Head of Digital - Network

Job Description This job is with BBC, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
ABOUT BBC STUDIOS BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.
The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.
From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content.

ABOUT DIVISION About Brands and Licensing
The BBC Studios Brands & Licensing division is the driving force in extending BBC Studios IP through innovative brand extensions, fostering deep fan engagement worldwide.
Partnering our iconic brands - including Doctor Who and Bluey - with the world's biggest brands, promoters, and publishers, ignites the imagination of fans and creates memorable brand-fame moments.
Our diverse portfolio spans consumer products, live entertainment, gaming, and publishing, while BBC Studios Digital Brands earned over 14 billion social video views in 2024, offering advertising and branded content opportunities.
Supported by award-winning teams, we focus on finding visionary opportunities to enhance global brand impact and digital growth.

Through BBC Studios Brands & Licensing, global audiences have collectively spent a monthly average of:
-4.75m hours listening to our music
-1.5m hours reading our books and magazines
-29.3m hours playing with our toys and figures
-Over 48.8m hours engaging with our social media (Bluey hit over 2 billion global views across BBC Studios social portfolio last year, reaching every age, not just pre-school)
-And have spent over 2.5m hours attending BBC Studios Live Events in 2023.
This role sits within the BBC Studios Digital Brands division, who curate, commission and commercialise social first content to cultivate and amplify the fandoms behind some of the world's most iconic franchises, including Bluey, BBC Earth, Doctor Who and Top Gear. Twice named Lovie Awards' European Publisher of the Year, and with two diamond YouTube Creator Awards, the division creates and publishes premium, inclusive content that resonates deeply with audiences, reaching a massive global audience of over 350 million people across 20+ countries. Digital Brands helps partners unlock dynamic opportunities in advertising, sponsorship, influencer and branded content, ensuring their brands can connect with fandoms in meaningful and impactful ways.
THE ROLE The Head of Digital, Network is responsible for building a new team within the Digital Brands division. This new team will develop and grow a new BBC Studio social video network that utilises the depth and breadth of BBCS IP and Archive. This new team will primarily focus on scaling our digital video business - enhancing content discovery and relevancy and create a portfolio that is fit for the future.
This new role will be leading the publishing and content operations strategy across our extensive portfolio of digital brands - heading up a high performing team that executes large scale content publishing to maximise digital revenue while maintaining brand integrity and audience engagement. This role line manages the Senior Digital Video Manager, and the Network team is a core team of 10 (plus co-ordinator pool).
Reporting into the Group Digital Director, this role will work alongside and partner with the Head of Fandom and their team. The Fandom team is responsible for building a curated portfolio of brands that are rooted in "fandoms" that are complementary to the "communities" that the Network team manage. The Fandom brands are designed to operate across multiple business lines and across multiple digital platforms.
This is a strategic, high impact leadership role, owning annual and quarterly volume plans that align with revenue targets and business growth objectives. You will work cross functionally with key stakeholders, including the Traffic Manager, Content Team, Operations leads, Compliance and Archive Team and Director of Planning, to ensure seamless execution of publishing plans and long-term success.
You will play a pivotal role in growing social video revenues, ensuring that publishing operations remain flexible, scalable, and aligned with growth objectives, while meeting ambitious content output targets.
Key Responsibilities Strategic planning and volume management
Own and drive annual and quarterly volume plans to meet revenue and performance targets
Monitor performance across all channels daily, working with Senior Manager and Managers on constant tests and optimisations
Ensure regular communication with Group Digital Director on performance, successes, learnings and mitigations
Ensure publishing strategies are scalable, efficient, and aligned with growth objectives
Work closely with the Director of Planning to ensure content volume plans support wider business goals, forward planning needs, and key KPIs
Work closely with the Traffic Manager and Video Team to ensure resource requirements are met
Adapt and refine plans as needed, ensuring flexibility to accommodate platform trends, audience shifts, and emerging opportunities
Leadership and team development
Manage and mentor the Senior Digital Video Manager, whilst providing support and guidance to the full Network team, ensuring their ability to deliver at pace and scale while maintaining quality
Oversee a team of Executives and Coordinators, fostering a culture of excellence, agility, and data-driven decision making
Lead resource planning and team structuring to ensure optimal efficiency and adaptability across brands
Stakeholder and cross team collaboration
Work in close partnership with Director of Planning, ensuring alignment between publishing execution and long term business strategies
Partner with the Traffic Manager to ensure seamless workflow execution and resource allocation
Partner with the operations team to improve processes, workflows, and tracking capabilities
Partner with the Archive Team on an effective briefing process to ensure content adheres to rights and licencing agreements
Work with compliance team to ensure workflows align with editorial and regulatory policies
Operational excellence and KPI ownership
Set and monitor publishing KPI's, ensuring all content meets performance benchmarks for engagement, monetization, and reach
Implement data-driven decision making by leveraging insights to refine publishing strategies and improve efficiency
Ensure accountability for adherence to critical workflows is in place
Platform and industry expertise
Stay ahead of platform changes, industry trends, and audience behaviours, ensuring content strategies evolve
Ensure the team is using best in class tools to optimise performance tracking
WHAT DOES IT TAKE? Key Criteria
Leadership: Proven experience of leading and developing high performing large scale content publishing teams with high volume content pipelines
Commercial digital expertise: Proven functional and technical expertise across all social video platforms with extensive experience in building and managing large scale monetised social video networks that are compliant with rights and editorial policies
Creative, strategic excellence: A deep passion for our content and audiences, with a strong track record of creating, communicating and delivering data driven social video strategies to optimise strategies and workflows, and facilitate substantial digital revenue growth
Analytical literacy: Exceptional analytical mindset and reporting skills to monitor and effectively communicate performance, implementing frequent optimisations and adjusting strategies as necessary, with experience using data to drive decision making and optimise publishing strategies and workflows
Stakeholder management: A clear communicator, able to establish effective and collaborative relations across BBC departments - particularly Planning, Content and Operations, and external stakeholders where required
Desirables
Deep understanding of social video platforms and audience engagement strategies
Deep understanding of archive reuse, rights, compliance and editorial policies
Experience in strategic planning, KPI setting, and managing high volume content pipelines
Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance agility with long term strategic thinking
Experience in managing multiple projects and priorities
Ability to collaborate with senior stakeholders
LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.
The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.
BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on #####.
We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.
The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.
BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on #####.
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION Job Reference: 23653
Contract: Perm
Band: E
Salary: Up to £63,681 + London Weighting (£5,319) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Bonus : 15%
Location: Office Base is London: This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working)
WHAT WILL YOU GAIN BY WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS We offer a competitive salary package
Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid
26 days holiday (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
Excellent career progression - access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation
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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