Snr Journalist, News Social (Weekend)

Birmingham, GBR, B1 1AY
Glasgow, GBR, G511DA
Cardiff, GBR, CF10 1FT
Salford, GBR, M50 2QH

JOB DETAILS

Job Band: D

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Department: BBC News Social

Location: Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow or Salford

Proposed Salary Range: £42,000-£52,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

This role will require you to work Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday, and does include early or late shift working.

JOB PURPOSE

As Senior Journalist in the BBC News Social team, you'll help shape the future of news on social media.

We're on a mission to make BBC News the most trusted and used news brand on social media - reaching audiences globally, ensuring that our journalism reaches and resonates with the audiences who consume their news on social.

Central to this is publishing our journalism with speed, accuracy and authority. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping how BBC News appears on platforms like YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. You'll ensure our output is accurate, engaging and optimised for digital first consumption.

You'll work closely with teams in the BBC Newsroom covering some of the biggest stories of our time, from breaking news to global conflicts and deep investigations and bring their reporting to life in ways that connect with digital-first audiences.

This is your chance to help shape how BBC News shows up on social: bold, fast, creative, distinctive, and relentlessly audience first.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC News is supercharging our social and off platform strategy, with a clear mission to meet audiences where they are; particularly those who don't have a regular connection with the BBC or News. You'll join at a pivotal moment, shaping how BBC News looks, sounds and behaves on social platforms; championing innovation and strengthening trust. We have huge ambition to broaden and grow our activity on social in the pursuit of truth with no agenda, delivering high quality news to educate and inform audiences.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & IMPACT

• Oversee high-quality weekend social publishing across BBC News platforms, ensuring all content meets editorial standards and delivers impact during major news moments
• Edit, sub and optimise scripts, headlines, copy, thumbnails and visual treatments to maximise accuracy, clarity and platform specific performance
• Collaborate with correspondents and reporters to develop innovative social first treatments of BBC journalism informed by audience insight, data and social listening
• Produce, shape and edit world class social video and visual news content
• Coordinate daily social workflows, supporting colleagues and maintaining fast, accurate publishing during breaking news situations
• Contribute to editorial planning by identifying opportunities for distinctive coverage across UK, political and international news stories
• Play a central role in our weekend coverage, balancing speed, accuracy and editorial judgement to maintain audience trust in fast moving situations

YOUR KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Proven ability to create, write, sub and publish news across major social platforms in all formats, with a strong eye for accuracy, tone and platform nuance
• Strong editorial judgement and experience covering breaking news at national or international level, with confidence making real time editorial decisions
• Collaborative and calm under pressure, able to work across teams, maintain high standards and provide constructive feedback
• Proficient in tools like Final Cut Pro and Photoshop, with experience overseeing the full production cycle of social or digital video news content
• Deep understanding of social audience behaviour, including content discovery, moderation and sharing, and the ability to turn insight into recommendations and new ideas
• Comfortable using analytics tools to interpret performance data, identify patterns and inform both daily decisions and longer term strategy
• Keen understanding of news consumption trends on social media platforms

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Find out more about the BBC

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

Candidate pack

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Diversity, inclusion & belonging strategy

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:

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