Junior Presenter

Department: Gallery Production

Line Manager: Head of Gallery Production

Direct reports: None

Job classification: Permanent

Hours of work: 160 hours per month (average of 16 shifts per month)

Location: Ealing Broadcast Centre with travel to racecourses in UK and Ireland

Key Interactions: Production Team and Talent 

Job Purpose:

To act as reporter/presenter at Racing TV racecourses in the UK and Ireland, providing interviews and analysis from the course or the Racing TV studio.  The presenter will be required to provide voice-overs for the daily Racing Replay programme, present live and recorded programmes from the studios in Ealing and on location at racecourses and racing establishments throughout the UK and Ireland.

Job Accountabilities:

  • To act as reporter/presenter at Racing TV racecourses providing interviews and analysis from that course
  • To provide a voice-over on the daily Racing Replay programmes for both UK and Irish Racing
  • To present aspects of the Racing TV, live and recorded, output
  • Plan, film and edit feature and programming material for broadcast on Racing TV’s broadcast and digital output

Measures for the role:

  • Generate ideas and independently take them to completion
  • Ensure accuracy and compliance with instructions for tasks set
  • To work collaboratively with the wider production teams to produce best outcomes for the channel

Any other relevant information:

  • Evenings, weekends, and bank holidays are an integral part of the shift system
  • Flexible shift pattern to account for the racing calendar
  • Flexibility to travel and work non-standard hours
  • To always comply with Health & Safety regulations and safe working practices in accordance with current legislation and as detailed in the Company’s Health & Safety and Policy and Procedures.

 

RMG Person Specification for Junior Presenter

  Essential Desirable
Experience

(work and tasks)

  

 

 

 

 –          Previous experience of working in a live broadcast environment

–          Experience of planning, filming and editing features and self-contained programmes
Skills

 

 

 

 

 –          A keen eye for accuracy and detail

–          Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

–          Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

 

 –          Voice over and presentation skills, and the ability to work with production talkback

 
Competencies/

Behaviours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 –          A team player

–          A passion for racing and excellent racing knowledge

–          Communication: Being respectful, approachable, empathetic and team oriented

–          Time management: Managing time well and being on time

 –          Knowledge and interest in the latest advances in horseracing data

 
Other

 

 

 

 –          Willing to provide flexible cover according to the needs of the channel

 

How to apply:

Applications for the role of Junior Presenter will close on Friday 10th January 2025.

Alongside your CV and covering letter, we would also like to see a short clip (no longer than one minute) of an ante-post preview of a race of your choice at the 2025 Cheltenham festival.

If you have a show reel, please supply a copy/link to it with your application. Please send applications to recruitment@racecoursemediagroup.com.

To download a copy of the job description and person specification, click here: Junior Presenter – JD Dec 2024

RMG Operations is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origin, disability, age or political or religious belief in its recruitment or other employment policies.