Freelance Broadcast & IT Engineer (Shift Engineer)

We are seeking a skilled, proactive Freelance Broadcast IT Engineer (Shift Engineer) to support 24/7 broadcast, streaming, and digital media operations. The role involves managing the end-to-end technical workflow across TV broadcast, website, and social media platforms ensuring seamless content delivery and zero downtime.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Broadcast IT systems, digital streaming workflows, AI-enabled media tools, and real-time troubleshooting in high-pressure live environment.

Who We Are

From April 2024, the majority of the BBC's Indian operations moved to the Collective Newsroom which has been set up by some of the BBC's most experienced journalists in India. It has more than 250 journalists and operational staff, bringing you distinctive, impartial and world-class content and is the BBC's sole provider of content for its Indian language websites and social media platforms including English. Based in the BBC's largest international market, we bring you the best of Indian journalism guided by the world's biggest and most reputable news organisation. We provide digital, audio and television content in Bangla, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, Urdu as well as English.

Our Vision: "Home to India's most credible, creative and courageous journalism."

Our Mission: "To lead with facts bringing diverse voices through innovative and impactful journalism in the public interest."

We are an equal-opportunity employer, that strongly supports diversity and inclusion at the workplace, and encourages female candidates and persons from other diverse groups such as marginalised, under-privileged communities and differently-abled people, to apply.

To know more about us, visit our website: https://collectivenewsroom.com/

Last date to apply: 25 June 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage broadcast playout systems to ensure uninterrupted transmission and accurate playlist execution
• Troubleshoot and resolve on-air and streaming issues in real time to maintain zero-disruption operations
• Manage live streaming across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, website, and Partner's platforms
• Configure and monitor streaming workflows including encoders, RTMP/HLS/SRT pipelines, and CDN delivery (If required)
• Support website streaming integration, video players, and content publishing workflows
• Coordinate with editorial and digital teams for live content publishing, breaking news, and multi-platform distribution
• Provide technical support for NRCS systems like Nxt Edition, ensuring seamless newsroom operations
• Ensure integration between NRCS, playout automation, graphics systems, and streaming workflows
• Support HTML-based graphics templates, rendering, and real-time graphics output
• Technical Support digital analytics tools for streaming performance, audience engagement, and platform health
• Act as first-level incident responder for broadcast, streaming, website, and digital platform issues
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions
• Maintain logs for incidents, downtime, performance reports, and system audits
• Perform preventive maintenance, system upgrades, and routine health checks of broadcast and IT infrastructure
• Support deployment and commissioning of new broadcast, streaming, and digital technologies
• Work in rotational shifts including nights and weekends to support 16x7 operations.

Requirements

Skills & Technical Competencies

• Strong knowledge of broadcast systems including playout automation, video servers, and signal flow
• Hands-on experience with NRCS platforms such as Nxt Edition or equivalent newsroom systems
• Proficiency in streaming technologies including RTMP, HLS, encoding/decoding workflows
• Experience managing live streams on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram
• Good understanding of IP networking, LAN/WAN, routing, and switching
• Knowledge of HTML-based graphics systems and template workflows
• Familiarity with website streaming, CMS publishing, and video player integrations
• Understanding of digital analytics tools for performance monitoring

AI & Digital Media Exposure

• Awareness and hands-on exposure to AI tools used in media operations including:
• Automated clipping and highlights generation
• Speech-to-text transcription
• Multi-language translation workflows
• Subtitle and caption generation
• AI-assisted playout and content automation
• Ability to support and integrate AI-driven workflows into editorial and digital pipelines