AddressSenior Producer - Breakfast
Are you creative, dynamic and thrive in a live atmosphere within current affairs? TalkTV’s breakfast show ‘Talk Today’ wants to hear from you. We have an opportunity for a Senior Producer to join the team.
Talk Today, TalkTV’s breakfast TV show, hosted by Jeremy Kyle and Nicola Thorp has a dynamic mix of news and views, broadcast daily from 6am to 9.30am from state-of-the-art TV studios in The News Building at London Bridge Monday - Friday discussing the issues that really matter to the nation.
TalkTV delivers a bold voice in current affairs, debate and opinion available on linear TV, online and on the TalkTV mobile app.
Your role: As the Breakfast Senior Producer, you will play a pivotal role in the production of our morning show, responsible for overseeing all aspects of content creation, from concept development to on-air execution.
Day to day you will:
Lead the planning, development, and execution of daily breakfast show segments, ensuring they align with the overall vision and objectives of Talk TV.
Collaborate closely with the show's hosts, producers, directors, and production staff to generate innovative and compelling ideas for segments, interviews, and features.
Manage a team of producers, researchers, and production assistants, providing guidance, feedback, and support to ensure the successful implementation of all elements of the breakfast show.
Coordinate with various departments, including editorial, graphics, and technical operations, to ensure seamless integration of content and technical elements into the broadcast.
Oversee the booking of guests, experts, and contributors for interviews and features, maintaining relationships with key contacts in the industry.
Stay abreast of current events, cultural trends, and audience preferences to inform content decisions and ensure the breakfast show remains relevant and engaging.
What we’re looking for from you:
Experience in television production, with a focus on live programming.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate a team in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Organisational and communication skills, with attention to detail.
A creative thinker with a passion for storytelling and an understanding of what makes compelling television.
Ability to thrive under pressure and adapt quickly to changing priorities and circumstances.
Proficiency in production software and tools, including but not limited to, video editing software, rundown management systems, and production planning tools.
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. In 2022 we launched TalkTV, a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK, delivering a schedule of news, current affairs, entertainment and sport, with Piers Morgan in a primetime evening show.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
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 insuranceincluding coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. 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.
