Job Description

Job Requisition ID:

36098

Job Closing Date:

8th of January 2026
London, GBR, W1A 1AA

JOB DETAILS


JOB BAND: E



CONTRACT TYPE: 12 Month - Fixed Term, Full Time



DEPARTMENT: BBC Newsletters



LOCATION: London



PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 53,000 - 65,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.



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We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.


JOB PURPOSE


We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative assistant editor to run a stable of daily news newsletters that showcase the best of the BBC's journalism in the UK and around the world. It's a job for someone with considerable experience in newsletters - equally comfortable with commissioning, writing and editing news and feature copy as with curation of content, data analysis and team management.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC News is committed to creating a more diverse, inclusive and agile organisation that responds quickly to changing audience needs, provides you with exceptional career opportunities, and strengthens our position as a world-leading source of trusted and impartial news.



Our newsletter strategy is key to doing so. As assistant editor on the Newsletters team, you will play a key role in innovative digital storytelling, providing audiences with more original reporting and a rich perspective on current events.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITES AND IMPACT

Use your considerable experience in newsletter journalism to deliver a number of news-focused emails for a UK and global audience. Manage a team of newsletter writers and work with editors across BBC News to ensure newsletters are published on deadline and to the highest standard. Drive continuous innovation, by experimenting with subjects and formats and finding creative ways to produce habit-forming journalism and features. Build a close working relationships in News, Marketing, Product and Studios to maximise the reach and potential of our newsletters. Provide expert insight into the competition, audience needs and behaviours.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE - KEY CRITERIA

Experience as an editor, with a track record of commissioning and editing UK and international news and current affairs for newsletter and/or digital audiences. Excellent writing and editing skills and experience of taking difficult editorial decisions quickly and independently. Solid understanding of audiences and the newsletter market, and a proven track record of using analytics to shape decisions. Understanding of how newsletters can fit into the wider BBC output, and a strategy on how we should use them to grow our newsletter audience. Excellent leadership and communication skills and the ability to inspire a team. 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.


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.


For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk


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.