Junior AV Engineer

Overview

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Technology – AV Engineering

LOCATION: London – non-hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £35,000 – £40,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. London Weighting £5,441 will be added on top of the base salary.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content. Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

Purpose of the role

Join our AV Engineering team and help deliver high quality audio visual experiences across BBC Studios. As a Junior AV Engineer, you’ll support the installation, maintenance, and operation of AV and collaboration technologies, ensuring our teams can communicate, create, and collaborate seamlessly.

Why join the team

You’ll be part of a supportive and highly skilled AV Engineering function where learning and development are central. This role offers hands on exposure to modern AV technologies, opportunities to work alongside experienced engineers, and the chance to contribute to high impact projects across BBC Studios’ London operations.

Your key responsibilities and impact

• Assist with the installation, configuration, testing, and maintenance of AV systems including audio, video, control, and conferencing solutions.
• Support Senior AV Engineers during system deployments, upgrades, and live events.
• Troubleshoot and resolve basic AV and connectivity issues.
• Perform routine system checks, equipment setup, and cable management.
• Support and maintain video conferencing and collaboration platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

Your skills and experience

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Fundamental understanding of Audio Visual systems, including microphones, speakers, displays, projectors, and signal flow.
• Experience with video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, or similar.
• Basic networking concepts (IP addressing, switches, VLANs at a basic level).
• Ability to follow technical diagrams, wiring schematics, and use basic AV test tools.
• Previous internship, apprenticeship, or hands on AV experience.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Familiarity with AV control systems (Crestron, Extron, AMX).
• Awareness of network based AV solutions (AV over IP, Dante, NDI).
• Basic knowledge of unified communications or audio networking.
• AV or IT related certifications (or working toward them).
• Ability to travel to remote offices within Europe, with occasional global travel.

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.

Next steps

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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.

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.
• 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.

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.

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: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk