This role would report into the Studio broadcasting team and be working across a range of prime time shows including the NEW Piers Morgan Global news and current affairs show. This is a brand new role and will work closely with our other staff Technical Directors and the rest of the team across all of our sites. You will be responsible for the gallery and studio technical output on a day to day basis ensuring everything is running smoothly and any issues are dealt with promptly. You will act as a guarantee, ensuring we can make it to air with no issues.What we are looking for from you: This is a fast paced role which requires someone to work well under pressure and know how to react effectively in a variety of situations with an in-depth technical knowledge of studio and gallery processes. On top of this, it is desirable for you to have the following skills & experience:The ability to work under pressure and fault find issues that may occur during a live broadcast.All round understanding how a studio and gallery is engineered - cameras, vision mixers, sound desk, CCU’s, Record, graphics, Autocue etc. Be able to be a trusted port of call for technical issues and planning of shows.Understanding the basics of video signals such as 1080 50i HD-SDIGood understanding of video and audio routing Good understanding of wall boxes, patching and rigging of monitors.Good understanding of how to set up satellite/ zoom/ live U/ Skype feeds.Previous experience working in a live studio environmentA good understanding of broadcast gallery kit and equipment and it’s usesA desire to learn and constantly improveWe are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland, our news brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, talkRADIO and Virgin Radio, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. In 2022 we will launch talkTV, a major new TV channel available to everyone across the UK, delivering a schedule of news, current affairs, entertainment and sport, with Piers Morgan in a prime time evening show. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning digital and print, audio and video, events and experiences, our brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.We are talkTV: The latest innovation from News UK, talkTV will launch early in 2022 creating a major new channel, available to everyone across the UK and delivering a bold new voice in current affairs, debate and opinion. The channel will also deliver documentaries, entertainment and sports shows and proper hourly news bulletins. Piers Morgan, one of the most recognisable broadcasters in the world, is the first signing for talkTV and will deliver a prime time show which promises to be a fearless forum for lively debate and agenda-setting interviews. Drawing together world-class talent across News UK, talkTV will be broadcast from state-of-the-art studios at The News Building in London Bridge and available live or on-demand, on linear and connected TV and on any personal device.