Careers

Careers

STV is Scotland’s home of news and entertainment. ​

People are at the heart of our business and our aim is to be a magnet for creative talent and an agile, creative and fun place to work.  

Creativity and innovation are key to our success and we offer exciting career opportunities for talented people across a wide range of roles.

If you believe you have what it takes to play a part in our future success, we'd love to hear from you. 

To apply for any of the roles listed below, please send a copy of your CV, detailing any relevant experience and qualifications, to hr@stv.tv. Please ensure that the subject line of the email contains the job title you are applying for. Alternatively, you can use the email hr@stv.tv button within each job description.  

Driving Scotland’s future creative economy

STV invests in a bursary scheme for Scottish students.  Working in partnership with the Royal Television Society, STV offers 10 students each year annual bursary funding of £1,000 for the duration of their degree, along with a comprehensive programme of work placements and mentoring opportunities at STV.  STV will also work closely with RTS Scotland to offer a wider programme of activities for students, including networking opportunities and industry insight sessions.  The support will help participants establish a network of industry contacts and gain a fuller insight into the range of career opportunities available within the creative industries.
 
The third round of STV’s six-figure undergraduate bursary scheme is now open to talented students at Scottish universities, and those undertaking HND (Levels 5 and 6) courses at Scottish colleges who are embarking on Journalism, Television Production and Technology-based higher education courses.
 
Applications for the bursary scheme will be accepted until 30 September 2021 via www.rts.org.uk/bursaries.

 

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Vacancies

  • Back End Developer (Flexible - occasional travel to Glasgow office required)

    Closing date: 29 August 2021

    As a Back End Developer, you will be working within cross-functional teams in STV Digital, delivering the back-end services that power the STV Player video streaming platform. The Player is going through a period of rapid growth, so it’s really important to craft scalable and resilient services that meet the growing demand on the streaming service. You will own the services you work on from cradle to grave - helping product management and engineering leadership define the requirements and architecture, through to supporting the services running in production.

  • Principal Engineer, Connected TV (Flexible - occasional travel to Glasgow office required)

    Closing date: 29 August 2021

    We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Engineer to lead the day to day activities of the Software Developers in our Connected TV team, providing strong technical guidance & leadership to ensure that projects are delivered on time and to budget. You and will be fully empowered to create the technical vision and lead the delivery of the product. You will be working within a cross-functional team within STV Digital, delivering the STV Player across our range of supported Connected TV platforms. The Connected TVs team use technologies such as HTML5, Javascript and React but do not build websites - instead they build TV applications.

  • Data Engineer (Flexible, with occasional travel to Glasgow office)

    Closing date: 29 August 2021

    We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Engineer to join our team. Working with multiple types of data generated within the organisation, from user generated event data, to marketing campaign information, to sales data your mission will be to constantly improve data quality, availability, and usability across the organisation. On a day to day basis you will be working with our data team to collect, organise, and document our incoming and generated data. It will be your responsibility to develop quality, reliable solutions for collecting data and working to implement solutions to analyse and productionise developments generated within the team, both internally and for our products.

  • Software Tester (Flexible- occasional travel to Glasgow office required)

    Closing date: 29 August 2021

    We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Tester to support the development of our digital products and platforms. Working in a fast paced, collaborative environment you will primarily be responsible for ensuring all ‘hands-on’ testing activity is undertaken within our scrum team.

  • Contracts Administrator (Glasgow)

    Closing date: 31 August 2021

    STV is the home of Scotland’s most popular TV channel; UK-wide streaming service, the STV Player; and operates leading UK TV-production business, STV Studios. Our Contracts team are responsible for the engagement and payment of talent to support our growing production activities and to support this growth, we are looking for a Contracts Administrator to join our team. You will have proven administrative and organisational skills with experience of processing in a fast paced environment. With a keen eye for detail, you will be comfortable operating with a level of routine but with the ability to be agile to address priorities.

  • Front End Developer (Flexible - occasional travel to Glasgow office required)

    Closing date: 5 September 2021

    An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Front End Developer to join STV Digital working within a cross-functional team delivering the STV Player across our range of supported Connected TV platforms. As a Front End Developer you will be responsible for crafting performant, accessible user interfaces to ensure that our users can enjoy the growing library of content that STV Offers, on the platform of their choice. You will work with internal stakeholders and key 3rd party suppliers to ensure that ancillary requirements are met and delivered.

  • Production Journalist (Aberdeen)

    Closing date: 29 August 2021

    An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Production Journalist to join STV News in Aberdeen. The Production Journalist will be responsible for covering news events throughout the country and providing content to the highest editorial and production standards for STV News, associated bulletins and digital platforms. You will be involved in producing STV news bulletins across all STV platforms as appropriate.

  • Office Co-ordinator, STV Studios (12-month Fixed Term Contract) (London)

    Closing date: 3 September 2021

    The Office Co-ordinator will provide office administration support to our Executive Assistant and STV Studios Teams. As this role requires a flexible and customer focused attitude with the ability to work to deadlines and in a high-pressured environment we’re looking for a pro-active, vibrant, personable individual. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills coupled with the ability to think on their feet and deal with conflicting priorities calmly and effectively.