Art Department Assistant

Art Department Assistant

This Morning

6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Studio Based, London

Hiring range: £29,000 - £31,000

Your work matters to millions.

This Morning provides a broad mix of content across current affairs, entertainment news and consumer issues. We are dedicated to providing an entertaining format that informs and advises our viewers. An exciting opportunity has now arisen for an Art Department Assistant to join our team in London.

Reporting to the Art Director the role is to provide creative and administrative support to our Art Department.

You’ll have the ability to think creatively whilst working to tight deadlines and adapting quickly to last minute changes.

As the Art Department’s immediate point of contact during our Live shows, you will have the confidence to work on a fast paced studio floor, communicating with multiple teams across multiple departments, including the Floor Manager and Series Director (both in person and through radio talkback)

We will look to you for your wide network of useful contacts with prop houses, suppliers and specialist manufacturers, precise attention to detail and knowledge of Health and Safety legislation.

The successful person will have experience working on location and on a production set with a fast turnaround, previous shop buying experience and a proven record of set dressing to a brief. It is essential that you have artistic/design knowledge and a keen eye for detail.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Live television/Theatre experience
• Set dressing experience to a brief
• Previous prop & furniture sourcing, buying and hiring experience
• Experience prop making, prop construction and prop adapting

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Experience set dressing for demo, consumer, medical and cookery items
• To be able to maintain existing, and seek out to develop new, relationships with suppliers, hire companies and PR agencies for product loans
• Organise pickups and returns of props, furniture, materials and product loans
• Maintaining on-site storage facilities for props and furniture

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at Daytimetalent@itv.com

Find out more about applying with a disability.

* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including

• Flexible working with a range of options
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life

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Closing date Thursday 19th December 2024

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested. interviews will take place in January 2025.