- 2 x Permanent roles available
- Office Location: Cardiff (This is an office based role but some work can be done from home).
The team
Our ITV News teams deliver high quality, trustworthy and impartial journalism to millions of people on television and online. It’s a fast moving environment with a huge variety of roles on offer and plenty of challenges. We operate from 11 main news production centres across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. We also have a Political Unit based in the heart of Westminster and produce a range of current affairs & factual programming at ITV Wales, UTV and ITV Border.
The role
This is a high profile, on-screen role for someone with a proven track record of delivering striking, high-quality, distinctive journalism on television, on ITVX and online. We’d also consider candidates from within the wider South Wales valleys region and could discuss a home base depending on their location.
Wales is a richly diverse nation and we're looking for a person who will help ensure our coverage is representative of the people and backgrounds of all those who live here.
The successful candidates will have a strong track record in journalism, with great story-telling ability as well as a sound knowledge of broadcast regulation and the law. You will use your journalistic skills to ensure your reports are informative, factually accurate, fair and balanced.
We are a multi-platform operation and you will have proven experience of using digital media to extend the reach of your journalism.
As an established self-starter, you will immerse yourself in the community, ensure our newsgathering reflects the different communities that make up our audience and develop great contacts to deliver agenda-setting coverage across the region. Furthermore, the Welsh Senedd elections are a major event in 2026 and we’ll be looking for candidates with innovative ideas to help tell this story in a multi-platform way.
This is a busy news patch and you will need self discipline and an excellent work ethic to successfully work independently away from base. You must be a self-starter who regularly contributes original ideas. Alongside your first-class communication and team-working skills, experience of self-shooting, laptop editing and live reporting is desirable. We will expect you to develop your camera and editing skills to complement our newsgathering and story-telling. We’ve recently begun trialling the self-shooting of some simple lives and we’d expect the successful candidate to be fully involved in this development.
Please note - On-Screen Journalists are required to provide their own means of transport to and from location. The vehicle must be appropriately insured, taxed and maintained. You may claim associated mileage expenses in line with HMRC regulations.
So, if you’re passionate about telling strong human interest stories and have the skills and experience to ensure our outputs, both on air and online, continue to offer a distinctive news service, then we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
- To consistently generate original and creative ideas, contributing to the news agenda of the day, on-screen and online
- To research and develop story ideas thoroughly and creatively for on-air and online output
- To make, maintain and nurture a wide range of relevant contacts
- To be pro-active about diversity, equity & inclusion ensuring the output reflects news stories and issues across the audience spectrum
- To source interesting contributors, from all parts of the community, who will bring the story to life
- To tell the story through engaging and authoritative presentation either through a live broadcast, as part of a news package, or through a range of digital platforms. On screen, to use picture, natural sound and soundbites to give the story maximum impact.
- To self shoot items (where appropriate to the story and the conditions) to a high standard
- To edit packages in a confident, creative and efficient manner, making full use of all production tools to make the most interesting item possible
- To curate ITV’s digital offering on all platforms as required
- To create accurate graphics for bulletins, programmes and packages which clearly illustrate stories and communicate ideas using the template based graphic system
- To write scripts that are accurate, concise and engaging
- To meet all online and on-air deadlines throughout the day, reacting quickly to breaking stories, and regularly liaising with the news desk
- To provide copyright clearance details and basic media management (sourcing, booking and returning tapes to the library)
- To exercise excellent editorial judgement maintaining professional journalistic standards and adhering to ITV’s Legal & Compliance, ITV Trust and OFCOM guidelines.
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)
Your showreel will be assessed as part of the interview process - it should demonstrate:
- The ability to dress professionally, speak clearly and deliver the script or interview with a style and tone which is both authoritative and relaxed
- Proven technical ability (self shooting, editing, live reporting & digital) to give the story maximum impact as part of a package, live report, online article, and social media post
- Confident and clear communication skills, with the ability to source contributors and put them at their ease to get the best story possible.
In addition we are looking for:
- Fully qualified NCTJ, BJTC or equivalent experience
- A strong knowledge of media law & compliance, the Ofcom Code and the ability to exercise excellent editorial judgement
- The 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
- Strong and creative writing skills (accurate spelling and grammar essential)
- A 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, Equity and Inclusion in determining output.