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Digital Planning Coordinator
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JOB DETAILS
JOB TITLE: Planning Coordinator
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent - full time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios Digital - Digital Planning, Brands & Licensing
LOCATION: London TVC - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £26,000 - £29,000 plus London Weighting £5,441 added on top of the base salary, 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.
WE ARE BBC STUDIOS
A globally renowned media company born of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.
Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.
BBC Studios Digital don’t just reach audiences - we move them. As an award-winning department, we cultivate and amplify fandoms behind some of the world’s most iconic franchises, including Bluey, BBC Earth, Doctor Who, and Gen-Z comedy channel Funny Parts. We run over 90 channels generating 15 billion views each year, encouraging audiences to watch wherever and whenever they choose.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Join BBC Studios Digital as a Planning Coordinator, providing planning, analytical, presentation and coordination support to the Digital Planning team within Brands & Licensing. You'll help deliver annual and long-range planning, portfolio strategy, reporting and cross-functional initiatives for key brands such as Bluey and Top Gear, helping turning data, research and business context into clear strategic planning materials.
This junior/early-career role supports the Business Strategy & Planning function, which enables growth across the Digital Division by bringing together performance, market, audience and platform insight to inform clearer choices on portfolio priorities, commercial opportunity and editorial focus.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Build your career in a small, cross-functional planning team at the heart of BBC Studios Digital. You'll gain exposure to senior leaders and support projects across editorial, commercial and operations/transformational teams, while developing practical skills in research, Excel, PowerPoint, data interpretation and strategic planning.
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Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Coordinate annual planning, long-range planning and portfolio strategy activity, bringing together stakeholder inputs, tracking actions, milestones and deliverables, and supporting workshops and planning meetings.
- Create and maintain polished PowerPoint presentations, planning documents and executive-ready materials, turning data, research and business context into clear strategic narratives for leadership, planning reviews and go-to-market activity.
- Conduct desk research on market, platform and competitor developments, summarising relevant insights and implications for the Digital Division.
- Consolidate data from multiple sources and use Excel to support revenue and performance reporting, prepare summaries and simple analysis, and maintain accurate planning and reporting information.
- Act as a key point of coordination across editorial, commercial and other teams, building strong relationships with stakeholders at different levels and helping improve planning processes, templates and ways of working.
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- PowerPoint skills, with the ability to create clear, polished presentations that communicate data, plans and strategy effectively.
- Excel skills and confidence working with data, including the ability to organise, manipulate, interpret and present information clearly.
- Experience or demonstrable interest in digital media, content, entertainment, platforms or other consumer-facing businesses.
- Experience supporting business planning, strategy, project coordination or operational activity, including through employment, internships, placements or relevant university/project work.
- Experience producing reports, presentations or business documentation and turning quantitative and qualitative information into concise summaries.
Desired But Not Required
- Curiosity about the business and strategy side of digital media, entertainment, platforms and audience behaviour, with confidence in carrying out research and competitor reviews.
- Excellent organisation, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities; proactive, comfortable using initiative and able to solve problems independently.
- Familiarity with portfolio planning, go-to-market planning, commercial strategy or digital product/platform strategy.
- Usage of digital tools to support research, analysis or presentation development.
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NEXT STEPS
We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest, we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.
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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.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
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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.
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