Foreign News Editor (Part Time), Leeds

As a Foreign News Editor (part time) you will be a key member of KVH Media Group’s multi-lingual news team, assisting in the production and transmission of a news service covering daily political issues, sports news and financial reviews to a maritime and hotel customer base. Languages needed: Italian, German, Spanish or French.

• Produce daily digest newspapers
• Sourcing content from a wide range of international newswires
• Processing news video clips
• The shifts will be approximately two to 6 hours (depending on editions covered) between 12:00pm and 18.30pm, including some bank holidays and weekends.

Ideally with a language-based degree, you will need to possess the following:

• Excellent command of English along with at least degree-level standard in two of the following: Italian, German, Spanish or French.
• No translation necessary - all news sourced in the language needed.
• Demonstrate a strong interest in current affairs, sportd, and finance.
• Excellent written and oral skills
• Ability to work efficiently to very strict deadlines
• Experience of editing text, caption-writing, page-layout and proof reading would be an advantage, although not essential.