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

• Produce distinctive content on a variety of platforms.
• 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.
• Sign off completed programmes or material for broadcast.
• Apply appropriate project management, including construction of a full production schedule and budget in conjunction with Production Management and others.
• Ensure content reflects BBC’s diverse audiences.
• Deputise where appropriate for senior team members.
• Keep up to date with emerging industry trends.
• 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 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

• Thorough knowledge of BBC editorial guidelines and other compliance policies, or a demonstrated desire to gain this knowledge quickly.
• Understanding of the importance of the BBC's values in accuracy and impartiality.
• 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, prioritise, deliver consistently to deadlines and react 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.
• Up to date knowledge of the BBC's diverse audiences and their needs and expectations, using this to shape creative and engagement output.
• Ability to consider a range of problems and apply effective, time‑critical solutions using own judgement.
• 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.

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

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio‑economic background, religion and/or belief. We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.