Job Description
STV News has an exciting opportunity for a Digital Media Manager to join our team based in Glasgow. As Digital Media Manager you will edit, curate and publish media assets on a variety of digital platforms.
The role would suit candidates with video editing skills and experience of working in environments that require attention to detail. An interest in news, current affairs and journalism would be beneficial.
This position is based on a back-shift working pattern and involves routine evening work until 10pm.
Key responsibilities:
- Source video and text assets for publication from in-house content systems
- Edit content as required
- Upload content to various content management systems to defined standards
- Manage metadata for assets
- Perform video and text asset checks and sign-off content against defined specifications
- Troubleshoot and implement escalation processes and procedures in the event of technical failure
- Assist in any other aspects of the work of the company as reasonably required
Key skills and experience required:
- Experience of publishing and verifying content using content management systems
- Well organised with an ability to demonstrate attention to detail and accurate writing skills
- Previous experience of image and video editing using Adobe Creative Cloud tools
- You will be a self-starter who is able to problem solve effectively
- An understanding of news, current affairs and journalism is preferred
This position is based around a 7-day rota and routine evening work will be required.
Please note that due to the high number of applications received only short-listed candidates will receive further contact.
JOIN US
To apply please send a covering letter and full CV to hr@stv.tv - please confirm in your cover letter where you saw the advert.
BENEFITS
There are plenty of reasons why it’s great to work at STV, here are just a few of the perks for you;
- 25 days paid annual leave and 9 public holidays per annum, with the option to buy more through our Holiday Extras
- An extra day’s holiday on your birthday.
- Healthcare cash plan providing Company contributions towards dental, optical, wellbeing or other healthcare costs.
- Company pension contribution.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Season ticket travel loan.
- On-site occupational health service.
- Flexible benefits portal providing a range of retail and gym discounts.
STV is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce and to equality of opportunity for all. We encourage applications from candidates currently under-represented in our industry, so we are keen to hear from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background, disabled and/or neuro diverse people and those from a lower socio-economic background. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
STV is Scotland’s home of news, entertainment and drama, serving audiences with quality content on air, online and on demand.
STV’s broadcast channel, accessible free-to-air on all the main TV platforms in Scotland, reaches 3.2 million viewers each month. It is home to some of the most popular shows on television, including iconic soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale; entertainment hits The Masked Singer, Britain’s Got Talent and I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here; gripping dramas; and a wide-ranging selection of home-grown productions. Flagship news programme STV News at Six continues to grow its audience share and is the best-watched news programme in the country.
STV Player
STV Player is the UK’s fastest-growing broadcaster streaming service, giving viewers in Scotland the opportunity to watch their favourite STV shows, live or on demand. Across the UK, the service offers viewers an extensive catalogue of content from around the world, including over 3,000 hours of high-quality drama, sport and factual entertainment series.
STV Player is now pre-installed in three quarters of the UK’s connected TV homes and is available on all major platforms, including Sky Q, Now TV, Virgin Media, Amazon Fire TV and Freeview Play.
STV Player’s content library has grown to over 150 boxsets, including US thriller The Bridge, Irish legal drama Striking Out and Australian eight-parter The Slap. Viewers can upgrade to STV Player+, a subscription service which offers the opportunity to watch Player content advert-free, download shows for offline viewing, and also watch them abroad.
STV Studios
STV Studios is one of the UK’s leading content businesses and is Scotland’s biggest production company. Led by David Mortimer, the company has an impressive track-record of success across drama, entertainment and factual, with commissions spanning BBC One and Two, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC Scotland, Discovery, VH1/MTV and Sky One.
Most recently, STV Studios has been in production with a new six-part prison drama for Channel 4, Screw, on air in early 2022. Genre-bending immersive competition series Murder Island was commissioned by Channel 4 and aired in autumn 2021, while 25 episodes of new daytime quiz format The Bridge of Lies have been commissioned for BBC One following a highly competitive pitch process.
Other unscripted formats include 24 series of Antiques Road Trip and 10 series of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip for the BBC; six series of Catchphrase and six of Celebrity Catchphrase for ITV; and three series of The Yorkshire Auction House for the Discovery-owned Really channel. The factual team is also responsible for Dave series, British As Folk, and one of BBC Scotland’s most popular shows, Inside Central Station.
Previous successes include TV film Elizabeth is Missing for BBC One which aired in December 2019. The drama achieved a 5.5m consolidated audience, received numerous five-star reviews, and its star Glenda Jackson won the leading actress BAFTA and International Emmy in 2020.
STV Studios also produced critically-acclaimed thriller The Victim for BBC One in April 2019, which was watched by more than 7.2m viewers and saw leading actress, Kelly Macdonald, win a BAFTA Scotland award later that year.
In 2019, STV Studios acquired a majority stake in Primal Media, the award-winning unscripted producer behind Channel 4’s Home Free and Jerk for BBC Three. Primal was commissioned in July 2020 to produce Landmark, a major eight-part factual entertainment series which aired on Sky Arts in September 2021.
STV Studios has a minority stake in high-end drama producer Two Cities (makers of Patrick Melrose for Sky Atlantic) and unscripted label, Hello Mary. It is also the home of Tod Productions – the drama company launched by award-winning producer Elaine Collins – and Barefaced TV, renowned for producing quirky and original factual entertainment.