BBC
YouTube Channel Manager
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Job Details
Job Band: C
Contract Type: Full Time Attachment/Fixed Term Contract Until March 2027
Department: BBC Children’s & Education
Location: Salford – Hybrid
Proposed Salary Range: £32,000 - £37,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Please note this role will be mapped to our internal CPF title of Editorial Manager.
Purpose of The Role
Join the BBC Children’s & Education YouTube team as a YouTube Channel Manager helping to deliver creative excellence with a strategic vision. You’ll be managing multiple YouTube channels, taking ownership of key brands and formats that connect with UK youth audiences. You’ll understand how to produce first-class YouTube content, manage ongoing schedules, and be able to communicate results and analytics to stakeholders.
Why Join the Team
You’ll be joining a team of creatives where your ideas will be brought to life and your strategic vision nurtured. You’ll gain hands-on experience working across multiple brands and moments with a range of teams including commissioning, marketing, and digital. You can expect a creative, inclusive environment that values collaboration.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
- Plan ongoing strategic schedules of YouTube first content across multiple genre-led channels
- Work with internal teams to ensure content is authentic to the platform
- Produce creative briefs and edits of top-quality YouTube content that speak to our audience
- Use audience data and analytics to inform decision making and performance in line with KPIs
- Keep abreast of current trends and perform ongoing competitor analysis
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Essential Criteria
- Experience managing branded YouTube channels is key – you’ll have in-depth understanding of the platform, thumbnail strategies, and performance optimisation.
- An understanding of YouTube content for a youth audience
- Proficient editing skills using Adobe Suite (Photoshop and Premiere Pro)
- An understanding of YouTube analytics and how to use data to inform decision making
- The ability to work with wider teams to brief content, develop ideas, and feed back on performance to stakeholders
Desired But Not Required
- Experience working with TV productions
- Experience working across other digital platforms, such as TikTok and Instagram
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.
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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.
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