Coronation Street Blog: Coronation Street Job Vacancy: Trainee Production / Editorial Assistant

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We have an exciting opportunity available within our Editorial and Production departments at Coronation Street. The role will be based with the busy and hard-working Production and Editorial teams, which are responsible for the successful and accurate delivery of timed scripts and the smooth running of production.

This role entails…

We are looking for a trainee that is passionate about gaining a broad knowledge and understanding of the Production and Editorial Departments and the processes. Once confident in the processes of the departments, the successful candidate will be expected to cover a range of different roles within the Production and Editorial departments from researcher to production secretary. Some of their Key Responsibilities will be as follows;

Liaising with advisors, writers and the script editing team.

Reading scripts to identify compliance, neg checking and music clearances.

Dealing with viewers by phone, letter and email and logging all feedback.

Compiling lists of clips for individual characters.

Preparation of all aspects of scripts for the Pre Production of the programme.

Preparing/Updating Purchase Orders and Costing of weekly location vehicles requests.

Assisting with call sheet creation, schedule distribution & office administration.

To be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following:

Strong Administrative Skills.

Self motivated worker with a drive to succeed.

Strong IT skills- confident in Google Drive, Word and Excel.

The ability to talk to many different people in lots of different professions.

Excellent attention to detail and administration experience.

Desire to learn about how the programme is made and understand the key stages in the process.

Previous experience in the industry and a passion for Coronation Street.

Closing Date: 9th March 2020

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