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- 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
Job introduction
We are currently seeking a Marketing Coordinator to join the BBC News Marketing team as maternity cover on a 12 month contract. The Marketing Coordinator will work both independently or closely with a Marketing Executive or Manager depending on the project.
Audiences are at heart of everything we do at the BBC and ensuring that this remains so is the role of our Chief Customer Officer Group (CCOG) teams.
The News and Current Affairs marketing team is responsible for BBC News and BBC Weather, programmes, channel and products. The role will support the wider team but with main responsibility supporting the BBC News channel which is the UK and international 24-hour news and information channel, broadcast in English in more than 200 countries and territories across the globe.
The BBC News marketing team works closely with News editorial and BBC Studios teams who run the commercial side of the business for global audiences but also provide support for the wider teams across TV, digital and social media.
Main responsibilities
- Work with the Marketing Executive on the day to day planning and delivery of outstanding marketing assets for the TV channel.
- Create campaign briefs to deliver against strategic objectives.
- Work to develop and deliver creative marketing campaigns alongside in-house and external creative partners.
- Establish great working relationships with the BBC News Media Planning and Presentation/Playout teams to ensure that content is scheduled effectively across the regional distribution streams.
- Support the marketing team to ensure campaigns are delivered on-time and on-budget.
- Your working relationships with key editorial stakeholders across BBC News & Current Affairs and commissioning editors at BBC Studios will be key to your success in supporting the wider output on BBC News channel.
- Develop working relationships with and manage stakeholders across the business throughout the development and execution of marketing campaigns.
- Ensure all marketing and communications is correctly complied (approved by correct stakeholders and in-line with BBC brand and editorial guidelines).
Are you the right candidate?
To be successful in this role, some previous marketing experience would be preferable, working across global markets gained within broadcast media or within an organisation with comparable levels of complexity to that of the BBC.
You will have a good understanding of a range of marketing techniques, ideally with background and knowledge of the TV production process.
A proven track record of assisting with creative campaigns for large brands, managing budgets and ensuring resources are used efficiently. You will be confident working with in house creative partners.
This is an exciting, fast moving environment, which requires an organised and proactive Marketing Coordinator. Attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure is important.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders and teams across the BBC as well as external agencies.
You will have a genuine passion for international news and current affairs and a desire for a varied and very fast moving role.
About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.
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