Multicam Operator - Casual

Location:

London

Department:

talkSPORT

Salary Details:

Not Specified

Advertising End Date:

19 Jan 2025

Job Description

Multicam Operator - casual- talkSPORT

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 role: As a Multicam Operator you will be reporting to the Visual Operations Manager - you will provide high-quality output for the station. You will be dedicated to ensuring the visualisation of talkSPORT as it continues to go from strength to strength and take the station to the next level. You will be required to have laser-like focus and not be distracted with what can be a lively and noisy control room or newsroom. This role involves shift work, evenings and weekends

Day to day you will:

• Vision mixing in a live broadcast environment

• Visual content creation and Project Management

• Correctly copying text on to screen graphics

• Liaising with the Visual Producers/Editors and importing assets from shared folders

• Make sure presenters and guests are framed correctly and constantly checking the output

• To be fully aware of all compliance issues including Ofcom, reporting restrictions, Sports rights etc.

• Take responsibility with what can be done to make our visuals look next level

• Reporting technical issues through the appropriate channels

• Constantly checking for breaking sports news and stories

• Maintaining Multicam’s efficiency and making sure that servers are rebooted and storage regularly checked and cleared.

What we’re looking for from you:

• A passion for radio production and an ear for great audio and an eye for great visuals

• A passion for sport and up to date knowledge of sports news in particular football, boxing, cricket and rugby

• A creative mind, ability to think differently about new concepts for radio and visualisation

• Very strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy and to spot and correct errors quickly.

• Excellent communications skills, a strong team player but able to work well independently.

• You thrive in fast-paced environments and are able to work quickly in small teams.

• Experience of working closely with presenters and knowledge of how to engage with them positively.

• Understanding of relevant broadcast compliance and legal issues

• Embraces change and suggests new initiatives and ways of working

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

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 ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , 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 have12 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [email protected] .