Junior Digital & Linear Continuity Announcer

Job Title: Junior Digital and Linear Continuity Announcer
Department: Marketing
Location: London

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

The Continuity team sit within the Marketing department, whose core purpose is convincing audiences (hello, you) to spend more time with Channel 4 by building strong brand resonance and showcasing our best content, across all our sub-brands, content platforms and services. Our Announcers provide a pivotal link between the business and its viewers via live and pre-recorded continuity, delivered across Channel 4, E4, More4, Film4, 4Seven and All 4, the UK’s biggest freest streaming service.

JOB PURPOSE

This is an exciting opportunity to join Channel 4’s industry-leading (says us) 4Voice Team working across our live broadcast channels and ever-expanding digital output. Can you bring the Channel 4 brand into the digital space by translating our playful personality and warmth to All 4? Similarly, could you be relied upon as the voice of calm on air when a major news story breaks or live sport coverage fails?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, self-starter who is keen to learn and grow while being readily thrown into the thick of the action. This opportunity will offer mentorship and guidance for the right applicant to develop and hone their scriptwriting, vocal delivery and audio production skills. By joining this department, you’ll be supporting the rest of the team on collaborative projects and be asked to work proactively on key marketing activities of your own – check you out. A creative mind is essential, but an affinity for the logistical and practical tasks required to write, record and edit high-quality audio, integral to all of Channel 4’s output, is also an absolute must (please).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Watch content and write concise, insightful, enticing, editorially and legally compliant promotional scripts to suit each channel’s unique brand identity
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues & key internal stakeholders to define a brand tone of voice for All 4 continuity
• Write engaging and entertaining promotional scripts for use on All 4
• Refine scripts following feedback from relevant editorial parties
• Deliver live on air – and to time - to the nation
• Record, edit and upload audio for pre-recorded transmission on our linear channels and for digital streaming on All 4 at our Playout Centre or remotely
• Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure sign-off on all marketing messaging
• React quickly and creatively to bespoke Marketing briefs
• Identify and explore other avenues to expand continuity as a marketing tool within the All 4 space
• Attend meetings as required

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Passion for and understanding of the Channel 4 remit
• Experience working in a creative environment, such as radio or online video production (preferably with some element of live presentation)
• An understanding of audio editing software (Adobe Audition, Audacity, etc)
• Willingness to work closely with senior mentors to expand & develop skillset
• Comprehensive knowledge of Channel 4’s portfolio content
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Unflappable demeanour under pressure
• Close attention to detail
• Great team worker
• Proactive approach and able to demonstrate initiative
• Brilliant multitasker
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point
• Exceptional timekeeping, to work to constant, split-second deadlines

DESIRABLE TRAITS

• Inquisitive outlook
• Hunger to learn, grow and develop
• Adaptable approach
• Creative thinker
• Infectious confidence
• Sense of humour!

To complete your application please provide a response to the below questions and complete a short audio task. You can upload your answers, containing hyperlinks to your audio, as an attachment when submitting. These can be either PDF or Word documents.

• Our new series of Married at First Sight UK is coming and we want to let people know that getting hitched to someone you don’t know from Adam is 100% the right thing to watch other people do. A promo’s already in the works, so that’s covered, but we do want to tease the nation using bespoke Continuity scripts. So, get creative and show us how you’d drum up excitement by devising, writing and recording two different pieces of audio that we could use on C4 & E4.
• If Channel 4 was a person, what are they like? Create them in a 200 word (or less) paragraph and then record it for us, so we can hear your delivery (because that’s quite important).
• Describe yourself in a tweet (max 280 characters).

Remember, we want to make sure we can access your audio files. So, we advise that you hyperlink through to them in your uploaded documents. Please contact the Talent team if you have any questions, or any issues submitting applications: recruitment@channel4.co.uk