Post-Production Apprentice: Hands-On Tech & Broadcast Prep

BBC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BBC Academy training

Mentoring by industry professionals

Travel to locations across the UK

Job summary

BBC Extend offers an inclusive apprenticeship pathway across the UK, designed for non-graduates. You will learn on the job in post‑production, gain hands‑on experience with industry tools, and receive support from experienced mentors and BBC Academy training.

You’ll be based across the UK, with opportunities to work in studios, galleries, and on-location productions, contributing to content delivery for national audiences while developing technical and operational skills.

Qualifications

• We’re not focused on your qualifications; instead, we look for potential and offer you the opportunity to apply your transferable strengths and experience to work in different ways.
• If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply:
• Passionate about media content and the technical production side of how that content reaches the audience
• Can work calmly under pressure
• Fascinated by how things work
• Brilliant organisational skills and are great at problem‑solving
• Enthusiastic self‑starter, flexible and adaptable to out‑of‑hours working.

Responsibilities

• Support the editing and preparation of content for a range of BBC platforms and audiences
• Digitise, organise and manage media assets throughout the production workflow
• Deliver transmission files to playout providers, ensuring content is ready for broadcast and systems are maintained accurately
• Develop strong teamwork and communication skills while collaborating with colleagues across post‑production and wider BBC departments
• Gain hands‑on experience with industry‑standard tools, processes and technologies within a fast‑paced production environment.

Skills

Media content

Technical production

Calm under pressure

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Self-starter

Out-of-hours

Tools

BBC Academy

Job description

BBC Extend offers an inclusive apprenticeship pathway across the UK, designed for non-graduates. You will learn on the job in post‑production, gain hands‑on experience with industry tools, and receive support from experienced mentors and BBC Academy training.

You’ll be based across the UK, with opportunities to work in studios, galleries, and on-location productions, contributing to content delivery for national audiences while developing technical and operational skills.