Audio Social Journalist - Extend Audio Social Journalist - Extend
BBC Studios Distribution Limited, York
Audio Social Journalist - Extend Audio Social Journalist - Extend
£33000
BBC Studios Distribution Limited, York
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 days ago, 1 Nov | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 89b5fa9cb79b4c5fb467589348e9d62d
Full Job Description
As a Journalist, some of the main responsibilities will include the following:
- Day-to-day running of our social media accounts.
- You'll reversion content to make the most of our Audio to reach online audiences.
- Working alongside our Executive Producer, the wider BBC York team and BBC Yorkshire you'll aim to drive engagement and growth of referrals from social accounts to BBC products and services, including BBC Sounds.
- Promote radio station activities and your creative film-making skills will help you to turn the biggest local talking points into content for social media and our broadcast output.
- You will be the champion of new social media formats like radio studio visualisation and you will need to be a big believer in teamwork because you'll often be the person colleagues turn to for help - so you should enjoy helping others to develop their digital skills.
- 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 format and you'll be just as happy creating original digital content using your own skills and experience.
- To be a team player with ideas of ways we can improve what we do., 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. 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.
- The successful candidate will have experience of creating high-impact content across multiple platforms.
- You will have an enthusiasm for storytelling and an understanding how the BBC serves local audiences digitally.
- You must have a nose for which stories have the potential to translate to digital audiences.
- You will ideally have account management experience or experience of building social media brands and implementing strategy.
- You must also have a sound understanding of the editorial problems and legal concerns that you may face in this role.
- Ideally, you'll already have film-making skills and know how to shoot and edit your own material and be comfortable using software like Final Cut Pro.
- A knowledge of social listening tools and how to interpret data as well as using publishing platforms like Social Flow are desirable.
- You don't need to have a background in journalism or news - you just need to know a great story when you hear it.
Our mission at BBC Radio York is to entertain, inform, and educate our audience here in North Yorkshire, but we aspire to go beyond that. We aim to surprise and delight our listeners every day. The role of an Audio Social Journalist is key to connecting audiences with our content and personalities at BBC Radio York including Georgey Spanswick, Joanita Musisi, and Bek Homer on social platforms. Connection with our audience is at the heart of our daily output be it across Social Media, Radio or Online, as BBC Radio York is a place people in North Yorkshire calls home. Our shows are all about celebrating where we live, telling great stories and having fun with our audience and now you have the chance to be a part of our team.
We are currently looking for a talented and enthusiastic Audio Social Journalist to join our dynamic team based in York, bringing North Yorkshire's stories alive across all of our platforms. If you possess a passion for crafting high-quality social media content, then we would love to hear from you.,
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. 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. 1. Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. 2. 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 35-hour working week for work-life 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.
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