Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Using social listening tools to find the issues that matter most to local audiences and a nose for identifying which stories have the potential to translate to digital audiences
• Film and edit engaging high-impact content across multiple platforms
• You’ll be confident at pitching new ideas and creative treatments and be able to come up with a constant stream of original stories
• You’ll also be happy assisting other reporters in the newsroom on how to produce scripts and video edits for social media audiences
• Be able to work under pressure in a busy newsroom where you may be expected to rapidly turn around material without much notice

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrable experience identifying, sourcing, and developing stories through social media and social listening, with a strong understanding of local audience interests and platform trends.
• Strong knowledge of social media consumption habits and audience expectations across different platforms, with the ability to identify stories that will resonate and perform well.
• Experience using audience analytics and performance data to inform content decisions, measure impact, and continually improve output.
• Proven ability to film and edit compelling short-form video content using a range of equipment (including Mojo kits, Osmo cameras, or similar) and editing software such as Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, or equivalent.
• Experience working in a fast-paced news environment, collaborating effectively within a team to deliver high-quality content to tight deadlines, while maintaining a strong understanding of media law and BBC Editorial Guidelines.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.

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.