly engaging video content for social media platforms
An expert in using cameras, lights and microphones to film high-quality content.
Be comfortable using Adobe Suite (Premiere and Photoshop) to produce video.
Be organised and able to plan and then produce all elements of a shoot, from writing scripts to making sure it has been assessed by health and safety teams.
Creative thinking and a passion for sports content is essential.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in social media analytics and reporting tools.
If you are a creative with skills in filming and editing video, a passion for sports and an understanding of the betting market, this role is the perfect next step in your career.Join us in delivering top-notch sports content to our global audience and be part of our exciting journey.
We are News Broadcasting: Driving digital innovation, our people create award-winning national and local radio and podcasts which are must-listens for millions across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Life sounds good with Virgin Radio- home to Chris Evans at Breakfast and Graham Norton at the weekend. talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station, delivers the very best live sport and analysis and is truly powered by its millions of fans. Launched in June 2020 Times Radiobrings together the peerless journalistic expertise of The Times and The Sunday Times with world-class broadcast talent including John Pienaar, Aasmah Mir and Michael Portillo.
Life at News: At News UK our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive. Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like. Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.
We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes. We also have 11 employee-led networks.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff. Some of what we offer includes:
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%;
25 days holiday and up to 4 volunteering days per year;
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks;
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access.
Private medical insurancecovering pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual HIIT, yoga and run club classes
‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
Access to wellbeing benefits such as physio/massage and counselling
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.
