Copywriting & Metadata Editor

Copywriting & Metadata Editor

Media & Entertainment

12 month FTC (This role could be a Secondment Opportunity for internal ITV employees)

ITV London, White City + Hybrid (minimum 2/3 days in office per week)

Hiring range: £40,000 - £50,000

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK. Our productions are famous all over the world, and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.

When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact is felt in the business but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.

Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

Your impact sends ripples.

The team…

ITVX Editorial is a team of Editors, Schedulers and Curators. All working in the ITV way to make the ITVX experience brilliant.

Put simply, it's an in-house team of streaming specialists focussed on curating the ITVX service to drive viewer engagement and deliver the best possible experience.

The role…

Our exciting and busy creative team has an opportunity opened up for an experienced Copywriting and Metadata Editor to join on a 12-month contract basis. Reporting to the Managing Editor of Channels and ITVX, you will be responsible for all editorially controlled copywriting on the ITVX service and for ensuring all content has appropriate & correct levels of metadata. Additionally, you will editorialise and merchandise content in line with agreed streaming plans.

Some of your key day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Write & oversee synopsis information, taglines, and editorial copy for ITVX
• Responsible for all editorial metadata, including programme synopses, episode descriptions, identifying key cast and creatives, and ensuring that genres, sub-genres, keywords and other metadata are consistently applied to content
• Overseeing the tagging of all content & creating customer-facing tags if needed
• Taking a lead in the editorialisation of content - merchandising & building future collections
• Responsible for regularly refreshing several genre collections
• Assist other ITV stakeholders in ensuring that better metadata is supplied by producers & distributors to improve metadata in core systems
• Play an active role in briefing other teams on the latest streaming plans, with a particular focus on marketing, PR & social and liaising with them over messaging for ITVX
• Play an active role in ITV’s wider metadata improvement programme

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)...

• A proven track record in writing clear and engaging copy, ideally for a UK broadcaster/VOD service
• Knowledge and passion for TV and Film content with the ability to communicate complex information to viewers in a clear & engaging way
• Experience in handling sensitive information and dealing with other confidential matters

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)...

• Motivated, confident, flexible person capable of working at pace, under pressure, managing multiple demands efficiently
• Exceptional creative skills
• Ability to build good relationships with other teams within ITV
• Strong, agile, project management acumen with excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrates the ability to take initiative and drive tasks autonomously
• Capable of identifying challenges and developing effective solutions

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.

Find out more about applying with a disability.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:

• Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life

More about our benefits

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 12th January 2025

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.