Senior Journalist, Front Page Curation

Package Description

Job Reference: 13195

Band: D

Salary: £37,845 - £47,845 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: 12 month attachment/FTC

Location: Office Base is London, New Broadcasting House in Central London. You’ll be working on a shift basis including some nights and weekends.

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, gym and much more.

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Job Introduction

A senior journalist on the Digital Front Page Curation team will be responsible for curating and promoting digital content on the front page of the BBC News website and app. We are looking for ambitious and creative journalists with sound editorial judgement and news editing experience, who are equally as comfortable responding to breaking news as they are with devising a promotion offer for major planned news events. You should have a sharp eye for good headlines and pictures, a keen sense of audience needs in the digital space and an understanding of how search and social trends and audience data improve our journalism. In this role you will also be called upon to write, edit, sub and commission stories for our digital platforms, generate ideas for digital coverage and help set the daily agenda.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage the curation of BBC News front pages, other key indexes and apps
• Curate a dynamic news page for a daily audience of millions
• Swiftly implement curation plans around breaking news events
• Work with editors and stakeholders to identify daily promotion priorities
• Drive a broad and compelling mix of content across the day
• Ensure curation decisions are informed by audience data and research
• Use curation insights to inform newsroom discussions about commissioning and promotion
• Apply curation best practice and contribute to its evolution
• Write, edit and promote accurate, engaging and fast-paced content and push alerts for digital audiences

Are you the right candidate?

• Excellent editorial judgement with significant experience editing breaking news in text on digital platforms
• Demonstrable experience in digital curation in a fast-paced news environment
• The ability to sift news material at speed and craft sharp headlines, with attention to accuracy, context and tone
• Proven experience of using audience data and research, as well as social media and search insights to inform curation and digital storytelling, reach new audiences and broaden coverage
• A track record of covering the UK and international news agenda and delivering insightful, high-quality journalism to digital audiences
• Experience of making decisions under pressure while swiftly rolling out a digital coverage plan

About the BBC

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