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Job Introduction

The UK’s flagship morning news show, the BBC Today Programme, is growing its digital team. We’re looking for an experienced digital journalist to lead our online and social strategy. You’ll be responsible for growing one of the biggest news brands in the UK and introducing it to new audiences.

Main Responsibilities

As a Senior Digital Journalist working with the Today programme you will be:

• Making, editing and posting video content across a range of social media platforms under very tight time pressure
• Writing and editing online copy in a fast-paced news environment
• Exercising strong editorial judgement to spot news lines from Today output, meet tight deadlines and maintain the highest editorial standards
• Producing a wide range of creative ideas to engage audiences across different social media platforms and a strategy to grow our presence digitally
• Working closely with the senior leaders and presenters on Today, as well as developing strong relationships across BBC News and Radio 4

Are you the right candidate?

You will have:

• Extremely strong editorial judgement, as well as a very high standard of writing ability and production skills
• Expertise in shooting and video editing, including experience working in Premiere Pro
• Experience editing online news copy for a national news organisation
• A strong track record of growing a news brand on social media, including in-depth understanding of social analytics and experience at developing a long-term strategy to reach target audiences
• An eye for stories and formats that perform well on different platforms
• An ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment and be able to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced newsroom

About the BBC

Reinventing the BBC for the next Generation

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's 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 that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production 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, sexuality, social background, religion and/or belief. And we promote flexible working opportunities where operational needs allow.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here

Package Description

Band: D

Contract: FTC/Attachment (12 months)

Base: London New Broadcasting House

Job share and part-time applications are welcome for this role. Please include detail of the proposed arrangement in your application.

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to work in the UK