BBC Studios NHU is in the process of delivering a second ambitious Landmark plant-based series, Green Planet II, focussing on the remarkable relationships between plants and animals. We are seeking a highly creative Producer Director with proven experience in Blue Chip Natural History to shape and deliver visually stunning, behaviour rich, character led sequences that reveal extraordinary plant-animal relationships. The successful candidate will be responsible for the production and filming of the FOREST episode. The role is maternity cover for the busy filming period of the production, with some research and pre-production but predominantly location and/or studio filming.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• To be involved in shaping the narrative of the FOREST film with your team and setting up filming, always working closely to the editorial brief of the Series Producer and Exec Producer
• To work effectively to ensure all content is thoroughly researched, factually accurate and meets the BBC's editorial standards.
• To plan strategically to ensure editorial aspirations align with budgets and available resources.
• Oversee the health and safety of your team's shoots, often in highly specialized areas of filming.
• Knowledge of editorial guidelines and awareness of BBC and statutory policies and regulations relevant to programme making, familiarity with the BBC employment practices and policies such as diversity, equal opportunities, and health and safety guidelines.
• To have a duty of care to the animals and plants that you are filming, to the location where you are working and to the wider environment.
• To be responsible for delivering sequence rushes, shooting scripts with rushes logged, and with assembles where appropriate, ready for the offline edits of the FOREST programme.
• Oversee and manage associated digital content and other content required for publicity and promotion of the series.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA;

• Must have produced a major landmark behaviour-led film, ideally for a BBC commissioner.
• You will have a passion for, and knowledge of, the extraordinary and complex relationships between plants and animals.
• Have evidence of strong directorial skills, delivering visually stunning and narratively creative sequences with character-led stories with multiple story beats, turning scientific ideas and discoveries into accessible and interesting stories for the general public.
• An interest and experience in developing visual techniques and utilising the latest technology, including robotic arms and motion control techniques to reveal new insights into the natural world.
• Ability to work well in diverse teams, managing and sharing of information and knowledge with editorial and production management colleagues in your team as well as helping develop the careers of those in your team.
• Able to manage complex and remote shoots and be responsible for safety on location.
• The ability to react appropriately to client strategy/direction and to deliver to the changing requirements/brief of the commissioner.
• A track record in the successful management of budgets.
• Resilience and stamina to work under pressure.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA;
• Deep knowledge of botany/plant ecology and current natural history filming innovations.
• Experience delivering assets for digital/social and promotional campaigns.