**What’s the role?**
Sky News Australia is looking to recruit a TV Producer with excellent writing and production skills for its opinion programs. The successful applicant will play a key role in putting the network’s leading television programs to air each evening.
We are looking for a journalist who lives and breathes politics, news and current affairs and loves television.
If you aren’t already working for a TV company, you desperately want to.
The successful applicant will:
+ Work closely with the host to produce programs that inform and entertain our viewers.
+ Produce accurate and well-written copy, with compelling teases, smart intros and brilliant questions for panel topics.
+ Come up with excellent ideas for fresh contributors on a range of themes.
+ Identify interesting stories to discuss, with supporting elements.
+ Book talent into studios and liaise over what they’ll bring to the show’s dialogue.
+ Research subjects to ensure debates are on the money and brimming with topicality.
+ Write straps and create graphic elements to energise editorials and add visuals to panel chats.
+ Cut overlay and grabs using our Quantel editing software and input the correct production instructions into the ENPS platform for control room staff.
+ Output shows live from the control room, communicating with pilots, TDs, hosts, reporters and guests
+ Collaborate with a small team to produce a clean, quality, risk-free, legally sound rundown.
+ Collaborate with our Digital team to ensure your best content reaches our worldwide audience across our platforms.
+ Complete and comply with all News Corp and ANC policies, including ANC’s Social Media Policy, News Corp Global Standards etc.
**Who are you?**
+ You have newsroom experience, and preferably have worked in TV or radio.
+ You are a great writer with a nice turn of phrase who can mount a persuasive argument and can turn out read-me straps to accompany the conversation.
+ You are a news junkie who is totally on top of the daily agenda.
+ You have a handle on social media and can offer clips to enrich our programs.
+ You are able to tune into the voice of your host and adapt your writing accordingly.
+ You are full of ideas.
+ You have great time-management skills and are calm under pressure.
+ You enjoy being part of a friendly and professional team.
+ You are not a 9-5 person, you understand we work evenings and some weekends as part of the news cycle.
+ You are keen to stay up to date with television law and ensure the channel upholds broadcasting codes
**News Benefits**
News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities. Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia. Our benefits include:
+ **Exclusively ours** – Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family
+ **Health & wellbeing** – Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)
+ **Time off** – News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.
+ **Helping you grow** – Development opportunities (including diversity and inclusion – focused education series) and recognition
+ **Financial wellbeing** – Support on making the most of your money
+ **Perks & discounts** – Exclusive offers across a range of products and services
+ **Giving back** – Make a difference to our communities.
+ **Workplace Inclusion and facilities** – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms
Who are we?
Sky News is Australia’s leading 24-hour multi-channel and multi-platform news service provider.
Operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, its channels include Sky News Live, Sky News Weather, Sky News Extra, Sky News UK, FOX SPORTS News and Australia Channel for international audiences.
Sky News Australia also operates a national digital network reaching millions of Australians each month across digital platforms including Sky News.com.au, You Tube, Facebook and News Corp Australia websites.
Sky News Australia’s unrivalled broadcast and digital news content features award-winning journalists, exclusive insights from the biggest names in politics, ground-breaking special investigations, and live breaking news, sport and weather.
What’s next?
Apply now or for more information on careers at News Corp Australia visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers
**Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion** _We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know._
**_If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know. For more information regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at News Corp Australia please visit_** www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers **_under the DEI section._**
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