Executive Producer Sport+

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: F

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Sport

LOCATION: Salford

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £85,000 – £100,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Do you want to help BBC Sport reach new audiences through compelling documentary and long read content? We are now seeking an Executive Producer to join BBC Sport. You will be the editorial lead for all evergreen storytelling content across video, audio and written platforms, ensuring delivery is on time and to the highest possible quality.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Our teams help make sure that every day our audiences are served with all the best content. It’s an exciting place to be! You’ll be joining a dynamic and collaborative environment where creativity and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of sport storytelling at the BBC.

Your Main Responsibilities And Impact

• Lead the Sport+ team and the Sport+ Leadership Group to ensure ideation and production is joined up across platforms, delivering against audience and platform strategies.
• Develop, drive and deliver the best ideas for successful evergreen content for BBC Sport across video, audio and written platforms.
• Ensure Sport+ works closely with Stories and Events leads to enable BBC Sport to be best in class at telling sport stories.
• Jointly accountable, with the Head of Production, for budget and resource allocation to maximise impact and ensure delivery within budget.
• Partner with Head of Production to manage referred risks across productions.
• Oversee use of talent and production staff, ensuring progression and diversity.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to improve workflows and resourcing.
• Work with CRBA and other stakeholders to secure sports rights and explore commercial growth.
• Set objectives for the Sport+ Content Editor and Senior Content Producer, ensuring clear communication of briefs.
• Foster a culture of collaboration across editorial, production management, tech and ops.
• Lead initiatives to improve workforce diversity, leadership quality and staff development.
• Drive audience-facing reviews and continuous improvement of output.
• Stay at the forefront of audience insight, industry trends and innovation opportunities.
  
  

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience of senior editorial leadership delivering top-level, high-profile sport content.
• Strong knowledge of how sport works and is consumed in the UK.
• Ability to oversee and deliver content adaptable across multiple platforms.
• A dynamic, forward-thinking, collaborative creative leader.
• A champion for team culture and development.
• Experience leading large teams through change.
• Strong understanding of the evolving media and production landscape, especially in sport.
  
  

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.

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.