Robert Howells Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for project management and delivery of BBC internal mobile apps.
• Scrum manager for internal development of iOS apps, Windows Mobile apps, RESTful APIs and webapps for desktop users.
• Management of external development agencies, including drafting and negotiating contracts (side-by-side with BBC legal team) and agreeing budgets.
• Creation of specification documents for internal and external developers, bringing together and advising on the project specification requirements from the rest of the Mobile Delivery Team, including user stories and.
• Meeting with and managing stakeholders, both internal and external, for the BBC's suite of internal apps.
• Gathering user requirements for mobile apps and related web admin interfaces.

London, United Kingdom

• Creating and overseeing implementation of a digital strategy for BBC Radio Drama London including working to increase the social media presence of radio drama and readings
• Working with external partners, including major book publishers and charities, on complex projects such as the National Short Story Award
• Trialling and feeding back new ways of working on behalf of the department, such as Box, Huddle, Highlander, iPads, including meetings with external companies
• Training team members in groups and one-to-one sessions and being a point of contact for technical issues. Includes software training, studio recording and editing advice, photography and picture manipulation training.
• Shooting, editing and uploading video for BBC programme pages
• Recording (as studio manager) and technical post-production of radio programmes for broadcast and online

London, United Kingdom

• Taking responsibility for and coordinating the finances and logistics of radio readings and dramas, including the contracting and payment of contributors, all to tight, fixed schedules and for a range of stakeholders

London, United Kingdom

• Working with programme suppliers, the Head of Planning and Scheduling and Radio 4's Commissioning Editors to place programmes in the network's schedule

London, United Kingdom

• Overseeing delivery of programme audio and paperwork for Radio 4
• Managing a complex operational schedule to make sure the network ran to time and that programmes were of the required high quality