Executive Producer

The Producer will lead and inspire a team to develop and deliver content, ensuring that it achieves the highest creative and editorial standards, delivers on time and on budget, with adherence to BBC guidelines.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• To produce distinctive content on a variety of platforms.
• To work effectively with other departments, suppliers and partners (internal and external) ensuring the BBC maintains excellent relationships throughout.
• Lead, motivate and support a team, ensuring that the editorial vision is communicated and understood.
• Responsible for signing off completed programmes or material for broadcast.
• Responsibility for project management appropriate to the given discipline, such as the construction of a full production schedule and budget in conjunction with Production Management and others.
• To ensure content reflects our diverse audiences.
• Deputising where appropriate for senior team members.
• To keep up to date with emerging industry trends.
• Where relevant, liaise with Rights teams and contract negotiators and ensure copyright and contracts adhere to BBC regulations.
• Develop and manage positive working relationships with staff, contributors and talent and be able to give constructive feedback.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the department’s strategy and policy.
• Seek improvements in content production to develop further efficiencies in working practices.
• Accountable for the compliance and delivery of content, acting within BBC Editorial, Legal and Health and Safety guidelines.

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

• A thorough knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines and other compliance policies, or has the desire to glean this knowledge quickly.
• Understanding of the importance of the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality.
• A passion for and a great understanding of the area in which the role operates.
• Strong track record in the area in which the role operates with a wide ranging knowledge of production processes.
• Proven experience of the latest production techniques and technologies.
• Excellent editorial judgement and knowledge of the target audience, their needs and expectations.
• Experience of influencing, negotiating and communicating effectively both internally and with external agencies/partners.
• Ability to establish effective short and long term relationships with a wide range of people, talent, partners and agencies.
• Highly developed planning and organising skills.
• Ability to manage several areas of work at one time, prioritising, delivering consistently to deadlines and reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities.
• Sound editorial judgement and a thorough knowledge of editorial and legal guidelines.
• Proven experience of taking ideas from concept to finished product whilst driving forward creativity.
• Able to lead the team to develop creative ideas which engage diverse audiences in a demanding creative environment.
• Experience of managing and motivating a team, and actively managing team performance, including talent.
• Able to communicate and contribute to the department strategy as required.
• An up to date knowledge of the BBC's diverse audiences and their needs and expectations and use this to shape creative and engagement output.
• Has the ability to consider a range of problems and uses own judgement to apply effective, time critical solutions.
• Experience and knowledge of managing financial budgets and production schedules.

Job Impact

• Decision making: The Producer may report to various roles, depending on the area of which they are working in, but can range from a Series Producer and Executive Producer to a Head of department.
• Scope: Producers have overall control on every aspect of a production. They bring together and approve the whole production team. Their key responsibility is to create an environment where the talents of the contributors and crew can flourish. Producers are accountable for the success of the finished production and will steer the production from beginning to completion and beyond.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact extend@bbc.co.uk. The BBC is fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

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.

Our apprenticeship roles are also subject to you having the required qualifications that we have deemed to be necessary for your role and the requirement of the training provider for your scheme. The offer would be subject to you undergoing and meeting the requirements of a skill scan process with the BBC nominated training provider to determine your eligibility.

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. Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal.

Information at a Glance

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• Excellent career and professional development.
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave (26 days for BBC Studios), a range of policies to support your work/life balance, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

As an Apprentice you will also receive:

• An industry recognised qualification.
• Industry-leading training through the BBC Academy and our learning providers (this may involve travel to locations across the UK).
• A dedicated Team Manager and Scheme Specialist to help with your development.
• Training and Mentoring by industry professionals.
• A bespoke BBC apprenticeship experience including apprenticeship development days and membership of the BBC Apprenticeship community.
• Employability and networking training and support to help you secure your next role.
• The opportunity to apply for financial support for relocation subject to eligibility.

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.

Disability confident

We take inclusivity seriously and want to ensure all candidates who are disabled or have long-term health conditions receive the support and adjustments they need. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the recruitment process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via the Early Careers Recruitment contact form and we’d be happy to discuss how we can support you through the process.