1 Media / Design jobs in Dereham, Norfolk

We are looking for a motivated, innovative online journalist to help shape our digital agenda, focusing on the news agenda in Norfolk. This role will also include regular acting up as the senior journalist team manager for the county. We want driven and passionate journalists who want to help reach new audiences with the news that matters to them. You'll be a journalist who knows what online audiences expect and know how to turn around clean copy under tight deadlines. The role requires someone who will be keen to do more than just look for press releases - we want original ideas that help reflect the diverse audience across the region.,

• Producing local news content for the BBC website, based in Norwich.
• Responsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on other outlets, as well as turning around content from wires and press releases.
• Working with colleagues to ensure all our journalism works across digital, TV and audio platforms.
• Come up with investigation and feature ideas that help us represent the many different sides of life in the East of England.
• To tailor different news treatments for different audiences ensuring that the output reflects the audiences we serve.
• Delivering to tight deadlines while maintaining the highest editorial standards.
• You need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environment.
• The role requires some weekend working and early/late start times.
  
  Have sound editorial judgement, making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure. You should be curious in your approach to delivering original journalism.
• Able to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turnaround times, for publication on the BBC website.
• Be familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiences.
• Understanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by them.
• Comfortable with creating video content for social platforms, particularly aimed at younger and female audiences.
• A keen eye for strong imagery to make stories standout online and be able do basic photo editing.
  
  BBC Local is the family of services we offer across local communities in England, including radio, online, social media and TV. With famous brands and new platforms, we provide a rich mix of content and programming from news to entertainment., 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.


• 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 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.