Fixed Term - Full Time
Job Closing Date: 06/03/2025
THE ROLE
* Job Reference: 21478
* Band: C
* Location: Office Base is Salford. This is a hybrid role, and the successful candidate will balance office/location with home working.
* Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
Job Introduction
BBC Sport are looking for creative and dynamic Assistant Producers to work across our output in BBC Sport Productions. We want BBC Sport’s output to reflect and understand the audiences we serve, and we encourage applications from individuals with skills or experience that can help contribute towards ensuring we maximise the diversity of our coverage and content.
Main Responsibilities
Assistant Producers contribute to the output by working as part of production teams across BBC Sport. You will be required to work across various platforms and support our content teams. Tasks will include working on live action and highlights programmes, playing a full part in all aspects of the VT operation, outputting content with our digital live team, and supporting our digital teams with content for our social platforms.
You will be passionate about a range of sports, know what makes a good story, and relish the challenge of producing creative and ambitious content within budget. You will be confident producing shoots, directing cameras, talent and contributors, as well as taking responsibility for planning shoots and edits for a wide range of output.
You will be able to identify and create exciting digital video content and pitch content ideas and develop formats that can be used across teams and platforms. You’ll be flexible, positive, collaborative, and a confident communicator. You will use data insights to shape your ideas, and share your skills, knowledge and understanding with other teams in BBC Sport.
Are you the right candidate?
This role requires significant experience in TV Sport Production. We are looking for individuals with a flair for film making and experience of sport outside broadcasts, fast turn-around programmes, live gallery skills and post production knowledge are essential. You’ll need to be bursting with creative ideas that reflect the wide audience the BBC needs to reach.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to conduct in-depth research, build relationships externally and internally, and contribute creatively to the post-production process. A keen interest in developing skills such as self-shooting and video editing and a strong understanding of what content works well on digital platforms is crucial.
You will have a genuine enthusiasm and interest in sport, the stories and personalities within it, and a good understanding of what captivates audiences. You will be an excellent communicator, able to collaborate with other teams within BBC Sport and beyond in order to deliver the best outcomes.
You'll be an excellent problem-solver, able to work around challenges and obstacles. You will also on occasion need to be available to work at weekends to support our events, programming and output.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC. Diversity matters at the BBC. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
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.
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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