Social Media Journalist, Newspods

Salary: £27,300 - £43,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: 12 month Fixed term contract
Location: London Broadcasting House

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.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact bbchr@bbc.co.uk.
Job Introduction

We are offering one Social Media Journalist role to work in BBC News Long Form Audio, producing social media content for BBC News podcasts.

In the Long Form Audio department, we make radio programmes, podcasts and digital products, including More or Less, File on 4, The Bottom Line, The Coming Storm, Marianna in Conspiracyland and I’m Not A Monster. Within the department, the BBC News Podcast team also makes podcasts, including Newscast, Americast, Ukrainecast, The Global Story and The Today Podcast.

For this role, you will be required to work across all BBC News Podcasts. You may also be asked to work on Long Form Audio Programmes. This role will require some weekend work on a rota system.
Main Responsibilities

• Editing a social media platform - its look and feel, its editorial focus and its impact.
• Generating creative ideas, and encourage and support the development of other people’s ideas.
• Producing digital content.
• Working through editorial and legal issues.
• Developing the digital brand of the podcast or programme.
Are you the right Candidate?

• You will have experience producing social media content.
• You will have experience growing a digital audience.
• You will have experience working in a team to produce high quality creative content.
• You will have experience researching and booking relevant and engaging guests for BBC News content.
• You will have experience of working in news and current affairs.
• You will have copywriting experience.
• It is preferable that you will have experience using BBC systems such as Wolftech, Jupiter, and Open Media.
• You will be able to demonstrate insights into the social media and podcast market.
• You will need to demonstrate an understanding of the wider BBC objectives and thorough understanding of the BBC's Editorial Guidelines.