Junior Producer

Job Introduction

As consumers move at a rapid pace towards mobile devices, Trinity Mirror is undergoing an even faster digital transformation and growth. During 2013/14 engagement and usage of digital products such as Mirror.co.uk and Manchestereveningnews.co.uk more than doubled, and we already see a higher proportion of mobile users from mobile devices in the fastest-growing part of the market.

Our producers work within our digital product team configuring our websites to maintain and accelerate this growth. This is a perfect opportunity to gain experience of product development by working with some of the UK’s biggest digital news brands.

As Junior Producer you will be expected to contribute to the overall development of the www.mirror.co.uk, www.dailyrecord.co.uk, www.irishmirror.ie and several regional UK sites. Please note that this role is a production and product based role, it is not a journalistic role.

You will work closely with all aspects of the digital business, primarily product and editorial,engineering, commercial partnerships, sales and marketing.

You will have a reporting line to the Lead Producer, Product Manager and overall report to the Product Director.

Role Responsibility

Working on all aspects of the Content Management System (Escenic widget framework) and other key production tools and systems as required, Creating new content sections on the sites Building topic pages, authors, tag collections, and other content that make up the site Working with editorial team to provide sections on the site for breaking news or important events Curating existing non-editorial sections of the site including commercial partnerships Setting up advertising takeovers Placing and amending promotional content on the site Managing competition forms and data collection Creating content for the site such as image galleries, infographic collections, etc. Working with graphics such as creating basic adverts, or amending existing ads Candidate must be flexible and able to adapt to numerous different tasks as and when required

The Ideal Candidate

Experience of working with a Content Management System (ideally Escenic)

Good knowledge of HTML and CSS Ability to manage workload and deliver to tight deadlines Meticulous attention to detail

Strong problem solving skills Ability to work independently on projects, and be self-motivated

Excellent personal skills and ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues

Package Description

25 days holiday  8 days bank holiday  Pension package 

About the Company

Producers report to the Lead Producer in the digital product team of Trinity Mirror, which is responsible for the Mirror, Record and more than 30 regional digital products. They are a key role contributing to the overall development of our products by working closely with all aspects of the digital business, primarily product, editorial, engineering, commercial partnerships, sales and marketing.

All our titles share a common content management system and platform, which is developed with features to be used by all titles and teams. Producers support this operation by configuring our different sites to take advantage of these features to deliver the requirements of different product managers, editorial and commercial teams around the business.

Producers also support iterative product development by configuring different product changes and proofs of concept, which are then measured and analysed by the product managers and business analysts. Often they will work with developers and others in the Engineering team on projects which improve our products and systems by making them work better for customers, including advertisers, consumers and staff. As such, the role is an ideal introduction to digital publishing product development, and a number of our former producers have been promoted to Business Analysts in the product team and are now driving forward key development priorities.

Producers’ success is measured by high internal reputation for being able to deliver work on time and on budget a thorough understanding of the systems’ capability and internal processes, and sometimes by informing those making requests for work about different approaches to solving a problem by the successful delivery of both larger projects and smaller pieces of work an understanding of the Trinity Mirror digital strategy and how they individually contribute to the success of our digital products