Creative Producer, Global Photography - EXTEND

BBC Studios; London; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Studios is seeking a Creative Producer to lead the creation of commercial imagery for various titles. This hybrid role involves collaboration with multiple stakeholders, ensuring that visual content meets regional marketing needs while maintaining rigorous safety and rights management standards.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating strong experience creating or editing impactful imagery.
• Experience with photography processes and image storage.
• Ability to manage numerous stakeholders within media or broadcast.

Responsibilities

• Creating impactful visuals to promote BBC Studios titles.
• Communicating visual requirements to ensure promotional needs are met.
• Managing production-supplied photography and ensuring rights management.

Skills

Photography

Image Manipulation

Project Management

Team Collaboration

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Bridge

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent

DEPARTMENT: Content Production

LOCATION: London Television Centre – Hybrid

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £37,000 - £40,000 plus £5,319 London Weighting, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

BBC EXTEND

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply, you should identify as deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent and meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010) or the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled 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 includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, such as Cancer, HIV, or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the application process accessible. If you need adjustments or have questions about our Extend programme, contact [e-mail].

The BBC provides workplace adjustments to eliminate barriers faced by disabled employees. We have a dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service for assessments and support throughout employment. If successful, we will work with you to implement necessary adjustments.

For more information on BBC Extend, visit the BBC Extend webpage (EXTEND code: EX2324).

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company born from the BBC. We create and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio, and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories worldwide.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This role is key to creating and delivering commercial imagery and artwork for BBC Studios distributed titles. Focusing on Artwork and Key Art, this middleweight role ensures regional business, marketing, production, and client needs are met across all platforms and media.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Join BBC Studios as a Creative Producer, Global Photography, and play a central role in shaping the visual identity of our celebrated content. Reporting to the Head of Photography, you’ll lead the creation and delivery of compelling imagery and key art across various titles, ensuring regional brand, marketing, and business needs are met with precision.

Working closely with Creative, Content, and Production teams, you’ll manage contractual photography requirements and address delivery challenges to ensure visuals are impactful, timely, and rights-cleared. This role involves collaboration with production companies and stakeholders across Global Brands, Marketing, Events, Communications, and Acquisitions. Your strategic input will align creative output with business goals, influencing how the world experiences BBC Studios.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Briefing, conceptualizing, and creating impactful visuals to promote BBC Studios invested titles and production units. Supporting the production of trade visuals, including event assets.
• Communicating and briefing internal, co-producer, and distribution stakeholders on visual requirements to ensure photography meets global promotional needs.
• Ensuring all production-supplied photography is fully cleared with appropriate documentation stored in program files and the DAM system.
• Managing visuals on the DAM system, including user training and support for internal and external clients.
• Handling visual requests from within and outside BBC Studios, with attention to rights management.
• Maintaining contact with regional businesses and customers to meet contractual obligations and foster successful relationships reflecting current photography needs.
• Complying with safety rules, procedures, and guidelines, and understanding responsibilities under the BBCSD safety policy.

Essential Criteria

Skills and Experience

• Portfolio demonstrating strong experience creating or editing impactful imagery.
• Knowledge of photography, technical shoot processes, and understanding of image manipulation, retouching, and storage.
• Experience handling multiple stakeholders within advertising, media, or broadcast industries.
• Ability to prioritize and manage a high volume of projects across diverse programs.
• Proactive team player capable of supporting the Creative department as needed.

Desired But Not Required

• Knowledge of photographic copyright laws and rights management.
• Understanding of BBC’s Editorial Guidelines relevant to publicity photography.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and supervisory skills.
• Proven experience with photo applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Bridge.

If you possess some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description outlines the essential characteristics and principal responsibilities of the role, including required skills, knowledge, and experience. It is not a complete account of all duties involved.

Please note: If offered this role, the BBC will conduct employment screening, including reference checks, eligibility to work, safeguarding, and social media checks as applicable. Offers are conditional on satisfactory checks.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the organization. Priority consideration will be given to employees at risk of redundancy, considered alongside other applicants.