Contract type: 1 year fixed-term Contract, 5 days per week, start Monday 7th September 2026 depending on notice period

Department: BBC Studios Audio

Location: London - Television Centre (London W12) minimum 3 days per week depending on production commitments.  There is the opportunity to work remotely.

Proposed salary range: £40,200 - £69,000, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Online interviews will be held w/c 13th July 2026 with second round interviews in person w/c 20th July 2026.

Please note: candidates are requested not to use AI as part of writing tasks.

BBC Extend

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people.

To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

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 [email protected].

The BBC are 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.

If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage.

We are BBC Studios

BBC Studios is a globally renowned commercial media company fully owned by the BBC. We make and distribute some of the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, interesting and inspiring shows for people all around the world.

Details and purpose of the role

Are you a dynamic and driven producer of longform visual content? Do you make shows that sparkle with a mix of facts, fun and visual style? Do you make content that builds a relationship with audiences and keeps them coming back for more?  Are you excited by the creative opportunities afforded by the evolving world of longform audio-visual content? Then this is the position for you…

This is an opportunity to join the award-winning Factual team at BBC Studios Audio. We make podcasts and visualised content for the BBC (iPlayer, Sounds, BBC YouTube, Radio 4 and Radio 5), as well as producing a growing slate of programmes for commercial audio platforms.  We also make and monetise our own direct to market content. Our shows include You’re Dead to Me, Evil Genius, Evil Animals, A History of the USA in 100 Objects, Good Bad Billionaire, Desert Island Discs, In Our Time, Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett, Great Lives and Life Changing. 

You’ll be tasked with developing and producing new visualised podcasts for the BBC and commercial platforms as well as visualising existing audio content. 

This role involves working closely with the whole team at BBC Studios.  You’ll regularly collaborate with producers and execs in the wider Audio Unit (which includes Drama and Comedy and Ents). You’ll will also have the opportunity to work closely with TV colleagues in the wider BBC Studios Factual community.  

Please note that there is a similar role being advertised concurrently within the Comedy and Ents team at BBC Studios Audio.  Whilst there is a skills overlap between the two roles, you should apply for the role which feels most appropriate to your experience.

Why join the team

This is an opportunity to make a name for yourself as a creative force behind the next generation of hit podcasts and longform visual content. 

In this role you’ll work on shows from our existing slate as well as responding to internal and external commissioning briefs in the UK and abroad. You’ll also explore possibilities for co-funding podcast production with hosting talent and other production houses.

You’ll be able to build on your existing connections in the visual content industry, by developing and maintaining effective relationships with digital talent, contributors and creative teams.

You’ll have the opportunity to produce high quality content through delivering longform visual shows and podcast formats to various audiences, requiring excellent knowledge of the end-to-end visualized production process. 

You’ll have the opportunity to apply your knowledge of digital audience behaviors to shape content for platforms such as YouTube and emerging video channels. You will feed into the development of short form content related to your shows. 

Your key responsibilities and impact

• Lead the development and delivery of innovative and high-performing audio and audio-visual content for a range of BBC and third-party platforms and partners.
• Oversee studio and location recordings, managing audio and multi camera workflows to ensure strong sound, visual coherence and editorial integrity.
• Lead, motivate and support a multidisciplinary production team (audio, video, digital), within our wider production business, delivering a clear editorial vision in line with our over-arching strategy and contributing to an open, creative, safe, supportive and professional workplace culture.
• Understand and contribute to the creation of shortform content out of your long form content. 
• Work closely with hosts and contributors, managing those relationships and building a durable production model, to capture their best possible performances in both audio and video.
• Plan and manage production workflows, schedules and budgets in collaboration with Production Management.

Your skills and experience

Essential criteria

• Proven experience producing successful video content in a commercial environment. 
• A demonstrable passion for developing and innovating entertaining audio and video formats across factual genres.   
• Proven experience in building and maintaining effective relationships with hosting talent, contributors and creative teams.
• Experience overseeing multi camera studio or location shoots, or equivalent visual production workflows.
• An understanding of podcast commercial frameworks, including revenue, distribution, and platform models for both audio and video.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and collaborate with others. 

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. 

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC.

Life at the BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• A flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days.
• Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions).
• Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance and accident benefit.
• BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen. Find out more about BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets here.
• Career development in a values-led purpose-driven culture.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on a fixed term or orchestra contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our 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 at the BBC.

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: [email protected].  

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.

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 Contracts of Employment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]. 

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.

Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.