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Assistant Editor, Front Page CurationBBC
12 days ago
  • LevelJunior
  • ProfessionsEditorial Assistant, Content Editor, Content Manager
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Description

Closing Date: 19-Nov-2024

THE ROLE
Package Description
Job Reference: 18629
Band: E
Salary: £54,000 - £64,250  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 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 the reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.  For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk.
Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application.
If they are unsure which contract they are on, they can speak to their booker or the HR BP, however if it helps - both a PAYE freelance or Modus Gross contract is considered a Worker contract and covered by the Worker terms found here.
Job Introduction
The Curation team in Digital Output is looking for an assistant editor for front pages to work on a 12 month attachment alongside the existing assistant editor.
The successful candidate will share day-to-day responsibility for curating one of the most popular and respected destinations on the internet - the BBC News front page. You will help lead a team of senior journalists who manage the front page and BBC News app. You will be a leading voice in creating and delivering a vision for the UK and international pages, working with teams across BBC News to present the best of our coverage to our vast daily audiences and to reach and grow our underserved audiences.
Main Responsibilities
  • Oversee daily curation, making sure we are presenting the most important stories and video of the day with the best headlines and images
  • Provide daily editorial direction for front page SJs
  • Act as a representative for the team in daily meetings, leading them where needed
  • Help develop, enhance and consistently apply curation best practice
  • Shape next-day front pages based on news priorities
  • Provide insight, planning and strategic thinking on planned push alerts
  • Maximise curation possibilities presented by Tipo and other tools
  • Initiate and manage curation experiments to drive engagement and reach
Are you the right candidate?
  • Excellent editorial judgement and experience of working with or in a curation team to execute a digital promotion plan for the front page
  • Ability and willingness to be hands-on with the front page, while also being across other editorial priorities
  • A thorough appreciation of UK and global news priorities in a fast-paced breaking news environment
  • A track-record of using data to reach new audiences and drive habit
  • A proven record of fostering an inclusive and purposeful team culture
  • Demonstrable experience of developing and honing newsroom workflows
  • Command of existing and new tools used to promote and curate content
About the BBC
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.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

Skills Required

  • Curation
  • Planning
  • Strategic Thinking

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