Production Manager

In this role, you'll be working across all departments and platforms for CGTN Europe and liaising with HR and the Executive Office to ensure the smooth running of our daily operations and the accurate, efficient and sensitive flow of communication between various stakeholders.

Job objectives:

Promoting cross department collaboration to maximise efficiency on resource usage
Newsroom logistics, resource and event management
Work closely other desks to coordinate daily news coverage
Work as required on forward planning to facilitate original, agenda-setting journalism across Europe, with special focus on Central and Eastern Europe
Compile editorial and logistical information and distribute daily coverage plans to field crews, show producers and others
Liaise with CMG on joint ventures and resource collaboration
Manage special deployments, including filming schedules and budgets
They will take a leading role in the forward planning of facilities required at future news and digital events and be capable of managing the deployment and on-site coordination
Maintain accurate records of bookings and to track daily operating costs. Processing invoices for external vendors
Manage, plan and control budgets, for freelancer staff & for large-planned news events.

Person specification:
Essential:

You will have extensive experience in planning and logistics and be used to the pressure of working in a live news environment
You will be a team player, understanding the CGTN vision and strategic goals and how cross-platform management can contribute to making these happen
With at least five years of experience in a similar role in an international newsroom, you will have strong editorial and logistical skills, with good knowledge of business news and global current affairs
Be familiar with various government agencies in the UK and Europe
Demonstrate experience of live newsgathering technology and transmission facilities
Have a strong ability to prioritize and multi-task in breaking news scenarios
The ability to juggle competing demands and priorities accordingly.

Desirable:

Multilingual preferred
Prince 2 or Agile trained.

About CGTN Europe
CGTN Europe Ltd. is a multi-cultural and multimedia production centre located in Chiswick Business Park in West London, operates from a state of the art, purpose-built newsroom, covering international business and politics with a European focus. CGTN Europe uncovers and explains news and trends from within Europe for a worldwide audience while also delivering new perspectives and voices to contextualise global stories. CGTN Europe Ltd. serves as the primary content provider for CGTN, which is an international media organisation launched on December 31, 2016. CGTN strives to deliver objective, balanced, impartial news, and current affairs content, presenting a Chinese perspective.

Equal Opportunities
CGTN Europe Ltd. is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity, value, and respect, regardless of race, religion or belief, national origin, marital or civil partnership status, maternity or pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender or gender reassignment or any other protected group status.

Our diverse employees individually contribute to CGTN Europe’s programming, live output and across a range of online platforms and podcasts. We continue to encourage talented people from all backgrounds to apply to our roles and to welcome into our company.

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