Commissioning Executive Animation

JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE:
Fixed-term Contract, Full-time / / Attachment, Full-time from 4 May - 2 October 2026.
DEPARTMENT: BBC Content, Content Commissioning

LOCATION:

Anywhere in the UK– Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £60,000 - £95,000 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.

The Commissioning & Acquisitions Team at BBC Children’s identifies and secures the widest range of top‑quality content from both the UK and internationally to satisfy the needs of our modern, sophisticated young audience. We reach our audience via a wide range of platforms including the CBeebies and CBBC channels, iPlayer, mobile and online, offering an enormous choice of programming such as animations like Hey Duggee and JoJo and Gran Gran to dramas like Biff & Chip and Olga da Polga.

Uniquely, we also feature a world‑class portfolio of children’s factual like Let’s Go For a Walk, Number blocks, Something Special and Andy’s Adventures and comedies like Justin’s House and Waffle The Wonder Dog, and stand‑out family event programming such as the CBeebies Specials, CBeebies Prom, Panto and Shakespeare.

This is an opportunity to join one of the best and most successful Children’s content departments in the world.

• To work closely with the Senior Head of Commissioning and the Commissioning Editor to identify, develop, commission and deliver top‑quality, original animated content from suppliers both in the UK and around the world.
• Ensure that the development of ideas meets the needs of our modern audience and that content is appropriate to its target age group and reflects the diverse nature and needs of our audiences.
• To be an ambassador for CBeebies and a touchpoint for the animation community within the rest of the UK and globally.
• Being responsible for giving feedback on designated current series in a timely manner whilst maintaining a respectful relationship with indies.
• Strong decision‑maker with the ability to articulate reasoning behind editorial choices.
• Good sense of the modern commercial, business and co‑production environment.

Essential Criteria:

• Excellent editorial and creative judgement with an established track record in Children’s commissioning or production (0‑6 years old) with a particular focus on animation.
• Thorough understanding of the audience and wider competitive kids’ landscape and current trends.
• Good production knowledge with a proven record of successful programme making across a variety of animation styles and genres.
• Experience of a production pipeline from development through to delivery.
• Experience of working with complex co‑production partnerships and financing deal structure.
• Sound editorial judgment and knowledge of editorial policy and fair trading issues.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

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…