BBC Studios is the most awarded Production Company and the Talent Team that supports the business from its London HQ. The Talent Team forms part of the BBC HR service and works collaboratively across all divisions for BBC Studios. They provide a top class search function within Factual Entertainment & Events, Entertainment & Music, Factual, Scripted and Distribution.

We are currently looking for a Talent Executive to cover the Factual Entertainment and Events division for 6 months from March/April 2020.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong knowledge of the broadcast TV, Factual Entertainment and Live Event content production freelance market. Working across output such as Top Gear, Dragon’s Den, Ceremonial Events and more; the ideal candidate will themselves have a background in content production for broadcast television and understand the needs for / have experience of sourcing off-screen freelance talent for productions on both a forward planned and fast-turnaround basis.

Working from our Television Centre offices, the selected candidate will be responsible for attracting and engaging the best editorial and production management talent with the right skillsets to work on our award winning productions for Factual Entertainment and Events.

Role Responsibility:
– Support the division or functional team by ensuring recruitment and HR guidelines and approvals processes are known and understood by all.
– Maintain a highly engaged pipeline of talent for the region / local market
– Establish and maintain meaningful relationships across management and key cross-functional stakeholders internally (e.g. HR, Reward and Diversity teams)
– Collaborate with others on the recruiting team on initiatives and/or projects as required
– To own the day-to-day relationships with all key client Stakeholders who interact with your area of specialism
– Find and engage unique freelance talent through creative sourcing techniques
– Managing the end to end hire from engagement through to offer stage

Are you the right candidate?
– A background in content production for broadcast television either to Producer level in editorial or Production Manager level in production management
– A minimum of 1 years’ experience at Talent Manager / Talent Executive level
– Prior experience sourcing candidates to work on factual entertainment / live event content
– Proven experience in full cycle recruiting at all levels for a non-scripted, production focused environment
– Demonstrable passion and knowledge of talent needs in production with extensive understanding of the local market
– An existing network / prior experience tracking off screen talent – this is critical to the role
– Experience negotiating rates and understanding budgetary requirements of productions
– Demonstrable ability to be detail-oriented, and have strong organisational skills
– Creative skills in being able to identify talent requirements from production briefs or Hiring Manager briefing

See link below for further details.