JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Media Portfolio Team
LOCATION: Cardiff
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,100 - £34,367 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.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Join our dynamic team as a Media Scheduler, where you'll play a key role in shaping how our content reaches and resonates with audiences. Reporting into the Media Portfolio Lead you'll be responsible for scheduling promotional media across our digital platforms, ensuring every opportunity is used to its fullest potential.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
The media planning team is at the heart of audience engagement. We work closely with marketing and creative colleagues in Wales, and teams across the wider BBC, to deliver compelling, data-driven campaigns for BBC Cymru Wales programmes and content.
We thrive on collaboration, innovation, and precision. You'll be part of a supportive environment that values creativity, analytical thinking, and continuous learning. With exciting campaigns and cross-platform projects, there's always something new to get involved in-and plenty of opportunities to grow your career.
The media planning team sits within the wider Wales Marketing and Audiences (M&A) department, which is part of the Nations Division within the Chief Customer Operating Group.
The role is based in the Central Square office in Cardiff, with hybrid working (two days minimum in the office).

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Develop and implement digital campaign plans in collaboration with the Marketing and Creative colleagues
Identify and execute cross-promotion and reactive opportunities to guide audiences across BBC services.
Schedule and manage media across digital inventory.
Stakeholder relationship management, via both verbal and written communication.
Analyse audience data to inform scheduling decisions and optimise inventory usage.
Monitor campaign performance and provide insights and analysis to relevant stakeholders.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

STRONG EXPERIENCE OF MEDIA PLANNING
Knowledge and experience of media planning/scheduling within a broadcast, advertising, or media agency.
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Stakeholder management at varying levels - persuasion and influencing via good communication skills via both verbal and written communication
DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING
Experience of analysing and interpreting data/spreadsheets - making decisions based on that and reporting effectively
PLANNING AND ORGANISATION
Planning and organisational skills - attention to detail and able to adapt to changes in plans around deadlines and resourcing
ANALYTICAL THINKING
Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically.

DESIRED

Interest in and knowledge of broadcasting.
An understanding and application of media research and marketing within a broadcast environment.
Experience of developing new ways of working and processes.
Can maintain effectiveness in the face of pressure, setbacks or when dealing with difficult situations.

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