Technical Producer, Longform Distribution Unit - London, United Kingdom - BBC

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Content- Permanent - Full Time- London, GB, W1A 1AA- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 28/05/2024
THE ROLE:
Job Introduction:

The BBC World Service is undergoing a significant strategic review.

It is becoming a digital first operation and WS Languages is being managed by two News Controllers - Output and Content.

This new structure seeks to refine the editorial purpose and USP of each of the 42 language services in target markets, ensuring that the BBC is known for distinctive and original content and that well-produced stories from all over the world are shared as widely as possible across the BBC.


The Producer, Technical and Distribution, will be part of a team ensuring our journalism has the highest impact across all BBC platforms and beyond, now that all of the investigative documentary units have come together under the Longform division.

The role is critical in managing the content - from ingest all the way to output - of over 40 high impact investigative documentaries a year.


Main Responsibilities:


  • Managing high volumes of media in a production environment
  • Responsible for transcoding rushes, managing server capacity and archiving content.
  • Responsible for managing the movement of rushes into multiple postproduction houses, as well as supporting the production management team across the entire postproduction process.
  • Helping to coordinate the production of news and social cuts, as well as supporting the reversioning of documentaries into multiple languages.
  • Managing the unit's camera and filming kits.
  • Deputising where appropriate for senior team members.
  • Keep up to date with emerging industry trends.
  • 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.
  • Extensive experience of managing servers for high volume data
  • A full understanding and experience of the postproduction process for documentaries
  • Awareness of working internationally, and experience in the logistics of transporting production kit internationally
  • Ideally experience of working on reversioning docs into multiple languages
  • Experience in managing camera kits and setting up workflows to manage them
  • An understanding of digital security and software analysis
  • A passion for and a great understanding of the area in which the role operates.
  • Highly developed planning and organising skills and a proven ability to work to tight deadlines.
  • Wide ranging knowledge of production processes
  • Able to communicate and contribute to the department strategy as required.

Package Description:

Job Reference: 14744


Band:
D


Salary:
£42,500 - £52,500 per annum + London Weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type:
Permanent role


Location:
Office Base is London

  • 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 inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
  • Benefits
  • We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35hour working week for worklife balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

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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