Operations Executive - Visual (Editing & Post Production)
Media Operations
Permanent - Full Time
London, GB, W1A 1AA
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 02/02/2025
THE ROLE
Package Description
Job Reference: 020274
Salary Range: £55,000 – £70,000 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Band: E
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.
• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
Job Introduction
BBC Media Operations is at the heart of delivering incredible content across all our platforms for all audiences. Comprising around nine hundred people, it manages the craft and production operations for the BBC’s news, radio, and some sport services across London, Salford, Birmingham with teams across the main UK sites. Our team captures, edits, and produces output 24/7 for TV, radio, and digital platforms. As the Editing & Post Production, Operations Executive you will be responsible for the design and delivery of all Media Operations edit strategies across a wide range of content.
You will oversee all editing staff and activity in the Visual group, including News, Postproduction, Digital and World Service – delivering long-form programmes and content to platforms such as iPlayer, the main BBC bulletins, Social feeds and re-versioning.
This role involves close communication and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.
Main Responsibilities
* Serve as a highly visible and trusted leader, focusing on effective management and enhancing staff engagement.
* Oversee the department’s operational staff, managing performance, training, and development.
* Collaborate with production partners to ensure the delivery of high-quality content.
* Align with divisional and departmental objectives to formulate viable and strategic business plans.
* Build and maintain relationships with recognized trade unions to ensure a cooperative and constructive industrial relations climate.
* Effectively manage and control the team budget.
* Stay abreast of industry developments and new technology. Share knowledge and experiences with colleagues, and proactively seek out, recommend, and adopt more effective techniques, ways of working, and best practices to drive efficiencies and deliver value for money.
Are you the right candidate?
We are looking for an Operations Executive who can lead with flair and motivate our teams to achieve their best. You should bring innovative ideas to the table and foster a creative working environment.
* Content or Operational Team leadership experience desired
* Empowering team leader who can coach and develop others to perform at their best
* Inspiring and persuasive communicator with teams and stakeholders
* Proactive problem solver who takes accountability for resolving issues
* Collaborative approach and able to build positive relationships and achieve collective outcomes
* Experience with the implementation of emerging technology and workflows desired
* Creative strategist who will shape the design and delivery of BBC’s picture editing vision.
About the BBC
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.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
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. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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.
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