Camera Assistant

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. 

Joining in this role, you will work closely with Camera Operators, Supervisors, Team Leaders, and the Manager of Cameras across all disciplines, applying best industry practices and a proactive mindset to help deliver exceptional service to our clients.

The role will involve regular weekend working, ad hoc shift patterns and may include some overnight working.

What You'll Do: 

• Provide support and assistance to Camera Supervisors, Senior Camera Operators and Camera
• Operators on a range of studio, Outside Broadcast and single camera operations for
• Sky Sports, Sky News and Sky Arts and Entertainment shows.
• Assist with the rigging and de-rigging of camera kit, carry out routine maintenance and first-line fault finding on all cameras and associated equipment.
• Deliver high quality work, following best practices and embodying the inclusive and collaborative behaviours expected at Sky.
• Anticipate changes and adapt to diverse needs by proactively reviewing the programme schedule, demonstrating flexibility and problem-solving.
• Comply with Sky’s Health & Safety policy manual, and Sky Production Studios specific Statement of Arrangements policy in relation to Health & Safety and encouraging good practices.

What You'll Bring: 

• Have a good working knowledge of broadcast camera equipment and technologies, with an understanding of lens theory.
• Be positive and proactive with a keen eye for detail working in a highly skilled and often fast-paced environment.
• Must be confident working within established teams.
• Conduct regular checks of camera equipment and associated kit (including in storage) and communicate any faults to relevant parties.
• Address equipment and control system failures, escalating issues to relevant parties when necessary.
• Valid UK driving licence.

 Team Overview:

Sky Production Services provide production services for all of Sky’s Content Creation teams - Sport, Sports News, Sky News, Sky Arts & Entertainment; we also provide our services to Independent Production Houses. We have over 700 talented people who make sure that our customers have a great content experience; from the pictures they see to the sound they hear.

SPS encompass all of the operational crafts and disciplines associated with programme making such as cameras, lighting, editing, audio mixing, ingest and media management to mention just a few.  These teams of specialists can work across a variety of programmes in our state of the art studio facility, on location or at one of our many Outside Broadcast events.

The Rewards: 

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky! Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few: 

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place 
• A generous pension package 
• Private healthcare 
• Discounted mobile and broadband 
• Access a wide range of best-in-class Sky VIP rewards and experiences 

How You'll Work: 

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our outstanding office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home. We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process. 

Your Office Base:

Osterley 

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers. 

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. 

Inclusion: 

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all,  and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can. 

Why wait? 

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you. To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.