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Production Lead

BBC
Creative
Creative
£55,000/Year
Full-time
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Description

Location
London – Television Centre

Hours
Full-time, Permanent

Salary
Up to £55,000 per year plus £5,441 London Weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience

About the Role
Join a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary creative team delivering high-quality design, video and promotional content across a wide range of platforms and partners. As Production Lead, you'll drive creative operations, project delivery and resource planning, ensuring campaigns and content are delivered efficiently, on budget and to the highest standards. You will play a pivotal role in connecting creative teams, stakeholders and external partners to bring ideas to life.

This is an opportunity to shape how a talented creative team delivers outstanding work at scale. You will work across a diverse portfolio of projects, collaborating with internal stakeholders, creative specialists and external partners to drive innovation and operational excellence. With exposure to exciting campaigns, evolving technologies and creative talent, you will have the chance to make a visible impact while continuously developing your skills and expertise.

Your key responsibilities and impact:
- Lead resource planning and workflow management, ensuring creative capacity is aligned to business priorities and project demand.
- Manage end-to-end delivery of creative projects, overseeing timelines, budgets, approvals, asset delivery and risk management.
- Develop and embed efficient operational processes, tools and ways of working that enhance team performance and productivity.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders, vendors and agency partners to ensure smooth collaboration and successful project outcomes.
- Oversee financial, legal and compliance requirements, ensuring projects are delivered responsibly, accurately and within budget.

Requirements

Experience
Significant experience leading creative production, project management or traffic functions within a creative, marketing or media environment. Proven track record of delivering multiple concurrent creative projects across digital, social, video and design channels. Strong experience managing budgets, timelines, resources and stakeholders to deliver work on time and to a high standard. Strong understanding of creative production workflows, including design, video, post-production and digital content delivery.

About you
Excellent organisational, communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels. Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders, vendors and agency partners. Interest in emerging creative technologies, AI and automation tools that improve team efficiency is desirable.

Qualifications
Experience managing freelance talent, agencies and external suppliers is desirable but not required. Knowledge of procurement processes, purchase order management and financial reporting systems such as SAP is a plus. Experience in delivering digital rebrands or large-scale marketing campaigns, as well as understanding of copyright clearance, content rights management and compliance requirements, is advantageous. Transferable strengths and relevant skills are welcomed.

Expiry date: 16/10/2026
Production Lead
Company:
BBC
Salary:
£55,000/Year
Job Type:
Full-time
Location:
London - Television Centre