Researcher
Company/Department
Shine Network
Reports To
Executive Producer, Shine Network
Location
Primrose Studios, Primrose Hill, London
Description
The Shine Network production team works with the various creative and production teams from across the entire group companies and with other external countries/producers. The Researcher role sits at the heart of Shine Network and would form part of a team supporting productions, advising, gathering and coordinating information on shows, organizing trips and events, capturing everything in a comprehensive, useful and informative bible.
Key Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities will include:
1. RESEARCH (70%)
• Creating, editing and redeveloping priority format Production Bibles
Bibles hold all the information on how a show is made. As formats roll-out internationally, the bibles need creating, reformatting and updating. You will have responsibility for certain shows, ensuring that the bibles are created, and are kept complete and up to date.
• Ad-hoc Research for projects as directed by the International Production Team – E.g. for events or specific meetings or in response to demands from international productions. This could be anything from researching food trends, or researching the health specifications of a certain brand of dog collar!
• Assisting International Production Team with materials ahead of key sales markets (MIP)
2. EVENTS (10%)
We hold several production events throughout the year to share information on how to produce our formats. These events are with senior level producers from all over the world and range from Creative Gatherings with all the Group companies, to Consultancy Days focusing on particular formats. These events may be held in the UK or abroad, and you may be required to travel with a member of the International Production Team. You will play a key role in these events by:
• Working closely with International Production Team to plan and run specific events
• Preparing materials and research for events
• Running the technology for the day, being responsible for all clips and running these at the event
3. DIGITAL MATERIALS (10%)
• Editing
In the department, we are often editing clips for consultancy purposes, to highlight key points in our formats, that we can share with other production teams. You will be familiar with Final Cut Pro, and responsible for editing of clips related to your shows.
• Downloading and Saving Episodes & other materials
You will be responsible for overseeing the downloading and saving episodes from all international productions of your shows, which are sent to us on a daily basis. We receive these episodes electronically from FTPs and or sites like wetransfer.
• Managing Runners/Interns/Junior Researchers with Encodi Uploads
When these international episodes are downloaded, you will be responsible for managing those helping us to upload all of the content we receive onto a site called Encodi, which is essentially Shine’s “YouTube”.
• Transcribing
When we hold events or go on consultancy trips, there is often recorded footage that needs to be transcribed. You will be responsible for overseeing the transcription of footage into documents and incorporating it in to the bible and consultancy materials.
• Responding to requests from Group and Third Party companies – Encodi bundles, hard-drives, uploading documents to FTP or sending hard-drives.
4. GENERAL OFFICE ADMIN (10%)
• Helping to oversee the work and training of interns.
• General management of processes in the department.
Skills Knowledge Qualifications & Experience
• The candidate will ideally have previous experience in production and / or international TV
• Ideally, the candidate will have experience working as a researcher on factual and factual entertainment shows
• Adapting, writing and processing information clearly and effectively
• Knowledge of the international television landscape is preferred but not essential
• Ideally FCP and shooting experience
Attributes and Behaviours
• Diligent, meticulous, and particular about detail
• Communicating efficiently and professionally
• Reliable and good at following process whilst suggesting changes and improvements
• The candidate should have a keen interest in the formats/ shows Shine produces
• Ability to work independently
• Positive, friendly and professional
• Great writer, highly organised, good communicator, able to deal with people in a friendly and professional way