Job Introduction
We are looking to create a talent pool of Costume Coordinators for production, so do you have experience of working within a Costume Team? Are you passionate about Drama? Then being a part of our talent pool maybe the right step for you!
Multi award-winning drama series about the staff and patients at the Holby City Emergency Department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives whilst tackling many controversial and taboo issues. Through great writing and visual flair the show balances gritty realism with high drama to keep its millions of dedicated viewers coming back for more, on-screen and on-line, week in week out.
Becoming integral member of the Costume Department of a continuous drama is relentlessly challenging and diverse. Refining your ingenuity and problem solving to keep the show rolling. The fast paced and varied nature of Casualty nurtures development in all areas of the profession. Being a Medical Drama creates challenging stunts, current medical storylines and long running character development.
Role Responsibility
The Costume Coordinator will report to the Series Costume Designer.
Joining the Casualty Costume team, you will assist the Costume Supervisor, Designers and Standbys with creation, sourcing and maintaining costumes for Casualty.
The ability to research and assist with the costumes, order accessories, oversee fittings and support during the production process.
Continuity is vital in the costume department and you will be responsible for taking photos of cast members, ensuring that all notes and photos for regular artists are with updated within Series Designers continuity file.
Organising and monitoring are daily qualities required for this post to ensure that there is adequate supply and stock levels sourcing, costume hire houses, working with wholesalers to maintain the quantity of things required for the department.
In this role you will be monitoring that all costumes and stock are put back in their correct places from all dressing rooms, maintaining the costume truck to ensure it is always fully supplied and the maintenance of costumes by completing any alterations, dry cleaning, washing, ironing, repairs and labelling whilst making sure that the continuity book is always up to date.
The Costume Coordinator will be across all IT equipment for the department, which involves, but is not limited to iPads, computers plus breakdown software including DH Costume, and the creation of backing up and organising the cloud storage.
The coordinator role first port of call for all the Designers that join Casualty.
The Ideal Candidate
To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate the following -
- Professional experience within a Costume/Workroom Department in Television, Drama or Theatre
- An excellent understanding of the principles, practices and roles for costume within Drama, Television and Film or Theatre productions
- A proven ability to do alterations with adequate sewing skills
- Experience of dealing with IT queries and equipment
- Specific IT / Software knowledge, including DH Costume, Dropbox, Vuer, Notability & Good Notes, Trello, Apple iPads/iCloud and Microsoft laptops
- An ability of working independently, using your own judgement
- An ability to effectively manage and prioritise tasks to a deadline
- An ability to work efficiently to all continuity needs
- A full and clean driving licence
- Knowledge and passion for Drama
- Must have a positive attitude to problem solving
Meet our people
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We're people like Andy Fernandez
Andy, who brings a fresh look and approach to every project as a Senior Producer in Singapore.
"My career in TV production began in Bombay back in 1994 and five years later I moved to a cable and satellite television network in Singapore. I fell in love with the city and have been here ever since. I did spend a few months with a production house, but broadcast has always been my thing. Nine years ago I joined BBC Worldwide as a Producer and I haven't looked back, continually developing my broadcast skills and growing my career."
"What I really enjoy about my job is that I have both production and management responsibilities: I'm involved in producing promotional videos, mainly for On Air but also for Sales and Marketing, but I also guide and direct creative decisions and oversee the team's workflow. The opportunity to work with premium, quality-based programming on a daily basis is all the motivation you need, and I try to bring a fresh look and approach to every project – I really put my heart and soul into every job, staying positive even when things don't go so well. I also enjoy the working culture. There's mutual respect throughout the whole team and I'm always learning from others."
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We're people like Chris Cole
Chris, whose entrepreneurial talents enable him to brainstorm ideas and fight fires as Executive Vice President, Strategic Partnerships/Projects in New York.
"Before I joined BBC Worldwide, I spent 14 years as an executive producer and a year as part of the BBC's commissioning team. This involved working with both in-house and independent productions in the USA and UK, and delivering science and natural history projects across BBC channels. It's great to compliment and use that experience in the commercial world. My role has allowed me to develop my interests in factual entertainment, and with BBC Worldwide, you're guaranteed great content, a great brand and great people – all rolled up into one organisation."
"I'm responsible for developing and driving strategic business growth for our factual content in North America including sales, co-productions and front list SVOD. It's about being positive, creative and entrepreneurial, and there's a lot to my role from supporting my team to brainstorming ideas on how to get the best deal done. I talk to clients, solve problems, fight fires... and generally make stuff happen! If I were to pick one highlight from my three years here, it would be negotiating a new co-production output deal with the Public Broadcasting Service in America to support the BBC's pipeline of great factual content."
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We're people like Orlando Turner
Orlando, whose role as an AV Systems Engineer has allowed him to learn from the best talent in the industry.
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We're people like Ellie Pullan
Ellie, a Programming Executive on the Digital Children’s team, who helps to facilitate various teams' KPIs through supporting digital-first campaigns.
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We're people like Jay Jaxon
Jay, who's a problem-solver extraordinaire as Operations Director in Miami.
"Operations in Miami provides end-to-end support to our Latin America region. That means ensuring our content is secure and our people are safe, providing playout and distribution to our channels business, creating cost-efficient, sustainable and reliant workflows to the sales content team - and anything else the region needs. You can imagine how much of my day is spent solving problems; it really keeps me on my toes."
"I started in live events before moving into the music business as an audio engineer. I then moved into TV and the rest, as they say, is history. I've been witness to some fascinating changes as we've moved from tape to tapeless, from tapeless to file-based environments, from linear TV to non-linear and video on demand platforms."
"I decided to develop my career on the Operations side of the business and I've been at BBC Worldwide for two and a half years now. I've been fortunate to be able to build an incredible team around me, the people here really are first class. While I might have been around a bit I'm still learning, particularly on developing my leadership skills and technical knowledge."
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We're people like Rosie Thomas
Rosie, whose favourite part of her job as a Producer of Green Planet is the opportunity learn and travel.
