Executive personal assistant to creative director, producers and head of production - Coronation Street (12-month FTC)

Closing date: 6th November 2025

Salary: £36,000 to £39,000

Location: Manchester

Start date: We anticipate that the successful candidate will start in early January.

Step into a pivotal role at the heart of our creative engine!

As an executive personal assistant, you'll provide comprehensive support to our creative director, producers, and head of production, managing diaries, coordinating events for Coronation Street, and ensuring seamless operations. This is your chance to work on the world's longest continuing drama!

Responsibilities

As an executive personal assistant, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive administrative and secretarial support.

Key duties include:

• Managing diaries, cast meetings, overseeing new artist transitions, handling writer payments and hotel bookings, coordinating conferences and social events for Coronation Street, and entertaining clients.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Knowledge of the industry (at least 3 months experience in the TV industry).
• Excellent proven secretarial skills & high computer competence.
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage a complex workload.
• Demonstrate commitment, drive & enthusiasm.
• Excellent understanding of production processes.
• Able to quickly build a rapport with a diverse range of people.
• Flexible approach to workload & working hours.
• Experience organising corporate hospitality events.
• Experience working in an administrative role (raising POs, booking travel, managing diaries etc.)

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Excellent prioritising & planning skills.
• Confident and articulate communicator.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Maintaining tact, discretion and confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

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