Publicist - Radio 2

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time.

DEPARTMENT: Communications, BBC Group Corporate Affairs.

LOCATION: Office base is London Broadcasting House - London. This is a hybrid role with office working 2-3 days a week

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: anticipated range £30,000 to £40,000pa (plus London Weighting £5,319pa), depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This is a rare opportunity to lead as a publicist within the Communications team, working on BBC Radio 2 within the Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 Music and Pop Music TV team. This is a fantastic role for an experienced, creative and enthusiastic comms professional with a passion for pop music, entertainment and radio. The successful candidate will promote a wide range of world-exclusive programming, including Radio 2 in the Park and 21st Century Folk, as well as a variety of outside broadcasts and special events.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This role contributes to the success of Radio 2, the UK’s biggest single radio station (13.1m weekly listeners), and home to the UK’s most loved presenters, including Scott Mills, Vernon Kay, Jeremy Vine, Trevor Nelson and Sara Cox.

The station targets at a 35+ audience, combines pop music and culture with specialist music, arts and current affairs, so the day job is varied and interesting – and no two days are the same. The candidate has the chance to work on impactful content whilst gaining invaluable experience.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

As a publicist in the content team you will:

• Lead on publicity campaigns across online, print, broadcast, social media and digital platforms to promote priority programming.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, programme makers, commissioners as well as presenters and their representatives to advise on publicity, plan events and announcements, and maximise positive coverage.
• Collaborate effectively with other BBC teams and work with external partners to deliver campaigns in non-traditional means.
• The publicist will be part of an out-of-hours on-call rota with colleagues.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

We are looking for someone who loves radio and pop music, with an established track record on working on and delivering high profile and impactful publicity campaigns.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

The candidate must have

• A proven track record in running creative publicity campaigns in the entertainment/music/media/ broadcast industry, securing online, print, broadcast and social media coverage.
• An accomplished writer, being able to tell a story succinctly, you will have experience in finding innovative ways to promote content to a broad audience, maximising opportunities and creating content on social media and online to build interest.
• Experience of identifying and effectively managing reputational issues and crisis comms, including providing sound communications advice to senior colleagues and using varied communications tools to defend and enhance reputation.
• An extensive network of contacts with national and local media, across print, broadcast and online outlets.
• A good understanding of the music and wider entertainment news agenda and cycle, particularly pop music, with experience of using that knowledge to quickly spot a potential story and identifying ways to generate coverage.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

Experience in radio production.

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Disclaimer

This is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.