Publicist - EXTEND

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE:
Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios Communications

LOCATION:

London - Television Centre. Office base is flexible with regular travel to London required.
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE:
Circa £40,000 £ 5,441 London Weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010) , or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long‑term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.

This definition includes both apparent and non‑apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact

The BBC are fully committed to providing workplace adjustments to help eliminate barriers in the workface that disabled people face. To do this, we have our own dedicated BBC Access and Disability Service that provides assessments and support throughout employment with us. If you are successful in applying for this role and require workplace adjustments, we will work with you to get your adjustments in place.

If you’d like more information on BBC Extend, please visit the BBC Extend webpage. (EXTEND code: EX2324).

A globally renowned media company borne 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Publicist to join the Communications team in Productions. You’ll create and deliver ambitious consumer and trade publicity campaigns, including programme publicity, interactive content and issues management.
Reporting into the Genre Communications Managers, you’ll work across internationally recognised shows spanning audio, factual, drama, comedy entertainment and kids & family. You’ll bring strong television publicity experience, excellent contacts, confident stakeholder management and sound crisis‑comms judgement, with creativity at the heart of your work.

You’ll join a fast‑moving, supportive Communications team where enthusiasm, creativity and a can‑do attitude are genuinely valued. Working across iconic titles, you’ll collaborate with a wide range of media and see your ideas come to life on a global stage. You’ll grow quickly, build strong industry relationships, travel for key moments and thrive in a dynamic environment that rewards initiative, flexibility and confident decision‑making.

• Lead and take full responsibility for devising and implementing ambitious communications strategies; working across a number of genres in the productions communication team to deliver exceptional publicity campaigns.
• Generate innovative ways of increasing favourable media coverage and raising the profile of our shows, anticipating and managing issues with potentially negative impact; handling reactive issues as required.
• Write clear, concise media information for programming and associated online and interactive content.
• Collaborate and form good working relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders; establish and maintain a network of contacts with the media, national and regional newspapers and magazines, websites, TV, radio, and online outlets.
• Evaluate work, collecting and examining evidence to assess the impact of communications work, and distributing lessons to…