Emily Hayter
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From Campus to TV Studio: Emily Hayter shares her journey from BSU to TV
Friday, 24 October, 2025Bath Spa University champions itself on preparing students for life after graduation, by providing industry standard teaching, through its lecturers, facilities, and modules. Look no further than Film, TV and Digital Production graduate Emily Hayter, who, since graduating from BSU in 2020, has worked various jobs within the TV industry, across numerous well-known shows such as Tipping Point and A League of Their Own.
Mainly working as an Assistant Floor Manager, whilst also dabbling in Artist Liaison and 3rd Assistant directing, Emily has built up 6 years of industry experience, including her final year of university. Becoming an Assistant Floor Manager was a dream that Emily developed during her time as a BSU student:
“It is a role I discovered at BSU and a role in which I got obsessed with and fell in love with and basically aimed to do throughout my time at BSU, all the way up to graduating.”
Explaining what exactly a Floor Manager does, Emily said
“They’re the eyes and ears of the director, but on the studio floor. You're primarily there to make sure everything runs to plan. That everyone is at the right place at the right time, whether that's crew, cast or talent.”
She continued:
“You're also there for health and safety. You're there to run rehearsals, run the show, just making sure all the action points are met. An assistant floor manager is basically the support for the floor manager, so you're the person bringing the talent to set when they need to be on set. You’re making sure they understand their movements. If you're doing a quiz show and you've got loads of contestants, you need to make sure the contestants are on set at the right time.”
Emily honed her craft throughout her time at BSU and developed the necessary skills to pursue floor management post-graduation. Through guest lecturers and being put in different scenarios within the studio of how to run various styles of television, from live shows to sitcoms, Emily gained industry standard teaching which set her up for success.
Graduating in 2020 meant that Emily had to finish off her degree mostly at home, but she explains how Covid-19 led to opportunities in the industry:
“Weirdly, the television world kind of boomed after COVID, and BSU got me some really good contacts into the industry through guest lecturers, and one contact in particular got me my first job.”
She continued:
“I did a module which was working in the industry where I had to go and accumulate hours, write up my experiences and what I learned, and I'd get marked on that.
It was valuable work experience, and it set my foundations for real world work post-graduation.
It started with a great contact coming into Bath Spa, I networked with them and then they got me on one of the shows they work on, and the work experience spiralled from there.”
This module allowed Emily to gain valuable experience and connect with current floor managers from within the industry, which ultimately led to her working on Sky One show ‘A League of Their Own’:
“The work experience I did in my final year was on A League of Their Own, and on Celebrity Juice as well. So those were my first jobs, and the contacts I met on those jobs then led on to other opportunities. I’ve just finished up working on A League of Their Own, and that came through my previous work experience with them.”
On advice she has for current students on getting into industry, Emily stressed that networking was vital:
“My biggest piece of advice to offer to current students would be to network! Any opportunity you get if you get any guest speakers come in, just network. If you find a show you enjoy watching and you want to work on it, find the name of the production coordinator or manager on the credits. Find them on LinkedIn, find them on talent manager.
I also think if you know the role you want to work in, when you do get a job on whatever format of television you get into, just get to know that person in that role on the job, talk to them, just be friendly, be helpful. Use your initiative. Just try and learn what you can whilst you've got the opportunities. Get to know the production team as well, because they're the ones that are going to ultimately employ you again.”
She continued:
“It’s also worth mentioning that social media is a big platform for getting jobs. There are a lot of pages on Facebook where people will upload jobs and offer CV advice - having a well laid out CV is very important!
Talent Manager is also a great way to find jobs, as well as LinkedIn. I would say, if there’s a show you like watching, find out the production company who make it and look at the careers board on their website. There are opportunities there, you just have to put in the hard work to find them!”
Emily is one of several success stories that have stemmed from attending and graduating from BSU. The industry standard lectures and modules help set up students for fruitful careers and provide unique opportunities to learn from experienced people from within the industry.
If you would like to find out more about the Film, TV, and Digital Production module then you can access the course information through our website.
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