Job Introduction

Are you an experienced Assistant Producer? Passionate about Drama? Ready for the opportunity to progress your career? Then this is the role for you!

BBC Studios Drama Productions is renowned for bringing audiences together week after week. We are the creative powerhouse behind award-winning Drama such as EastEnders, Silent Witness, Father Brown and Sister Boniface to Casualty, River City, Pobol y Cwm and Anfamol. In addition to our iconic brands, we have an ambitious growth strategy with a slate of fresh and exciting new shows in development.

Here, we champion an inclusive culture aligned with our Pledge, fostering an environment where you can freely unleash your creativity, in the pursuit of bold content. Collaborating with some of the industry’s brightest talents, you’ll have the chance to leave your imprint on millions of viewers worldwide. What’s more? There’s plenty of opportunities for growing your career with us too, nurturing and developing talent is ingrained in our DNA – we’d love for you to be part of it.

EastEnders is the multi award winning soap broadcast four times a week on BBC ONE. It currently ranks as one of the most watched TV dramas in the UK tackling many controversial and taboo issues previously unseen on television in the UK. Through great writing and attention to detail the show manages to successfully balance gritty realism with high drama and entertainment to keep its millions of dedicated viewers coming back for more, on-screen and on-line, every week.

BBC EastEnders is looking for a social-savvy Assistant Producer to make visually impactful digital and social content and videos. You’ll use creative design film and video skills to produce fast-turnaround edits and short form video content.

Main Responsibilities

You’ll report to the Digital Producer.

This role is key to helping our content be the most impactful, creative and innovative it can be on social media, candidates will be required to shoot and edit video content for our social media, ensuring we make the correct impact with young audiences, with video output largely revolving around short form and ultra-short-form mediums.

You’ll need to live and breathe social media so knowing your memes and online references is just as important as knowing your way around the Adobe Creative suite (Photoshop and Premier are key tools).

You will be required to pitch your own ideas around stories and successfully tap into what our audience wants to consume, so a keen interest in Drama, especially EastEnders is beneficial.

The successful candidate will need to be able to work quickly and under pressure, often moving from idea generation to final design in the space of an hour or two, with a requirement on occasion to work within a team on the larger digital commissions, such as Albert Squared.

Working in social media means our Assistant Producer is constantly treading a fine line between informing and entertaining, so being required to recognise when to do both, while always maintaining our high editorial standards is essential for this role.

Are you the right candidate?

To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following;

• Experience of shooting and editing video content for social media

• Proven knowledge of using Adobe Creative Suite, Sony A6600 & Canon 5D

• An excellent knowledge of social media platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok

• Experience in creating video output largely revolving around short form and ultra-short-form mediums

• The ability to recognise when working in social media between informing and entertaining

• A keen interest and knowledge in Drama, especially EastEnders

This is not an entry level role, we're looking for candidates with experience within the area, please review the criteria for the role before applying.

Package Description

Contract: Continuing Contract

Band: C

Location: BBC Elstree

Salary: £29,000 - £33,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience

* Although this role will usually operate on “standard” Monday-Friday hours, occasional weekend or out-of-hours working may be required*

**This is a standard Studios Production contract and potentially can involve up to 55 hours per week **

Life at BBC Studios

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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.

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We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and we strongly encourage applications from disabled people . If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and declare that you are disabled, we will ensure to advance you to the next stage (minimum criteria above).

If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.