Presentation & Media Planner

Package Description

Job Reference: 22730

Band: C

Job Type: Fixed Term Contract (6 months)

Salary: £27,600 - £34,000 + London Weighting (£5,319) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location: Office Base is London, Television Centre. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.

About BBC Studios

BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.

We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.

The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.

From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.

About Our Presentation Team

The Presentation team is made up of 11 Presentation & Media Planners based in the UK, Netherlands, and Poland, centrally line-managed by an On Air Planning Manager. We work on channels transmitting in regions including the Nordics, Benelux, South Africa, Middle East, and CEE. We collaborate closely with a UK based Media Planning team and locally based Programming teams.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the On Air Planning Manager, the role is responsible for co-ordinating, managing and timing the relevant components of the presentation schedule, delivering fully transmittable TV schedules ensuring they are accurate for transmission.

Responsibilities

1. End-to-end responsibility for the presentation schedules, delivering highly accurate and fully transmittable playlists to the external Playout provider. Working within a portfolio of BBC branded TV channels broadcasting in territories including South Africa and the Middle East.
2. Support other members of the Presentation team to help prepare presentation schedules for their channels.
3. Liaise closely with the Programming Team to create the monthly schedule. Ensure programmes are scheduled according to their published transmission time, all relevant channel branding is scheduled, and promotional and commercial airtime is optimised.
4. Manage schedule amendments, including last-minute changes.
5. Responsible for accurate entry of all promotions and versions into a central database.
6. Ensure schedules are optimised for commercial minutage and liaise with external commercial sales houses.
7. Work with the Media Planning team to accurately deliver media plans containing promotions, continuity and on-screen graphics to maximise effectiveness of campaigns.
8. Liaise with all internal and external data & media suppliers, including commercial sales houses.
9. Occasionally provide out-of-hours cover for all linear channels.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

1. Previous presentation scheduling experience working on commercial channels using Phoenix 7 (formerly known as Zeus) scheduling system.
2. Awareness of the BBC portfolio of channel brands including BBC First, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Brit, CBeebies and BBC Earth.
3. Independent problem-solving skills, with the ability to undertake workload with minimal supervision.
4. Strong data management and attention to detail.
5. Strong organisational skills.

LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS

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.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS?

1. We offer a competitive salary package.
2. Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance.
3. 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days.
4. A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
5. Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

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.