Project Manager (AI Creative Lab)

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: 12 Month FTC / Attachment

DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios AI Creative Lab

LOCATION: London

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 48000 - 58000 (including London weighting). Salary dependent on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the worlds 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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The AI Creative Lab within BBC Studios Global Content is an initiative designed to supercharge AI innovation across our global content portfolio. Supporting Scripted Unscripted Global Productions Audio and Kids & Family the Lab will shape bespoke creative solutions while responsibly and adventurously embracing rapidly emerging technologies.

As Project Manager you will be responsible for driving and delivering a portfolio of AI/ML projects as well as owning and expanding capabilities of the central information management system built in Airtable.

A very confident user of Airtable Slack Teams Jira or Asana Miro or Mural as well as a good working knowledge of popular AI platforms and services you will ensure the team is working towards established goals and OKRs. You will manage deadlines keep Genre leads and production teams well informed and ensure projects and communication remains organised efficient and smoothly run.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an exciting opportunity to join BBC Studios at a time when cutting-edge technology meets worldclass storytelling. With the energy and ambition of a startup inside a global powerhouse the Lab offers the chance to work at the forefront of next-generation content production.

Working across some of the UKs most loved shows and brands you will lead projects which explore emerging tools and technology to keep BBC Studios Global Content at the forefront of innovation. A key representative of the AI Creative Lab you will help shape its growth and success by building trust with leaders and production teams. Your drive to push boundaries deliver beyond expectation and creatively solve problems will help us set the standard for responsible ambitious principled use of AI.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Build expand operate and maintain Airtable to build dashboards slides reports and project structures to keep teams aligned and streamline progress communication workflows
• Track and manage a portfolio of AI/ML projects ensuring clear goals ARCI and consistent reporting of progress towards multiple genres stakeholders and production teams
• Manage timelines resources and priorities setting deadlines tracking progress and ensuring projects are delivered efficiently on time and to agreed standards and policies
• Act as the central coordination point for the AI Creative Lab working with the Head to keep Genre leads producers and internal stakeholders informed through regular updates reports and demonstrations
• Facilitate collaboration across creative technical and production functions ensuring smooth communication via Airtable to Keynote/Powerpoint Teams Jira Miro and other tools
• Champion automation and responsible efficiency optimization supporting the exploration testing and integration of emerging AI technologies to enable efficient content creation and production

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Proven track record and experience of managing and delivering complex technology-centric projects or products using lean methodologies modern tools automation delivering on time and to budget.
• Strong proficient use of Airtable and experience of using the full range of functions for presentations dashboards and as a project management hub. Evidence of building reports dashboards and structured workflows and delivering to a wide range of stakeholders at all levels
• High level competency with presentation and communication tools primarily Keynote/PowerPoint spreadsheets (Excel/Sheets pivot tables PowerBI); Canva experience a bonus
• Proficiency with modern project product and communication tools such as Slack Teams Jira/Asana Miro/Mural and similar platforms
• Good working knowledge and experience of using common AI platforms including but not limited to ClaudeGemini ChatGPT CoPilot. Evidence of working in roles which are resultsdriven and require a proactive problem-solving approach to delivery with an obvious passion and interest for television and content production

If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply as soon as possible