News Exchange Operator

What's the role?

News24, recently rebranded from Sky News Australia, is owned by News Corp Australia. Are you ready to be part of Australia’s only 24/7 News Channel?

At News24, we are committed to delivering fast, accurate, and compelling coverage of the events that matter most to our audience. Based in our dynamic Surry Hills newsroom, our team operates at the cutting edge of breaking news, Australian politics, and global affairs.

We are seeking a News Exchange Operator to join our News Exchange department. Reporting to the News Exchange Manager, you will provide operational and technical support across the acquisition, management, recording, and distribution of live and recorded media for News24 and News Corp platforms. This role is central to ensuring news, sport, and special event content is received, monitored, and delivered accurately and efficiently to support our editorial, production, and broadcast operations.

About the role:

• Coordinate the acquisition and exchange of live and recorded content with domestic and international broadcasters, news agencies, production partners, and external organisations.
• Acquire, distribute, record, ingest, and manage live and pre-recorded media from multiple contribution sources to meet operational and editorial requirements.
• Plan and coordinate the recording of live sporting events, ensuring record schedules and broadcast feeds are accurate and available to News teams.
• Coordinate transmission and program scheduling requirements across all broadcast channels to support the Schedule Coordinator.
• Maintain accurate and consistent asset naming, labelling, and metadata, while archiving media assets in accordance with organisational standards and policies.
• Perform basic non-linear editing and media preparation as required.
• Train and mentor new team members and contribute to the continuous improvement of workflows, documentation, and standard operating procedures.

Who are you?

• You have experience working within television, media, broadcast, technical operations, or newsroom environments, with an optional but desirable qualification in Media, Communications, Broadcast Operations, or IT.
• You possess a working knowledge of live broadcast operations, contribution workflows, recording systems, media asset management, routing, transmission, and content distribution technologies.
• You have a strong understanding of media management processes, including ingest, metadata, quality control, and archiving.
• You have the technical aptitude to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve operational issues in a live broadcast environment.
• You are highly computer literate and confident working across multiple broadcasts, media management, and operational software platforms.
• You demonstrate the ability to manage competing priorities, maintain exceptional attention to detail, and work effectively under pressure to meet critical deadlines.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across editorial, production, engineering, and external partners.
• You are available to work a rotating 24-hour, 7-day roster, including nights, weekends, public holidays, and major news events.

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.

Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits

• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

In addition to our perks and benefits, employees have access to a number of initiatives and programs that support their wellbeing and professional growth, such as:

• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career

• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives

• Workplace Inclusion and facilities – Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents’ rooms

Who are we?

What’s next?

Apply now or for more information on careers at News24

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply!

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, please do not hesitate to let us know here. In order for us to assist you, please ensure you include the role title you are applying for in the subject line. For more information regarding Diversity at NewsCorp Australia please visit www.newscorpaustralia.com/careers under the Diversity@News section.

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About Us

News24 (formerly Sky News Australia) - Australia’s first live 24-hour news channel - is the home of Australia’s top rating opinion shows, award-winning political coverage, live breaking news, sport and weather, expert business insights and groundbreaking documentaries.

Bringing a unique Australian perspective to the world, News24 champions open discussion and presents a broad range of perspectives on the issues that matter most.

Delivering real news and honest views, it reflects the many voices of Australia and provides space for all sides of every debate to help inform decisions.

The multi-platform network reaches more than 11.3 million Australians each month across broadcast and digital platforms. It is the number one non-sport channel on national subscription television service Foxtel and the country’s most engaging digital news brand.

News24’s unrivalled 24-hour multi-platform news service is owned and operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC). ANC is owned by News Corp Australia, a subsidiary of News Corp.

ANC operates and distributes News24 branded broadcast and streaming services including News24, News24 Weather, News24 World, News24 Regional, News24 Now and News24 in New Zealand, as well as FOX SPORTS News in Australia. ANC also operates an expansive digital network including leading news site News24.com.au and digital radio channel News24 Radio.

News24 has a national presence with its headquarters operating out of Sydney and interstate bureaus in Canberra’s Parliament House, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart. It also has international bureaus in the United States (Washington DC), Asia (Taiwan) and New Zealand (Wellington).