Job Band: D
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-time
Department: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Location: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London
Proposed Salary Range: £48,633 – £62,000 plus London Weighting of £5,441, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Overview
Our next Chief Producer will sit at the heart of the world class orchestra, shaping the future of the BBCSO as we move into our new purpose‑built studio at East Bank on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The role is a senior leadership position with responsibility for recording, broadcast and touring activity, working closely with the Director and Head of Artistic Planning to realise the orchestra’s artistic vision and build relationships with BBC teams, partners and international artists.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead all BBCSO recordings and broadcasts, including live events and international tours, for Radio 3 and other BBC platforms.
* Produce live events, both broadcast and non‑broadcast, with a key role in delivering BBC Proms performances.
* Oversee health & safety for all events, including risk assessments and safeguarding when working with children and young people.
* Manage studio and venue production, coordinating with Studio Managers, Outside Broadcast teams, and preparing technical schedules.
* Build and maintain relationships with Radio 3 teams, commissioners, and producers, contributing to programming and supporting initiatives like the New Generation Artist Scheme.
* Collaborate with conductors and artists, and help shape the orchestra’s artistic vision alongside the Director and Head of Artistic Planning.
Essential Criteria
* Radio production skills: Tonmeister/Producer skills and editing including excellent ears for intonation, phrasing & balance and high level orchestral broadcast and live event production experience including live & deferred, touring and studio concerts and broadcasts.
* Effective communication with conductors, artists and orchestral musicians including Chorus, sensitively, in studio and concert settings in high pressure situations; experience of managing large teams and complex, high pressure situations.
* Ability to resolve problems quickly, often with large and complex groups of people, with sensitivity, adaptability and resilience.
* Experience in artistic planning with deep knowledge of repertoire and experience working with artists and agents.
* Experience in creative thinking and innovation: awareness of global developments in audio and audience experience.
Desired But Not Required
* Experience in audio/visual innovation including spatial audio, visualisation, augmented & virtual reality.
* Experience and knowledge of stage work, opera and multimedia collaboration.
* Experience working in non‑classical & cross‑genre collaboration.
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.
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