Assistant Editor, Streaming
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Posted on:
04-11-2025
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: London
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 52000 - 62800 plus London Weighting depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
This is a leadership role as a senior journalist in an innovative and exciting team. Youll oversee and assign resources be trusted to make editorial decisions and take on management and pastoral responsibilities. Part time and job-share applications are warmly encouraged.
Why Join the Team
Join the streaming team and be a key part of the future of news consumption. This is an exciting and talented team at the heart of the newsroom. Youll lead and guide them in delivering innovative and creative single story streams that run across BBC output. Youll also oversee the curation of those live streams and the latest news on the iPlayer homepage. Youll be part of the streaming management team and there will be opportunities to own significant editorial projects.
**Please note this is a senior journalism role not a craft video editing position.
Your Key Responsibilities and Impact
To be an operational and editorial leader delivering coverage of live and daily news
To assign resources to stories and work with colleagues and teams across the newsroom to collaborate on coverage
To be a leader and role model on team culture. To line manage colleagues and to give constructive feedback to help learning and progression
To be an ambassador for the streaming team across the BBC helping to educate and enthuse others
To be able to take on and deliver planned projects including coverage of special events and original journalism
Your Skills and Experience Key Criteria
Essential:
Experience overseeing output of live news with a proven track record of making the right decisions in high pressure environments.
Excellent editorial judgement with comprehensive knowledge of BBC editorial policy media law and regulatory requirements in the BVOD and SVOD space.
Understanding and experience of newsroom tooling systems and techniques to produce live video news particular a strong grasp of how data guides decision making and how curation can build habit and growth.
Demonstrable experience of leading engaging and motivating team members. A demonstrated commitment to a kind inclusive and feedback focussed culture.
A strong and deep understanding of audiences including you.
If you can bring some of these skills and experiences along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
Key Skills
- Proofreading
- Video Editing
- Fact check
- Taleo
- Copy Editing
- Digitization
- Journalism
- Market Research
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
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