Role purpose and overview

The Telegraph needs a thoughtful and creative video journalist to join our growing audio-visual storytelling unit. You will research, produce and edit video content for the website, app and social media.

Reacting to the news agenda, you’ll create and publish quality visuals to ensure that The Telegraph’s video content reaches the widest possible audience, and contributes to our subscription goals.

Key responsibilities

• To be across our various sources of video content, including agency feeds and  social media, hunting for the best video stories.
• To react quickly to breaking news, sourcing relevant video content or working with our partners to do so. 
• To script, edit and produce short-form video content to provide our platforms with best-in-class visual storytelling.
• To self-shoot films on location, including interviews, short features and mini-documentaries. 
• Basic operation of our own in-house studio facilities - camera operation and basic lighting/vision and audio mixing.
• To source, edit and deliver content and all associated metadata in a fast and efficient manner while maintaining excellent editorial standards.
• To distribute video articles effectively in The Telegraph’s CMS including writing text to accompany video files and curating video stories in correct article pages.
• To frequently construct and deliver complicated creative edits to tight deadlines using multiple editing tools.

Key skills

• Video production background, with a focus on news output.
• Strong news judgement with the proven ability to know what makes great video news content.
• Full knowledge of media law. You will ideally have a journalistic (rather than technical) background.
• Excellent news and current affairs knowledge.
• Video editing skills for digital output (Adobe Premiere and After Effects preferred) 
• Deep understanding of the competitive landscape for social video, as well as emerging platforms.
• Ability to work quickly to meet deadlines, but also to think creatively about original new ways to tell stories through video. 

• Ability to contribute to and communicate ideas and planning lists to senior editorial colleagues.

Our benefits

The nature of our industry means life at the Telegraph Media Group is fast-paced, demanding, and interesting. We also want it to be rewarding for everyone who works here by creating a suite of benefits that contribute to lifestyle choices and leisure activities. From dynamic working opportunities, medical cover, and parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave), to life assurance and season ticket loans, you can choose from a range of flexible benefits, designed to support your lifestyle and help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Training and development

With support from your manager and colleagues, you’ll also have access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy. Covering a range of personal and professional skills, our courses enable you to develop an enjoyable and rewarding career.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Telegraph Media Group, we foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide variety of skills, perspectives and backgrounds. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

We are proud to be a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader as part of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition and would like support in applying for any of our roles or if you require any reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

To find out more about Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Telegraph Media Group, and for more information on our purpose, beliefs, and people values, please visit our website.