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The successful candidate will be responsible for setting the news agenda for both TV and digital platforms (including the app, social media and ITVX) for the East and West Midlands regions.\nWe’re looking for someone who can bring fresh ideas and energy to a multi-award-winning newsroom which prides itself on editorial excellence. The role requires generating original story ideas, making key editorial decisions and managing a busy news diary. The position also involves line management responsibilities and contributing to a supportive and collaborative newsroom culture,.\nThis is one of the busiest, most diverse and exciting news patches in the country, so the successful applicant will need to be highly organised, with a working knowledge of planning and data tools (eg Wolftech) used to schedule a busy news diary. They’ll also need the ability to train and support colleagues, ensuring everyone is confident and proficient using our newsroom systems.\nIf you thrive in a fast-paced environment and you possess the journalistic and people management skills that will help us achieve our goals, then we’d love to hear from you.\nTo apply, please upload your CV together with a concise letter of application. Please outline why you want this role and what you would bring to the team as a Content Editor.\nOperational skills\nContent Editors make key editorial judgements and will have a core skill in this area on appointment.\nPLANNING - Leading the advance planning of content for all news output, on all of our platforms, online and on screen. Preparing comprehensive long term and weekly prospect lists, as well as working closely with colleagues on short-term and next day coverage. Generating a constant flow of original news and feature ideas.\nThey may also be required to develop new skills from the list below in order to work effectively and flexibly as part of the newsroom’s senior team.\nPROGRAMME PRODUCING - Working closely with the Senior Content Editor to oversee high quality Programme, Bulletins, or Opt production ensuring that editorial, technical, legal/compliance and timing requirements are consistently met. \nNEWS EDITING - Efficiently and effectively leading day to day newsgathering and other projects by co-ordinating the coverage of breaking stories and planned events, reacting swiftly, effectively and accurately to news stories.\nONLINE EDITING - Taking a lead in curating and maintaining ITV’s news app, and our online news service ITVX, generating ideas and driving digital media coverage through a collaborative effort across the team locally and nationally.\nManagement skills\nTo provide excellent line management to a group of colleagues \nTo promote ITV News initiatives and support the Head of News and Senior Content Editor in implementing such initiatives amongst the wider team.\nTo act as a key leader of the team, motivating others, setting an example in terms of professionalism and high editorial standards.\nGeneral\nTo consistently generate original and creative ideas, contributing to the news agenda of the day, on-screen and online\nTo research and develop story ideas thoroughly and creatively for on-air and online output\nTo make, maintain and nurture a wide range of relevant contacts\nTo be pro-active about diversity, equity & inclusion ensuring the output reflects news stories and issues across the audience spectrum\nTo source interesting contributors, from all parts of the community, who will bring the story to life\nTo make optimal use of the full suite of newsroom technology, adhering to workflow as required, including editing, graphics and digital curation\nTo write scripts that are accurate, concise and engaging\nTo provide copyright clearance details and basic media management (sourcing, booking and returning tapes to the library) \nTo undertake project work and contribute to network news output as required\nTo exercise excellent editorial judgement and provide editorial guidance to colleagues with less experience, maintaining professional journalistic standards and adhering to ITV’s Legal & Compliance, ITV Trust and OFCOM guidelines\nThis role will include some weekend duty editor responsibility. Some individuals may be required to travel to district offices or to work in other news operations as well as attending relevant forums, development sessions and meetings off site as part of their role\nSkills you’ll need (minimum criteria)\nFully qualified NCTJ, BJTC or equivalent experience\nA strong knowledge of media law & compliance and the ability to exercise excellent editorial judgement\nA proven track record of producing, sourcing or planning excellent content to deadline and under pressure\nExperience of successfully coaching, managing and motivating others\nExperience of delivering innovation across all media platforms\nA reputation for using a creative approach whilst displaying sound journalistic ability\nCommitment to D,E & I\nExcellent Communication skills\nSelf motivated and quick thinking with strong and decisive decision making skills\nOther things we’re looking for (key criteria)\nThe ability to generate, research and develop original, impactful and distinctive ideas, taking a creative approach to story-telling, treatments and production to deliver high quality reports for both on-air and online\nStrong and creative writing skills (accurate spelling and grammar essential)\nExcellent news judgement in line with ITV News aspirations\nThe ability to remain calm, focussed and resilient in what is often a busy work environment. \nAn organised approach with effective logistical skills\nA clear and demonstrable understanding of the qualities of ITV News as compared with other news organisations\nThe ability to provide regular, honest and consistent feedback to others\nComprehensive knowledge of and interest in national and regional news - both newspapers, online and other broadcast media\nProven ability to build a strong network of contacts with the ability to think laterally about where stories are developing and identifying the contacts to deliver the stories\nAbility to work well in a team environment, ensuring that the whole team (editorial and production) feel included and valued in newsgathering and the output production process\nThe willingness and aptitude to learn other Content Editor specialisms and to be happy to share skills with others for the benefit of the whole team. This role should be able to use the full range of digital newsroom technology\nThe ability to work to deadlines is crucial. The ability to plan well, work efficiently and keep calm and focussed under pressure is essential.\nA strong knowledge of the patch, its cultural heritage and an awareness of the types of stories that engage our audiences. An understanding of the importance of Diversity and Inclusion in determining output.\nThe ability to bring in stories from underrepresented people from across our region as well as underrepresented parts of the patch\nKnowledge and understanding of digital platforms and how to tap into new audiences online and experience of using social media as a promotional tool \nClear understanding of and commitment to DE&I and Health & Safety policies\nDiversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do at ITV News Central and we want to ensure we reflect our audience both on screen and in our workforce. ITV is for Everyone, and we encourage applications from Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent people and People of Colour to apply for this role.\nNewsrooms are busy and pressurised environments, involving live news production, which often requires colleagues to make quick decisions under pressure. We also need people who are able to use their initiative.\nWe need to test these abilities at the interview stage to understand how candidates will react when operating in a pressurised environment. This is a fundamental requirement of the role. We will always consider any request for reasonable adjustments as part of the interview process, for example sharing key themes when that is requested in connection with a neurodivergent condition, whilst still ensuring that we are able to test a candidate's ability to operate in the specific environment of a newsroom.\nClosing date - 23.59 on Monday 12th October\nInterview date - Monday 19th October (in person - Birmingham)\nPlease note the notice period for this role is three months (this will include any new contracts/ secondments)","description_format":"text","description_chars":8653,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Media & Entertainment","Cinema"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-03T05:05:24Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":54,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.723,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":10,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:2","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/itv-planning-editor","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/itv-planning-editor.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T09:14:23Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13838,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":18472},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=18472"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fitv-planning-editor"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fitv-planning-editor"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fitv-planning-editor"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/itv-planning-editor\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fitv-planning-editor"}]}