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Digital Video and Social Journalist

Job Requisition ID: 28710
Job Closing Date: 16/11/2025
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GBR, NE991RN
| Middlesbrough, GBR, TS1 5JA
JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: North East and Cumbria Digital Video and Social journalist (BBC Local)
LOCATION: Newcastle, Middlesbrough or Carlisle - hybrid working
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 27,600 - 33,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
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.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are looking for an experienced multimedia journalist to create social media and digital video content for the BBC in the North East and Cumbria. Our social media platforms are vital in helping us to reach and interact with people who don't get their local news from broadcast media. This role involves turning news stories etc into engaging social content for Facebook, Instagram, X and Tiktok - link posts, graphics, carousel posts, stories, explainers, reels - as well as digital video for the BBC News website.
We are looking for someone with a flair for digital storytelling who is able to come up with a constant supply of original news stories, self-shoot and edit them for use across multiple platforms. You'll work closely with the wider teams in digital, TV and audio across the North East and Cumbria.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Discovering stories through social listening is a key part of this job, and we are looking for someone who is comfortable sifting through social media and using tools to find stories that will appeal to the BBC's lightest users. You'll know how to turn daily radio and TV content into engaging social formats and you'll be just as happy creating original digital content using your own skills and experience.
Please contact social media lead Kristie Kinghorn for more information on the role.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Using social listening tools to find the issues that matter most to local audiences
• You'll be confident at pitching new ideas and creative treatments on the day's news stories and be able to come up with a constant stream of original stories to film and edit for multiple platforms across the North East and Cumbria news patch
• Scripts, produces, and edits video - guiding correspondents and reporters to deliver in a way that works for social media audiences
• Self-shooting and editing engaging video content for our digital and social platforms

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• You must have a nose for which stories have the potential to translate to digital audiences and experience in creating high-impact content across multiple platforms
• Uses social listening daily to source stories and has a thorough understanding of the social media market
• Applies audience analytics to shape content and assess its impact
• Is proficient in Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, or other video editing software
• Experience of working in a daily news environment with the ability to work to tight deadlines to turn around content
• A good understanding of media law and the BBC's editorial guidelines

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.
As part of the application process, we invite you to create a short explainer reel for Instagram (30-90 seconds) addressing the ongoing issues of anti-social behaviour and violence in Grangetown.
We're looking for creativity and clarity in how you present the news story for social media-your ability to engage audiences and communicate complex issues in a compelling way.
You can refer to this article for context:
Please submit your video via Dropbox, Google Drive, or WeTransfer, ensuring the link remains active for at least four weeks.
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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:
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.
Information at a Glance
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world's best loved content, and the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we'd be happy to discuss:
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