Senior Technical Producer
Location: London, GB, W1A 1AA
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Job Reference: 22189
Band: D
Job Closing Date: 21.4.25
THE ROLE
BBC Media Operations is looking to increase its team of Senior Technical Producers in the Location team. Our team is responsible for resourcing and supporting outside broadcasts for Radio and News, and for Production Services who supply and support kit to self-shooters. The Location team works on some of the BBC's highest profile events ranging from music (Glastonbury, the Proms), to Sport (Euros, Olympics) to News (coverage of the Party Conferences, elections as well as breaking News events).
Main Responsibilities
As a senior member of the team, you’ll be required to provide technical production leadership and expertise for a wide range of situations, including the most complicated and demanding productions, assuming the overall responsibility for the planning and realisation of high quality sound operations for a production or event in order to realise editorial objectives.
Typically, duties would include:
* Planning recordings, transmissions, events and outside broadcasts (OBs), including equipment, safety and logistical planning, and supporting the appropriate allocation of resources.
* Rigging and de-rigging outside broadcast equipment, directing others to ensure that the installed equipment can be used in a safe manner.
* Setting up and testing communications, recording and broadcast systems, including delivery content over public and private IP networks.
* Using audio craft skills, including balancing and editing, on Outside Broadcast productions, both live and recorded.
* Liaising with other organisations to agree and co-ordinate the provision of on-site facilities.
* Liaising with production and artists regarding their technical requirements and to stage manage where necessary.
* Development of new ways of working including the evaluation and introduction of new technology, and to be the subject matter expert or design authority for technical projects.
Are you the right candidate?
For this role you will be a self-starter, you should have a proven track record of being able to manage your own time and support editorial staff, as well as demonstrate an interest in radio broadcasting operations. You should be confident working on your own on live output. You will need to work well as part of a team and you will also be relied upon to play your part in the delivery of the media aspects of productions on time and to budget.
Essential skills required:
* Extensive operational experience, specialising in all aspects of audio broadcast and recording.
* Thorough working knowledge and experience of radio studio and/or location operations.
* Demonstrable experience of successfully leading teams and the ability to manage resources within financial and technical constraints.
* A comprehensive knowledge of safety regulations and an ability to operate to and communicate safe working practices is essential.
* Ability to engage with colleagues and leaders across the department as well as contacts in a range of external organisations to achieve successful outcomes.
* A good understanding of IP networking and its application to media delivery.
* A good understanding of safe working practices and processes in the outside broadcast environment.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. 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.
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.
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