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JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Media Portfolio Team
LOCATION: Cardiff
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,100 – £34,367 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.
BBC EXTEND
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 extend@bbc.co.uk .
The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface 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 applyingfor 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. (EXTEND code: EX2324).
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Join our dynamic team as a Media Scheduler, where you'll play a key role in shaping how our content reaches and resonates with audiences. Reporting into the Media Portfolio Lead you'll be responsible for scheduling promotional media across our digital platforms, ensuring every opportunity is used to its fullest potential.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The media planning team is at the heart of audience engagement. We work closely with marketing and creative colleagues in Wales, and teams across the wider BBC, to deliver compelling, data-driven campaigns for BBC Cymru Wales programmes and content.
We thrive on collaboration, innovation, and precision. You’ll be part of a supportive environment that values creativity, analytical thinking, and continuous learning. With exciting campaigns and cross-platform projects, there’s always something new to get involved in—and plenty of opportunities to grow your career.
The media planning team sits within the wider Wales Marketing and Audiences (M&A) department, which is part of the Nations Division within the Chief Customer Operating Group.
The role is based in the Central Square office in Cardiff, with hybrid working (two days minimum in the office).
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
* Develop and implement digital campaign plans in collaboration with the Marketing and Creative colleagues
* Identify and execute cross-promotion and reactive opportunities to guide audiences across BBC services.
* Schedule and manage media across digital inventory.
* Stakeholder relationship management, via both verbal and written communication.
* Analyse audience data to inform scheduling decisions and optimise inventory usage.
* Monitor campaign performance and provide insights and analysis to relevant stakeholders.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
* STRONG EXPERIENCE OF MEDIA PLANNING
Knowledge and experience of media planning/scheduling within a broadcast, advertising, or media agency.
* STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Stakeholder management at varying levels - persuasion and influencing via good communication skills via both verbal and written communication
* DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING
Experience of analysing and interpreting data/spreadsheets - making decisions based on that and reporting effectively
* PLANNING AND ORGANISATION
Planning and organisational skills - attention to detail and able to adapt to changes in plans around deadlines and resourcing
* ANALYTICAL THINKING
Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically.
DESIRED
* Interest in and knowledge of broadcasting.
* An understanding and application of media research and marketing within a broadcast environment.
* Experience of developing new ways of working and processes.
* Can maintain effectiveness in the face of pressure, setbacks or when dealing with difficult situations.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Disclaimer
This job description 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.
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.
Information at a Glance
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.
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Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
Candidate pack
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk
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