Producer, BBC Radio 1 Mainstream (Salford)

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Package Description

Job Reference: 20187
Band: D
Salary: £39,800 - £45,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: 12 month attachment/fixed term contract to end 5th January 2026.
Location: MediaCityUK, Salford
Please note that in this role you will be expected to work early mornings and / or weekends.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• 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 and gym.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

Job Introduction

We are looking for a Producer who shares our love of radio to work on BBC Radio 1 in Salford. If you love music, popular culture and radio - then we are interested in hearing from you.
Working closely with other BBC stations you will look to connect the BBC with the next generation of young audiences and be the leading voice in young UK culture.

Main Responsibilities

This role is based in Salford. The successful candidate will primarily produce our Radio 1 output which airs 7 days a week. The successful candidate may also be scheduled to work across the wider pop portfolio, including pre-recorded and live titles on 6 Music and Radio 2.

Producers are responsible for creating music or speech content for live and pre-recorded programmes as well as events and outside broadcasts across the three networks. As a Producer, you're expected to collaborate with others to deliver creative ideas and shows to a brief set by Network.

• To be responsible for the development, planning and production of content on radio and a variety of digital platforms
• To make sound editorial decisions and offer advice, support and guidance to your production team, and know when to refer up to Senior Staff
• To interpret and deliver on creative briefs set by Senior Staff or Commissioners
• To effectively manage on-air presenting talent and talent relationships
• To be responsible for live broadcasts, events and outside broadcasts. This will require technical responsibility for a self-operating studio, operating portable recording equipment, excellent audio editing skills, and ensuring the sound quality is of a high standard
• To use a variety of other specialist production skills in a multi-skilled environment. This includes editing and updating website pages, photography, creating and posting social content, short-form filming, and video editing, producing sound packages and music mixing
• To be a creative self-starter with initiative, tenacity and the ability to see how your work fits in with the wider needs of the department
• To ensure all content produced by your whole team is of a first-class standard: thoroughly researched, accurate, and in keeping with audience needs and expectations
• To ensure that output produced by your whole team complies with BBC editorial, legal, technical, design and accessibility standards, and that BBC Health and Safety policy is observed
• To work effectively with other departments, suppliers and partners (internal and external), ensuring the BBC maintains excellent relationships throughout
• To direct and coordinate resources in a busy production environment
• To nurture and develop members of your production team

Are you the right candidate?

• The successful candidate will be an authority on youth culture and entertainment and demonstrate an understanding, passion and knowledge of a wide range of the music featured on BBC Radio 1.
• High-quality content production skills including live radio studio operation and audio editing is essential.
• You will be driven by creativity, with strong editorial instincts and the leadership skills to spearhead a team in delivering compelling, ambitious and distinctive content for diverse audiences across the UK.
• You should be able to demonstrate a track record of working effectively in a team, developing new and existing presenters as well as delivering high impact features.
• In addition to excellent creative skills, you will be a strong communicator, have excellent planning and organisational abilities and be able to prioritise activities to meet operational deadlines.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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.

We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.

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.