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Whisper is a leading global production company, specialising in sports, unscripted and branded entertainment.

Our diverse team of over 270 team members work in offices across the UK and beyond, producing top level sports such as Formula One, UEFA and The Paralympics, as well as branded content, prime-time documentaries and entertainment quiz shows for a raft of broadcasters.

In 2023 Whisper won a BAFTA and was nominated for an International EMMY.

It’s co-owned by Sony Pictures Television and is a seven-times Broadcast Best Places to Work.

Whisper North is looking for an experienced Entertainment Assistant Producer to work on a primetime studio gameshow.

The role will involve coming up with funny and memorable word puzzles, pitching and brainstorming new format points, setting up run throughs, and using an Inquizative Minds database to keep track of show content.

Experience working on other ITV1 / BBC One primetime studio entertainments shows and gameshows is highly desirable, as is some experience in format development.

Whisper is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with the Questions team
• Supporting the questions team with researching and writing questions for various games
• Ensuring that questions are fitting with the programmes ethos
• Fact checking
• Generating new puzzle ideas and pitching to the senior creative team.
• Supporting with the management of the researchers.

“Please note that responsibilities may be amended, added to, or removed to reflect the changing needs of the production or organisation.”

Skills and Experience:

• Experience of working on game shows
• Experience of ideas generation for a variety of game shows
• Experience of fact checking
• Excellent writing skills, specifically the use of grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, with a good eye for humour.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong team ethic and the ability to prioritise workloads with ease, working in a pressurised team environment
• Ability to work effectively with others and manage relationships in a diverse team
• Ability to manage workload
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads and new systems and technologies

Working Days:

5 day week, x4 days in office and x1 day WFH.

You will be expected to work with the team to plan a schedule based on production requirement.

Lieu days will be given for any days worked over a five-day week.

Whisper offer the option of flexitime hours subject to production requirements.

Location:

Media City, Salford

Start:

6^th October 2024 til 8^th December 2024

Salary:

Based on experience

Application Closing:

Friday 13^th Sept 2024

How to apply:

Please upload your CV and tell us in your own way why you are the right candidate for this role.

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