Closing Date: 12-Jan-2025
Your work matters to millions.
Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK. Our productions are famous all over the world, and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.
When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact is felt in the business but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.
Your impact sends ripples.
ITVX Editorial is a team of Editors, Schedulers and Curators. All working in the ITV way to make the ITVX experience brilliant.
Put simply, it's an in-house team of streaming specialists focussed on curating the ITVX service to drive viewer engagement and deliver the best possible experience.
Our exciting and busy creative team has an opportunity opened up for an experienced Copywriting and Metadata Editor to join on a 12-month contract basis. Reporting to the Managing Editor of Channels and ITVX, you will be responsible for all editorially controlled copywriting on the ITVX service and for ensuring all content has appropriate & correct levels of metadata. Additionally, you will editorialise and merchandise content in line with agreed streaming plans.
Some of your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:
Write & oversee synopsis information, taglines, and editorial copy for ITVX
Responsible for all editorial metadata, including programme synopses, episode descriptions, identifying key cast and creatives, and ensuring that genres, sub-genres, keywords and other metadata are consistently applied to content
Overseeing the tagging of all content & creating customer-facing tags if needed
Taking a lead in the editorialisation of content - merchandising & building future collections
Responsible for regularly refreshing several genre collections
Assist other ITV stakeholders in ensuring that better metadata is supplied by producers & distributors to improve metadata in core systems
Play an active role in briefing other teams on the latest streaming plans, with a particular focus on marketing, PR & social and liaising with them over messaging for ITVX
Play an active role in ITV’s wider metadata improvement programme
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)...
A proven track record in writing clear and engaging copy, ideally for a UK broadcaster/VOD service
Knowledge and passion for TV and Film content with the ability to communicate complex information to viewers in a clear & engaging way
Experience in handling sensitive information and dealing with other confidential matters
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)...
Motivated, confident, flexible person capable of working at pace, under pressure, managing multiple demands efficiently
Exceptional creative skills
Ability to build good relationships with other teams within ITV
Strong, agile, project management acumen with excellent attention to detail
Demonstrates the ability to take initiative and drive tasks autonomously
Capable of identifying challenges and developing effective solutions
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com
Find out more about applying with a disability.
* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:
Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone
Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
Annual bonus opportunity
Competitive pension contribution
Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life