£32,000 • BBC Studios • London
Package Description
Job Reference: 23012
Band: B
Salary: Up to £32,000 plus £5319 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
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 Eastenders, 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.
THE ROLE
We’re looking for a passionate Communications Co-Ordinator to join our Global Brands & Licensing communications team! You'll support our efforts to enhance BBC Studios' reputation and raise awareness of our division. You'll work across incredible brands such as Bluey, Doctor Who, BBC Earth, and Hey Duggee in areas as diverse as merchandise, publishing, live entertainment, gaming, digital and interactive.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a central point of contact across UK, US, and APAC offices, coordinating sign-offs for releases.
- Manage team priorities, schedules, and updates.
- Handle and respond to media and stakeholder inquiries.
- Support communications colleagues in promoting BBC brands and consumer products.
- Contribute to communications materials and media monitoring.
- Manage central inboxes and oversee influencer marketing campaigns, including reporting.
- Compile monthly coverage reports and leadership communication updates.
- Maintain and distribute press kits, images, and key messaging documents to global stakeholders.
- Coordinate media requests and interviews with talent, executives, and key stakeholders.
- Assist in monitoring and responding to potential PR crises.
- Work with digital teams to align PR efforts with social media strategies.
- Maintain and update a database of key journalists, media contacts, and influencers across regions.
- Ensure key press materials are adapted for different markets and languages.
- Assist in managing PR campaign budgets and tracking expenses.
- Assist in planning and organising press launches, conferences, and events.
- Coordinate team activities, including learning sessions, meetings, guest speakers, and social events.
- Handle administrative tasks such as travel bookings, invoicing, and preparing communication and publicity assets.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
Essential Criteria
- Ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills, both face-to-face and on the phone.
- Computer literate with strong office skills.
- Quick learner with adaptability to different systems such as monday.com.
- Organised with good attention to detail and tenacity!
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in a communications environment.
- Experience writing communications materials.
- Good knowledge of media channels (print, broadcast, online).
- Interest in influencer marketing
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, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. 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.
We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.
WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS?
- We offer a competitive salary package
- Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
- 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
- Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid
- A defined contribution pension scheme with employer contributions up to 10%; and life assurance (at 4 times annual salary), eligibility for discounted dental, health care, gym and much more through salary sacrifice
- 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.