Publicist (Part Time) - EXTEND

Package Description

Band: C

Contract type: Permanent, 3 days a week

Location: London based role with hybrid working

Salary: £37k - £42k inclusive of London Weighting (pro-rata'd to 3 days a week)

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 negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010) , or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact the BBC Extend team via the shared mailbox .

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workplace that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage .

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Job Purpose

We have a vacancy for a job-share Publicist within the Communications team, working on Factual content. This is a fantastic role for a creative and enthusiastic comms professional with a passion for TV. You’ll be working in the communications team that oversees press and publicity for world-class science, documentary, history, religion, factual entertainment and documentary content such as Destination X, Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams, Solar System, Walking with Dinosaurs, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland and many more.

Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities

As a Publicist in the Factual content team you will:

• Lead and take full responsibility for leading on high impact communications campaigns for a range of BBC Factual content.
• Generate innovative ways of increasing favourable media coverage and raising the profile of BBC content and talent.
• Anticipate and manage issues with a potentially negative impact and handle reactive issues as required.
• Write clear, concise and engaging media information for shows, including press releases, press packs and lines against enquiries.
• Manage relationships with high profile talent and real-life contributors, some of whom will be appearing on screen for the first time.
• Manage relationships with senior stakeholders, internally and externally, as well as talent and their reps.
• Maintain a network of contacts with the national and local media, across print, broadcast and online outlets.
• Co-ordinate and oversee interviews/press conferences/screenings/launches and briefings.
• Actively explore and identify new and interesting avenues for communicating effectively and imaginatively with audiences, wherever they are.
• Collaborate effectively with other BBC teams and work with external partners to deliver campaigns via non-traditional means

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

We are looking for someone who loves TV and has a passion for Factual content, with an established track record of working on and delivering high profile and impactful publicity campaigns.

You will have experience of being able to establish and maintain credible and effective working relationships with a wide range of high profile talent, agents, journalists, stakeholders, partners and editorial staff as well as first-class organisational and planning skills with experience managing multiple campaigns, organising and delivering events, crisis management and issue handling.

Excellent creativity and the ability to think differently with a hunger to constantly try new ideas and approaches is required as well as an understanding of digital communications and great ideas for how we can reach new audiences.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!