Multicam Operator

Job Description

Department Overview

We are Talk: Talk is the destination for viewers and listeners who are interested in straight-talking opinion and expert insight on news and current affairs in the UK. The talent roster for Talk includes Julia Hartley-Brewer, Mike Graham, Jeremy Kyle and a host of others presenters. Talk attracts over 40 million monthly online views, and on DAB Radio, its audience has grown by more than 19% year-on-year. Talk is distributed across a range of platforms including YouTube, Amazon Fire, Samsung, LG and others, as well as digital radio.

The 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 Talk 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

Responsibilities:

Vision mixing in a live broadcast environment

Visual content creation and Project Management

Correctly copying text on to screen graphics

Liaising with the Visual News Producer/Editor and grabbing assets from folders

Make sure presenters are framed correctly and constantly checking the output

To be fully aware of all compliance issues including Ofcom and reporting restrictions

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 news and stories

Maintaining Mulicam’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

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

Strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy and spot errors

Excellent communications skills

Up to date with current news environment

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

Used to working closely with presenters and know how to engage them

Understanding of relevant compliance and legal issues

Embraces change and suggests new initiatives and ways of working

Behaviours

Passionate about the work you do, embracing every opportunity to do your best work

Principled in the way you go about your role and the decisions you make

Purposeful with a strong desire to achieve and deliver work to a high standard

We are News UK : 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, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio 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 multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

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 ( , 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 (;t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

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