Senior Visual Journalist - Scotland - EXTEND 22989

Job Introduction

Extend: EX2324
Job Reference: 22989
Title: Senior Visual Journalist
Band: D
Salary:depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: 12 months FTC Full time
Location: The location of this role is flexible role permitting the successful applicant can be based at any one of the BBCs offices in Scotland.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities our inhouse Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits We offer a negotiable salary package a flexible 35hour working week for worklife balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days a defined pension scheme and discounted dental health care gym and much more.
  

Job Introduction

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act 2010 or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 if applying in Northern Ireland. Youre broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and longterm negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and nonapparent conditions and impairments and medical conditions such as Cancer HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.

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Are you an experienced journalist who is passionate about storytelling and wants to join BBC Scotlands news operation

As the nations leading news service on TV radio online and social media we deliver breaking and developing news and provide accessible analysis and explanation of events.

The audience is very firmly at the heart of what we do and our sophisticated content analytics will give you immediate reader feedback about the online stories you work on.

This will help you hone your journalism skills while developing a rich understanding of audience preferences and behaviours.

Your work will be seen by millions worldwide a wellcrafted visual and engaging article produced in Scotland will find an audience not only at home but in mainland Europe the US and beyond.

You will join a hardworking team of journalists from a variety of backgrounds and ages who together pride themselves on delivering the best content for our website and social media platforms.

Main Responsibilities

• A senior visual journalist will have the ability to translate complex ideas and sensitive topics into imaginative and compelling visual formats (eg graphics maps data journalism and other bespoke digital content) and will have a strong understanding of what makes visual design stand out from competitors.
• You will be working with designers and journalists to produce illustrations and animations using Adobe Creative tools such as Adobe After Effects Adobe Premiere Photoshop and Illustrator whilst maintaining professional journalistic standards of accuracy impartiality and fairness.
• You will produce ideas for datadriven stories and how they could be developed and visualised for multiple platforms while also using data and visual journalism programs including Flourish and inhouse BBC tools to create excellent content both editorially and technically.
• You will be committed to visual excellence and push innovative design while operating in a fastpaced news environment usually within tight deadlines. At the heart of this role is taking complex data and presenting it in a clear and easily understood format for our audiences.

Are you the right candidate

The successful candidate must have:

• Significant and evidenced experience of creating visual storytelling using a range of production techniques.
• Be someone who has a solid track record in breaking news; can handle the pressure of breaking news and be assured in delivering unrivalled content which is accurate speedy and impartial.
• A willingness to experiment and try different approaches and formats in digital storytelling to reach new and different audiences.
• The ability to work well with other journalists correspondents on air editors and teams across our newsrooms and the wider BBC Scotland.
• To carry out this senior role to the highest of standards you will need a strong knowledge of Scotland and its institutions.
• Ability to role model the BBCs values and be able to inspire and unite teams behind these values and behaviours within an inclusive newsroom culture.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individuals unique contribution enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC whether thats to contribute to our programming or our wide range of nonproduction roles. The more diverse our workforce the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age gender ethnicity disability sexual orientation gender identity socioeconomic background religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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