Philip Watson

Experience

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  BT Exact Technologies

  Sept 2003 - Jul 2004

  Integration Engineer

  • Working on the testing of BT's mobile services such as BT Mobile Office and their range of SMS voting systems. • Working with the development team to ensure testing was carried out to a high standard• Responsible for the migration from the BT Genie platform to O2 as part of the test and integration team• Updating, maintaining and developing the Dutch and German O2 web sites

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  BBC

  Jul 2004 - now

  I make things happen on BBC iPlayer.From new day one box set drops, large archive republication to small programme shorts, I manage the process, liasing with all levels in all disciplines from channel heads, exec producers, compliance to programme makers, marketing and the teams managing the technology behind the scenes. If I don't know about it then it probably won't happen.Developing and managing the BBC’s archive box set commissioning and publication strategy. I have managed thousands of titles gaining hundreds of millions of viewers.Project managed the republication of the entire Doctor Who back catalogue - 1963-present day. Focussing on rights, delivery, reversioning, compliance, metadata, images, scheduling and curation.Launching 'The Whoniverse' on 1st November 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/m001rzf7https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/over-800-episodes-of-doctor-who-programming-will-be-coming-to-bbc-iplayerLiaising with a wide range of stakeholders including BBC channel controllers, commissioners, press, marketing and technology teams in order to create long term planning slates and publication processes.Manage a team of highly skilled digital content producers creating content rich web sites for independent productions, eg, The Traitors, The Apprentice, The Wheel, Saturday Kitchen.Responsible for BBC iPlayer off-schedule content as well as online programme page strategy and content.Created off schedule delivery management and content publishing process into BBC iPlayer. Working closely with production and technology partners to create a simpler, more streamlined method for publishing content. Working closely with the Head of Programming as well as Commissioners across the BBC to publish BBC iPlayer exclusive content. Advising teams across the entire BBC on best practice and methods for publishing content into BBC iPlayer – including BBC Sport, News, Children's and Music. Show less • Responsible for delivering the BBC’s most innovative online service to over 3 million users every week.• Product Owner of Radio 1 & 1Xtra homepages, a revolutionary live experience containing realtime song artwork, video streams, photography & incoming audience messages. Manage software roadmap & backlog with indie Kite.• Management of day-to-day running of the Radio 1 & 1Xtra websites, with direct editorial responsibility for all Radio1 & 1Xtra web output.• Over see the long term editorial road map for all Radio 1 & 1Xtra digital output.• Recruiting and managing a team of 5 Producers who consistently deliver high quality output. • Leading large scale online content for a wide range of Radio1 & 1Xtra strategic output including "Access All Areas" and Radio 1's Teen Awards.• Launching new blogs, podcasts, free downloads, votes and Radio1 & 1Xtra online brands. Produced the largest digital vote of 2013 with Zane Lowe's Hottest Record recording over 115K votes.• Building and maintaining strong relationships within 2 of the largest Radio stations in Europe.• Creating working processes and adapting to the ever changing broadcast environment.Understanding technology and trends within the Social Media world to keep Radio 1 & 1Xtra relevant and forward facing. • London team lead for digital coverage of Glastonbury 2014, responsible for over 90 people over a 3 day weekend. Making large scale editorial decisions as well as supporting the team and crisis management.• Launched BBC R1 Dance Radio - a live web based pop up Radio station showcasing the very best in Radio 1 Dance Music - August 2014, achieving over 26k live users.• Responsible for on demand video delivery & compliance for Glastonbury 2013, the BBC's biggest digital Glastonbury experience with approximately 10million viewers. Covering 6 live video streams and over 100 on demand assets.• 7 week attachment at Radio 2 and 6 Music to over see digital output while a new team lead was recruited. Show less • Producing interactive Red Button content for live music events such as Glastonbury, Radio 1's Big Weekend, BBC Electric Proms and Reading & Leeds. Including organising and running interactive TV galleries and teams, liaising with the onsite teams and dealing with all live issues should they occur. These services regular achieve millions of viewers. • Producing BBC live music sessions for Radio1, Radio 2 and 6 Music. Dealing with independent filming companies and setting a project briefs. • Handling budgets ranging from £1000 to £250000• Lead Producer for BBC A&Mi's Visualisation Trial. Liaising with Radio networks, 1, 4, 5Live and 6Music to produce visual data driven output against network radio programmes. This required managing a large team and liaising with many different partners as well as presenting to and receiving sign off from the BBC Trust.• Developing the future BBC Radio Visualisation strategy• Taking overall responsibility for the trial which involved, timely delivery, running the live transmissions and working within the substantial budget. Making sure all Health and Safety standards were adhered to.• Delivering visualised content within budget, on time and across various platforms including Red Button, Online and IPTV.• Sitting on pan BBC steering group working with management level staff, setting the high level BBC strategy for Short Form video clips across bbc.co.uk.• Commissioning, scoping and liaising with BBC FM&T to produce new, easier to use production tools for use in live A&Mi events.• Completed roll out of video ingestion and encoding tool to Audio and Music production. Liaising with all BBC Radio networks as well as development teams to ensure smooth rollout and that the tool met all needs. Creating a training programme allowing both face to face and online training.• Pushing forward new technologies such as IPTV Show less • Key member of a small team creating and delivering over 93% of BBC Red Button output.• Gathering and defining requirements from BBC divisions. Advising on the most appropriate features for use in their output. • Developing relationships within the team and across different divisions. Ensuring effective communication between the Service Delivery team, other internal divisions and external partners such as RedBee Media Ltd, Virgin Media and Sky.• Producing and maintaining reports on application, financial and audience statistics. Show less • Member of the Quality Assurance team responsible for testing BBC interactive applications and services.• Creating test scripts and plans for manual testing against Digital Satellite, Cable and Digital Terrestrial platforms.• Liaising closely with development, editorial and Broadcast Operations teams so as to ensure testing is accurate and documented correctly.• Using Scrum, XP and Test Driven Development on a regular basis.• Building and managing relationships with large external partners• Working as part of a large team using test driven development in a high profile, high budget project. • Working closely with developers and project management teams to deliver projects successfully. Show less

  • Editorial Manager, BBC iPlayer

    Jan 2015 - now

  • Senior Producer, Radio 1 & 1 Xtra

    Sept 2011 - Jan 2015

  • Interactive Platform Producer

    Apr 2008 - Sept 2011

  • Assistant Development Producer

    Oct 2006 - Apr 2008

  • Systems Tester

    Jul 2004 - Oct 2006