Production Coordinator - EXTEND

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PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £29,500 + London Weighting (£5,319) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join our dynamic content team as a Production Coordinator, where you'll drive the delivery of standout digital content across self-funded and brand-funded projects. Supporting both creative development and commercial activations, you'll ensure smooth production through precise budgeting, scheduling, and partner coordination - laying a key role in bringing bold ideas to life.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC Studios Digital Brands don't just reach audiences - we move them. We cultivate and amplify fandoms behind some of the world's most iconic franchises, including Bluey, BBC Earth, Doctor Who, and Gen-Z comedy channel Funny Parts. We run over 90 channels generating 14 billion views each year, encouraging audiences to watch wherever and whenever they choose, giving us more YouTube watch time than all other UK broadcasters combined.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Production Planning & Budgeting: Supports scheduling, budgeting, and forecasting in line with BBC frameworks, ensuring value for money and efficient use of resources.
  
  
• Resource & Location Coordination: Assists in sourcing production resources and locations early, and helps onboard freelancers and indie production companies.
  
  
• Compliance & Rights Management: Ensures adherence to BBC policies, legal and regulatory standards, and secures all necessary rights for content delivery.
  
  
• Operational & Administrative Support: Manages post-production paperwork, metadata, and provides general administrative support to production teams.
  
  
• Safety, Sustainability & Innovation: Maintains a safe working environment, promotes environmental responsibility, and encourages diversity and new production technologies.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Demonstrable experience of carrying out a logistical coordinating role within a digital-first content production team, ideally experience of working on commercial or brand-funded digital content.
  
  
• Knowledge of delivering a range of/elements of productions on time and on budget and coordinating deliverables for productions, where necessary having worked on location, with crews and production teams with a strong knowledge of how productions are managed.
  
  
• Good working knowledge of end-to-end multi-platform production with an understanding of the technology used on productions.
  
  
• Able to use and advise on production systems and can adopt new technologies.
  
  
• Experience in preparing, managing, setting and/or monitor specific production resource plans and budgets and buying/booking resources.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Demonstrates interest in the BBC and the wider digital content industry.
  
  
• Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to establish and maintain effective relations with a wide range of contacts.
  
• Demonstrates strong organisational and planning skills and manages conflicting demands to meet deadlines.
  
  
• Ability to use own initiative with assurance using judgment to escalate where necessary.
  
  
• Able to consider and propose new ways of working to improve existing processes.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about BBC Studios Life at BBC Studios

• A flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days.
• Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions).
• Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance and accident benefit.
• BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen. Find out more about BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets here .
• Career development in a values-led purpose-driven culture.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:

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