Executive Producer, China Unit London, England
Job description
The new World Service China Unit will produce digital-first high-impact and high-quality content in both Mandarin and English about the global China story, serving not only the Chinese audience but also other WS languages and domestic output
Main Responsibilities- To be editorially, financially and managerially responsible for a range of productions and ouput.
- Innovating & evolving strategy for the department, anticipating audience needs & maintaining relevance on all existing and future platforms.
- Ensure all programmes/content are delivered on time and within budget, encouraging the highest possible creative standards throughout.
- Financial acumen and a strong sense of driving best value for the licence fee. Able to manage budgets, control costs and maximise value across all expenditure.
- A commitment to creating both diverse content and teams to reflect our audiences and ensuring best practice.
- To take a lead role in driving forward new projects and new ways of working, collaborating with other departments. To provide clear direction, editorial insight and quality control for both ongoing and newly commissioned projects.
- Working knowledge of Mandarin language, written and spoken, and excellent level of English - including writing and subbing skills
- Track record of commissioning, producing and delivering high-quality impactful content
- Understanding of audience metrics and how to use it to improve commissioning and delivery
- Able to demonstrate an innovative and creative way of looking at stories and how to bring them to life; able to harness team’s creativity
- Experience in developing and producing long-form investigative journalism
- Experience in working with digital storytelling including long-form videos and ability to demonstrate understanding of what makes a good podcast
- Outstanding knowledge of “the big China story” – News & Current Affairs in general and stories related to the impact of Chinese policies, investments and cultural influence
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 in the document attached below.
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.
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Package Description
Band: E
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London - New Broadcasting House
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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
