BBC Vision makes senior appointments

BBC Vision has made two senior appointments to head up multi-platform and creative at its new Vision Studios.

Head of the arts studio and head of production innovation for factual & learning, Mark Harrison has been appointed as head of the multi-platform, innovation and development studio, and Richard Williams has been made creative director, multi-platform for the new studio.

The new multi-platform, innovation and development studio, one of 17 production studios in the BBC, will bring together creative multi-platform teams from drama, entertainment, comedy and factual for the first time into one centre of excellence for multi-platform content creation.

Harrison will be responsible for leading the new Studio and coordinating development, innovation and production modernisation across the entire Vision Studios group.

Williams will have responsibility for delivering multi-platform projects across all Vision Studios. Both will sit on the Vision Studios board.

Peter Salmon, chief creative officer, BBC Vision Studios, said: "The new multi-platform, innovation and development studio will be a powerhouse for the whole of Vision Studios, leading innovation in multi-platform content creation and driving the modernisation of our production processes.

"It will play an essential part in transforming our business so we can create the highest quality content for audiences in the digital age."