Production Coordinator - Salford, United Kingdom - Fill My Vacancy

Fill My Vacancy
Fill My Vacancy
Verified Company
Salford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Job Introduction
They are a department within them.

There are approximately 700 staff in the overall radio production department and they produce more than 34,000 hours of programmes a year.

They are the biggest supplier of non-news factual and drama programmes to theirnetworks, principally Radio 4, Radio 3, the World Service, and their Sounds.

They are home to 55 of these staff and makes programmes which cover multi genres - including the consumer journalism of You and Yours, the Religious journalism of Sunday, faith programmes such as Daily Service, and Sunday Worship, Radio 3 Classical programmessuch as Afternoon Concert, Saturday Breakfast and Sound of Cinema, arts and culture output such as the Verb and the renowned poetry festival - Contains Strong Language


Role Responsibility


The Production Co-ordinator provides logístical and co-ordination support to the production team on one or more productions, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.


As a production co-ordinator you will:

  • Work in partnership with editorial colleagues to deliver outstanding, distinctive, multiplatform content by providing the ways to realise editorial ambitions within operational and financial constraints.
  • Professionally coordinate production(s) using specialist production management skills, knowledge and experience.
  • Play an active role in maintaining a professional panTheir production management community.
  • Drive continuous improvement throughout production.
  • Contribute to and maintain a creative and collaborative culture.


They're looking for enthusiastic and flexible individuals with a passion for their output with strong organisational and logístical skills as well as knowledge of radio production techniques, preferably with experience of working on both live and pre-recordedradio programmes.


Their small teams are extremely busy so you'll be used to working without supervision, relying on your initiative, and you will be a key team member of the team with the ability to collaborate with a diverse range of contributors and colleagues.

You'll beable to anticipate potential production issues and find creative solutions as well as simultaneously managing a range of projects with conflicting demands and tight deadlines.

The post will cover the whole range of PC duties and there is an expectation thatyou will work on a weekend rota for location and studio recordings/broadcasts, the role may also involve some early mornings/late evenings.

Experience of using their finance systems is desirable, but not essential.

  • Demonstrable experience of playing a coordinating role within a production team
  • Experience of delivering a range of/parts of productions on time and on budget and of coordinating deliverables for productions
  • Good working knowledge of endtoend multiplatform production with a level of technical awareness
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills able to schedule and prioritise people and activities to meet operational deadlines
  • Able to use and advise on production systems and adopt new technologies on productions
  • Knows how to identify and source suitable resources and negotiate deals within given parameters
  • Business and finance skills able to prepare, manage and/or monitor specific production resource plans and budgets
  • Knowledge of them and the wider industry

Package Description

Band:
B

Contract type: 1 x Continuing

  • Excellent career progression they offer great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
  • Unrivalled training and development opportunities their inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
  • Benefits
  • They 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, gymand much more.
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