Journalist (Video / Social) - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - BBC

BBC

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Journalism- Fixed Term - Full Time- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GB, NE991RN- BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST- Job Closing Date: 21/04/2024
THE ROLE:
Package Description:

Contract:
Permanent Full-Time

Location:
Newcastle

Band:
C

Salary:
£27,000 - £33,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

1.
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.

3.

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35hour working week for worklife balance and 26 days annual leave (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Job Introduction:

We are looking for a journalist to help develop 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.

We know our social media and digital video strategy is working, and we're looking for someone to continue to create even more engaging content that people expect on social media, and as digital video on the BBC website.

We are looking for someone with a flair for digital storytelling who is able to come up with a constant supply of original stories, shoot and edit them for the news website and for our social media platforms.

The content you produce will go on our North East & Cumbria news and social platforms - Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - with the scope to be picked up by the BBC news and BBC's social platforms and potentially reach a large national and international audience.

We also work closely with our colleagues in TV and radio and the stories you find will be told in their output too.

Social listening is a key part of this job too and we are looking for someone who is completely comfortable in using those tools to find stories which will appeal to our audiences and reach new ones.

Main Responsibilities:

As a Journalist, your responsibilities will include:

To film and edit engaging video content for all our digital platforms
the news website and social media
To be able to come up with a constant stream of original stories
To have a thorough understanding of different social media platforms and reversion content which works best for each
You'll work closely with the wider social media team in the North East and Cumbria so it's important you're a team player with clear ideas of ways we can improve what we do.
You'll understand how to post on social platforms and you'll be confident knowing what to post and when. You'll also understand the importance of engagement and how platformtailored storytelling techniques, such as Reels or Stories, can help us reach and build local audiences on social media.
Having a good understanding of our existing audience across the North East & Cumbria and how to reach new audiences
Being able to work to tight deadlines to turn around content
Travelling to stories across the patch to gather content
You'll be using social listening tools to find the issues that matter most to local audiences and have the creative vision needed to turn them into content audiences love to read, watch and share
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
You will be a confident digital storyteller with the ability to film and edit content which works well across different digital platforms
You will be completely at ease with social media with a thorough understanding of what works well on different platforms
You will use social listening on a daily basis to see which stories are engaging our audience
Confident using audience analytics to shape our content and assess its impact
You are a creative storyteller with the ability to come up with different ways of telling stories
The ability to come up with a constant stream of original stories
Knowledge of editing in FCPX is preferable but training can be provided
A good team player who enjoys working with colleagues to help produce content of a constantly high standard
A commitment to producing content which is diverse
You must also have a sound understanding of the editorial problems and legal concerns that you may face in this role
You should have a thorough understanding of the social media market at a local level