Production Runner, Casual Work

Job Description

Production Runner, Casual Work

TalkTV: The latest innovation from News UK, TalkTV launched on 25 April 2022 creating a major new channel, available to everyone across the UK and delivering a bold new voice in current affairs, debate and opinion. Piers Morgan, one of the most recognisable broadcasters in the world, is the first signing for TalkTV, delivering Piers Morgan Uncensored, a primetime show which promises to be a fearless forum for lively debate and agenda-setting interviews. Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Tom Newton Dunn provides straight and balanced news with The News Desk. And the legendary Sharon Osbourne is just one of the famous faces discussing the day’s issues on The Talk. Drawing together world-class talent across News UK, TalkTV broadcasts from state-of-the-art studios at The News Building in London Bridge and available live or on-demand, on linear and connected TV and on any personal device. TalkTV broadcasts 24/7 on Sky Channel 526, Virgin Media Channel 627, Freeview Channel 237 and Freesat Channel 217, as well as via connected TV services, smart devices, the TalkTV app and at talk.tv.

Your Role: You will be part of a production and studio team working across prime time programming, live and pre recorded on a daily basis. You will be responsible for looking after studio guests, ensuring the studios are in order and prepped ahead of each show and be a point of contact between the studio crew, production and editorial teams.

Day to day:

• Assisting production with populating Call Sheets daily

• Managing passes for the building (Retainer/Guest/Studio)

• Booking travel & Couriers

• Assisting management teams with expenses

• Printing scripts / running orders / schedules and keeping track of these

• Booking meeting rooms

• Assisting with booking in screen tests when required

• Assisting Production with logging and tracking invoices

• Handling release forms for all contributors and guests in the studio

• Liaising with Facilities/Security/Loading Bay regarding deliveries

• Keeping the gallery & studio tidy at all times

• Sourcing props / furniture for new shows

• Looking after guests, ensuring they are happy, prepared for the show and standing by ready for when needed

• Making sure all crew are on comms and fetching headsets / battery packs for them

• Bringing presenters and contributors from dressing rooms on set and keeping to time to ensure they are in the right place at the correct time

• Moving and setting up sets / props, this can sometimes need to be a fast turn around in the studio so you need to ensure the equipment is organised and you have a group of people to help in some cases to ensure a speedy, yet safe move to make the best use of studio time
  

What we’re looking for from you:

Experience of working in a studio environment, live show experience is preferred. The ability to work to fast turnarounds and in high pressure situations whilst keeping calm and taking instructions.

• You will be organised, solution focused, adaptable and confident in working with a large team

• Understanding of a studio environment and adapting to last minute changes and issues

• Able to work unsociable hours based around the live programming schedule

• Keen interest in production as well as knowledge of studio roles
  

Equal opportunities:

News UK is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It opposes all forms of discrimination in the workplace.

We are a diverse team so want to maximise every individual’s potential to create a productive environment where everyone feels valued, and where talents are fully recognised and utilised.

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.

News UK is an official partner of the Journalism Diversity Fund, founder of the Journalism and Disability Forum, and proud member of the Valuable 500. At News UK, we will continue to promote an inclusive and diverse workplace, to help people with visible and non visible disabilities create careers in media and aim to make our content accessible to all.