Role Responsibility

Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner, Music On Demand, the Assistant Producer will work with the wider team and its partners – both internally and externally – to develop and deliver innovative new content, and will also help secure the biggest promotional opportunities for us, to grow audiences for music content across our platforms.

You will be expected to have an understanding, passion and knowledge of a wide range of music genres, and an understanding of the audiences we are trying to reach. These will be multi-skilled roles, requiring a high attention to detail and the ability to work in a busy production environment.  

The role requires some flexible working and travel to ensure delivery of key initiatives such as campaigns and events.

The Ideal Candidate

To be successful in the role you will need: 

• A passion for broadcasting and digital formats and an understanding of those subjects, which fascinate, entertain and appeal to young audiences 
• Developed knowledge of BBC Radio’s output across digital platforms and that of its competitors in commercial radio and streaming services
• An interest in and awareness of digital technologies changing the media, broadcasting and audience trends both inside and outside the BBC
• Photographic and image manipulation skills, including experience of using photo editing & design software such as Photoshop and/or Lightroom
• Awareness and understanding of video and audio production and editing tools such as Premier and/or Avid + VCS / Startrack
• Awareness and understanding of CMS multiplatform tools such as iBroadcast
• Ability to communicate positively with a wide range of stakeholders including talent
• Proven experience of managing music content on digital platforms
• Awareness of Diversity and its importance for programme and website content

Please see the appendix page of the job description for the full scope of duties and requirements

To find out more about the role contact David Prudames

Package Description

Band:   C
Contract type:  2 x attachment/fixed term contracts & 1 x continuing 
Location:     New Broadcasting House, London

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression Ã¢â‚¬â€œ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities Ã¢â‚¬â€œ our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

About the Company

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here