Costume runner (Casualty)

Closing date: 26th January 2025

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term - Full Time

Salary: £27,000 - £29,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Location: Office Base is Roath Lock Studios, Cardiff Bay CF104GA 

Support the artistry behind the scenes and ensure every costume tells its story in BBC’s award-winning drama, Casualty.

BBC Studios Drama Productions sits at the heart of the UK as our slate of award-winning soaps and dramas continue to bring audiences together week after week. 

We have a slate of award-winning productions based in the West Midlands including the new kid in town, Silent Witness, and our trio of fabulous cosy crime shows, Father Brown, Sister Boniface Mysteries, and Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators. Through these shows we plan to continue our commitment to investing in the region and championing local talent across all departments. 

At BBC Studios Drama Productions, we’re passionate about developing and nurturing a creative and diverse workforce. We pride ourselves on providing some of the most supportive, hands-on editorial and production training opportunities across the whole of the UK including the West Midlands.

About the role

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.

Reporting to the Series Costume Designer, the role of the Costume Runner is key to assisting every member of the team, from the regular artists costumes and their crossovers between episodes, to assisting the Costume Coordinators to enable the smooth running of the department.  

Responsibilities

• Your duties will range from assisting with the daily requests, to include lining up, dressing and documenting the supporting artists on the Episodes, to maintaining the truck kit, main artist and stockroom and ensure the department is always fully supplied and organised for production.  
• There is also a requirement to assist with upkeeping our costumes, to include the repairs, dry cleaning, washing, embroidering, ironing, and labelling. 
• Standardly the runner is attached to a filming episode giving opportunities work in both studio and location environments and with a variety of teams.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience within a Costume Department, from TV, Theatre or Film
• Excellent knowledge of IT equipment and software
• A good understanding of the principles, practices and roles for costume within television and film production
• An ability to do alterations and have good sewing skills 
• An understanding and ability to work efficiently to production continuity 
• Knowledge and passion for Drama, especially Casualty

Life at BBC Studios

Here, we champion an inclusive culture aligned with our Pledge, fostering an environment where you can freely unleash your creativity, in the pursuit of bold content. Collaborating with some of the industry’s brightest talents, you’ll have the chance to leave your imprint on millions of viewers worldwide. What’s more? There’s plenty of opportunities for growing your career with us too, nurturing and developing talent is ingrained in our DNA – we’d love for you to be part of it.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.

We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

Next steps

To be considered for this role you will need to be at least 18 years of age at the commencement of your employment.

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding. 

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.