Senior Journalist, Newsletters Senior Journalist, Newsletters
BBC Studios Distribution Limited, Scotland-wide
Senior Journalist, Newsletters Senior Journalist, Newsletters
£50300
BBC Studios Distribution Limited, Scotland-wide
- Full time
- Temporary
- Remote working
Posted today, 17 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 67e4b6b83f024f5c86d1b7961c5ed9c7
Full Job Description
- Write, edit, produce and send the newsletter for a global audience to a tight deadline
- Craft interesting, engaging and accurate subject lines
- Use your understanding of newsletters to pick the most interesting and engaging content to share with audiences twice-daily
- Use audience metrics and knowledge of the newsletter market to continually develop the email
- Build and maintain a close relationship with the digital team in North America and other BBC teams
Significant experience as a digital platforms journalist, preferably with a track record of commissioning and editing international news and current affairs for newsletter audiences - Confidence when working with correspondents and journalists in other parts of the world to deliver interesting and original takes on current events
- A good understanding of the BBC's structure and the content we produce, and ideas for how we make that content relevant to a North American newsletter audience
- Strong writing skills and experience of taking editorial decisions quickly and independently while under pressure to meet deadlines and a changing news agenda
- A rich appreciation of the newsletter market and a thorough understanding of audience metrics in this field
The BBC News website is one of the world's largest and most popular news sites. We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative senior journalist to play a key role in our global newsletters team in London, UK, and in our ambitious plans to grow our audience in North America. The senior journalist we are seeking will create engaging and informative content for a twice-daily newsletter showcasing the best in the BBC's original reporting, innovative digital storytelling and rich global perspective on both US and international news. This will need to be global in nature but appeal specifically to North American audiences. It's a job for someone equally comfortable with commissioning, writing and editing news and feature copy as with curation of content, and someone who is skilled at working quickly and independently. The job is based at BBC Broadcasting House, in London, and will be five days a week. It will require shift work., The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons 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. 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 here. 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, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
Salary: £39,800 - £50,300 plus London Weighting, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract type: Permanent Location: Office Base is London Broadcasting House. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working. We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage. Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.