Assistant Editor, BBC News Social

Birmingham - UK

Monthly Salary: £ 53000 - 65000

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-Time

DEPARTMENT: BBC News Social

LOCATION: Cardiff Salford Glasgow Birmingham

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 53000 - 65000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

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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.

JOB PURPOSE

As an Assistant Editor in BBC News Social team you will work alongside colleagues leading the charge to reach millions around the world every day with our trusted journalism across social media platforms.

Youll collaborate with colleagues across the BBC to deliver the very best social media content to help us connect with new and infrequent audiences.

As a highly experienced editorial leader youll be confident at everything from breaking news around the clock to commissioning and overseeing long-term planned content for specific target audiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC News is supercharging our social media activity with big ambitions and a clear goal to deliver more content to bigger audiences than ever before across platforms.

We run some of the largest and most influential social media news accounts in the world recording billions of views every year. But we want to drive even greater performance and improve how we serve our audiences off platform. To do this our social team is at the forefront of digital journalism constantly evolving to ensure the BBCs trusted reporting connects with audiences wherever they are.

Were working 24/7 365 in pursuit of truth with no agenda delivering high quality news to educate and inform audiences; particularly those who dont have a regular connection with the BBC or News.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

Youll lead a team of talented staff around the world daily curating commissioning and overseeing content for audiences on social.
Provide daily editorial direction ensuring the best of the BBCs journalism reaches audiences where they are.
Youll develop enhance and consistently apply best practice across our accounts.
Together with senior leaders youll constantly drive iterative development of our output on social media staying ahead in an ever-evolving environment.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

Excellent editorial judgement and experience of working with or in a team delivering always-on content for social audiences.
Youll have an ability to lead work unsupervised to tight deadlines with experience of taking editorial decisions quickly and independently.
A thorough appreciation of UK and global news priorities in a fast-paced breaking news environment.
Strong understanding of social media platforms from YouTube to TikTok Instagram and Facebook X to WhatsApp as well as emerging spaces.
A proven record of fostering an inclusive and purposeful team culture.
Deep knowledge of audience behaviours and trends in news consumption off-platform.

DESIRED CRITERIA

Social media strategy development particularly with global audiences and round-the-clock publishing strategies.
Ability to thrive in a matrixed organisation and lead across teams and time zones including establishing and refining workflows for cross-functional collaboration.
Youll be collaborative curious and ready to help reshape BBC News for the next generation.

This role is all about responding to news as it happens which will involve weekend and shift working.

Required Experience:

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JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: ECONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-TimeDEPARTMENT: BBC News SocialLOCATION: Cardiff Salford Glasgow BirminghamPROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 53000 - 65000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and exter...