Assistant Editor, Newsletters

London - UK

Monthly Salary: £ 53000 - 65000

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: 12 Month - Fixed Term Full Time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Newsletters

LOCATION: London

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

We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative assistant editor to run a stable of daily news newsletters that showcase the best of the BBCs journalism in the UK and around the world. Its a job for someone with considerable experience in newsletters - equally comfortable with commissioning writing and editing news and feature copy as with curation of content data analysis and team management.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC News is committed to creating a more diverse inclusive and agile organisation that responds quickly to changing audience needs provides you with exceptional career opportunities and strengthens our position as a world-leading source of trusted and impartial news.

Our newsletter strategy is key to doing so. As assistant editor on the Newsletters team you will play a key role in innovative digital storytelling providing audiences with more original reporting and a rich perspective on current events.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITES AND IMPACT

Use your considerable experience in newsletter journalism to deliver a number of news-focused emails for a UK and global audience.
Manage a team of newsletter writers and work with editors across BBC News to ensure newsletters are published on deadline and to the highest standard.
Drive continuous innovation by experimenting with subjects and formats and finding creative ways to produce habit-forming journalism and features.
Build a close working relationships in News Marketing Product and Studios to maximise the reach and potential of our newsletters.
Provide expert insight into the competition audience needs and behaviours.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE KEY CRITERIA

Experience as an editor with a track record of commissioning and editing UK and international news and current affairs for newsletter and/or digital audiences.
Excellent writing and editing skills and experience of taking difficult editorial decisions quickly and independently.
Solid understanding of audiences and the newsletter market and a proven track record of using analytics to shape decisions.
Understanding of how newsletters can fit into the wider BBC output and a strategy on how we should use them to grow our newsletter audience.
Excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to inspire a team.

Required Experience:

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JOB DETAILS JOB BAND: ECONTRACT TYPE: 12 Month - Fixed Term Full TimeDEPARTMENT: BBC NewslettersLOCATION: LondonPROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 53000 - 65000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insig...