BBC Studios
Junior Creative
BBC StudiosAustralia4 hours ago
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ROLE: Junior Creative (12 month contract)

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios ANZ Brands & Licensing

LOCATION: North Sydney, Hybrid

WORKING RIGHTS: Candidates must have Australian full working rights.

About BBC Studios ANZ

Working for BBC Studios, we are all part of a premium content and production company that inspires global audiences. We are proud to represent some of the world's biggest, most trusted and loved content brands. In Australia and New Zealand, we bring the best of bold, British storytelling to our region through distributing content to broadcasters, our seven branded services on subscription platforms and our own local production arm, as well as other commercial partnerships such as live entertainment and licensing.

Our Values: Audiences. Creativity. Trust. Respect. Accountability. One BBC.

Purpose of the Role

To support the Senior Creative Manager in overseeing and assisting with management of the end to end creative approval process for licensed consumer products, brand partnerships and live events to be launched into the ANZ region as well as other assigned portfolio brands.

What Were Looking For

  • Creative Vision: Strong creative thinking and originality to help develop innovative concepts with our best in class partnerships.
  • Design Expertise: highly desired with a background in design—graphic design, concept art, or similar experience.
  • Genuine passion for Creative, with a strong enthusiasm to learn and acquire new skills, and work in a collaborative team environment as part of our high-performing team.
  • Critical eye for detail to assure brand integrity, quality design, product development and approval service for our consumer products licensing business
  • Understanding of the Bluey brand and its devoted fanbase is a plus!

Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities

  • Provide a quality design service to licensing partners, ensuring a high degree of design input, range planning and creative and commercial guidance to maximize the brand and commercial potential of the portfolio.
  • Collaborate with all relevant teams and stakeholders to ensure development is on brand and adheres to all product development and approval stages.
  • High attention to detail with the ability to manage and juggle higher levels of workload at peak times throughout the year.
  • As required, the role will also be responsible for product development on other assigned brands for other children’s and/or adult properties, ensuring creative excellence and integrity across all brands
  • The role will involve multiple stakeholder management responsibilities- streamlining approval processes and working with external parties as well as internal commercial and brand teams in Australia to get their approval and close collaboration on all products and designs.
  • Formally sign off on all Bluey product from a creative perspective to ensure it meets exacting standards, and offering a secondary creative opinion on other creative decisions as necessary (such as Point of Sale and Brand Marketing approvals) and well as coordinating sign off from Commercial and Brand teams.
  • Initiate and maintain MyMediabox PD and Digital Asset accounts for licensees, as well as manages skus in systems for royalty accounting purposes.
  • Support the Senior Creative Manager with the tracking of samples. Review, process, and organise pre-production and production sample quantities as required.
  • Assist the Senior Creative Manager with day-to-day administration tasks including, help in sourcing and commissioning additional bespoke assets from the Studio as required.
  • Alongside providing assets externally, this role will also manage the asset requirements of the internal team, such as assets for brand and marketing purposes.
  • Support Marketing, Licensing and Retail teams to pull together inspiration boards, competitor research, design concept mockups and product development plans for all presentation purposes. This will require a high degree of product innovation, visualization and trend
  • Ensure that all product follows the design requirements through adherence to the relevant Style Guides and that the necessary ethical and brand protection and mandatory requirements are featured on all product and packaging.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Adobe InDesign, Illustrator Photoshop and Acrobat. Microsoft Office, Mediabox-PA Preferable.
  • Experience having worked in a Junior Design, Junior Product Developer or Design Assistant role/position.
  • Awareness of key retail, product and design trends
  • Understanding of manufacturing process, print techniques and tooling
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Creative thinking
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Highly organized and detail oriented.
  • Ability to work independently, demonstrate self-motivation, and handle complex projects and deadlines. Aptitude for learning new systems and software.
  • Familiarity with the licensing and entertainment industry is also beneficial.
  • Art and/or design degree is desirable

This is a fantastic opportunity for a junior creative with a keen eye for detail, to learn, collaborate and develop their skillset across an amazing variety of licensing product and exciting projects. We invite you to apply for this exciting position at BBC Studios! Join our dynamic team and contribute to the success of BBCS' Australia and New Zealand licensed consumer products team, working with hit TV shows and well-established partners in the licensing/entertainment industry.

Perks And Benefits

  • 25 days of annual leave
  • 18 weeks paid parental leave
  • 2 days volunteer leave per year
  • Annual Flu Vaccinations
  • Annual Skin Checks
  • Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing resources
  • Access to Coaching programmes and LinkedIn Learning courses

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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.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

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