Vice President, BBC Storyworks EMEA

BBC StoryWorks is the award-winning commercial brand studio within BBC Studios, responsible for developing, producing and delivering content-led commercial campaigns across our international digital and television news offer, as well as representing other BBC brands as required. This includes but is not limited to commercial brand films, digital creative, podcasts, written content, as well as the packaging of editorial sponsorships.

The VP BBC Storyworks EMEA is a pivotal role within StoryWorks, providing leadership to a substantial and talented team based in London and Dubai, working hand in hand with the EMEA Ad Sales division in delivering content-led revenue across the region. You will be responsible for the effective resourcing of the team, the development of its staff, and the overall spend, revenue and contribution targets of the unit as directed by the business. The team is responsible for orchestrating and overseeing the delivery of all aspects of the production of client campaigns from the initial briefing through production to the campaign itself.

The role operates in a highly matrixed environment, with multiple key stakeholders across Ad Sales and the other divisions of StoryWorks, as well as colleagues in editorial, legal, marketing and digital product. Ultimately this person is responsible for ensuring the most effective delivery of the content-led component of EMEA Ad Sales revenue, contributing significantly to the overall revenue and profit of the business.

We are looking for a thoughtful, effective, inclusive leader and manager who can uphold the BBC’s values to their fullest across a diverse and high-performing business unit.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from under represented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. We strive to be the best British content company in the world, attracting the best creative talents in the business, so that we can bring premium quality award-winning programmes, content and brands to the viewer no matter where they are.

The BBC Group has set out the first in a new series of bold steps to transform our programming and better represent the public we serve. We have the biggest financial investment to on-air inclusion in the industry, together with our existing commissioning budget, we are committed to throwing open our doors more widely than ever to diverse stories and diverse storytellers. Together with a diverse workforce we will accelerate the pace of change in increasing diversity and inclusion both on and off air

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please visit our website.

Band: E
Contract Type: Full time/ Continuing
Location: London TVC

Working Pattern: Hybrid Working (Home-based plus two/three days a week in the office)

We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us at resourcing@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject. We advertise all our roles on Evenbreak, the specialist job board for disabled candidates

• Flexible/agile working - opportunities across the business. We’re happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.
• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.