Assistant Producer - Trainee Podcast Creator BBC Sounds Audio Lab

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.
Travel Expenses – Employees cover the cost of their travel to and from their home to the office. If travel is required to other locations as part of work requirements, the BBC will cover travel costs within the BBC expenses policy.

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Job Introduction

BBC Sounds Audio Lab is a podcast accelerator programme with one big ambition – to amplify next-generation audio creatives. We help to develop under-represented voices and turn fresh ideas into podcasts to better reflect all of the UK.

You will receive a full-time salary for 7 months from July 2025 to January 2026 as a trainee podcast creator, at an Assistant Producer level, plus receive a range of practical and professional development.

We are looking for individuals who:

Have a podcast idea that could be “the one” we all need to hear. Does it tell a story we haven’t heard before? Does it tell a story you’re personally attached to that you’re happy to be a part of? Will it entertain us or make us laugh out loud? Or can it change views and perceptions?
Would like to create their own podcast of 4-6 episodes, to be showcased on BBC Sounds
Are open to being managed, guided, and directed by an experienced production team who will help you craft a podcast series.

You will be contracted by the BBC and embedded with Audio Lab’s production partners for the duration of your contract. For 2025 our partners are two BBC teams and two independent production companies. They are:

BBC Audio Scotland and Northern Ireland - Glasgow or Belfast
Persephonica - Sheffield
BBC Audio North - Salford, Manchester
Reduced Listening - London

Individuals placed with independent production companies will have regular contact with the Audio Lab team and other BBC colleagues for activities including training, guidance, feedback and networking.