Rachel Parkes, previously Digital News Editor at Channel 4 News, has been appointed Head of Short Form at multi-platform factual content production company ITN Productions.

In this role, Rachel will pitch ideas to a variety of podcast clients, including, BBC Sounds, Audible, Wondery, Sony Music Entertainment as well as video platforms such as C4, YouTube, BBC, Snapchat, and LadBible. Rachel will also produce commissioned work and oversee series from start to delivery, in addition to being the executive producer of two daily entertainment shows; C5’s Entertainment News on 5 and ITV’s FYI Daily.