Digital Editor, BBC South West

BBC Group and Public Services; Cornwall; On-site; CAD 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public service broadcaster is seeking a Digital Editor for BBC South West. This role involves leading digital and multimedia teams, managing a large news operation, and producing high-quality content for various platforms while adhering to editorial standards. Applicants should possess strong leadership skills, extensive experience in digital media, and a deep understanding of the diverse communities in the South West of England.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care and dental

Qualifications

• Significant digital leadership experience required.
• Experience managing large teams with sound editorial judgment.
• Collaborative skills across multi-platforms, ideally in TV and radio.

Responsibilities

• Jointly responsible for running a large news operation across a vast geographical area.
• Lead the digital team and oversee production of online content.
• Ensure highest editorial standards and compliance in journalism.

Skills

Digital Leadership

Editorial Judgment

People Management

Job description

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Job Title: Digital Editor, BBC South West

Digital Editor, BBC South West

Journalism

Permanent - Full Time

Job Closing Date: 15.06.25

THE ROLE

Package Description

Job Reference: 24162
Band: E
Salary: £51,700 - £60,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Office Base is BBC Plymouth This is a office based role.

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.

• 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, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance 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 ourcandidate pack

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Job Introduction

The South West of England is an incredible area and we’re looking for a brilliant, dynamic and creative Digital Editor to lead our online and social team as well as the multimedia News Hub.It’s an exciting senior role and you’ll be working in one of the most rural and beautiful places in the country covering Devon, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and the Channel Islands.

You’ll understand the story led model, commissioning stories that will work across all platforms. You’ll have an expertise in digital, be responsible for overseeing all content for online and social media, but also work closely with the Planning Assistant Editor to commission future digital and multiplatform stories.

You’ll help run the multimedia news hub on a day to day basis, working collaboratively with TV and radio and joining up content across all our platforms. You will ensure the quality of stories is of the highest standard and will be responsible for editorial standards – ensuring our journalism adheres to BBC guidelines at all times. You need to have extensive editorial experience, sound editorial judgment and be assertive in making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressure. People skills are essential and you must have experience of managing, developing and leading large teams.

The South West is a very diverse region, with several urban centres, rural landscapes and a large coastline. We want to recruit a leader who understands the audiences we serve. You’ll get what matters to the different communities which make up the South West – from the bustling cities of Plymouth, Truro and Exeter, to towns like St Austell, Bideford and St Helier as well as those in rural isolated locations across Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor.

Main Responsibilities

• You will be jointly responsible for the day to day running or a large news operation across a vast geographical patch – working with the Senior News Editor and other leaders to make editorial decisions that best reflect our audience.
• You will lead the digital team and oversee commissioning and production of online and social media content.
• You will line manage, develop and support a large team - oversee rotas and manage HR processes.
• You will help run the multimedia news hub, making sure our stories are joined up across all our platforms.
• You will work with key stakeholders to make sure the best of the South West's journalism has the highest impact possible.
• You will be responsible for ensuring our journalism meets the highest editorial standards and is legally compliant.

Are you the right person?

• Significant experience of digital leadership.
• Significant management and leadership experience.
• Exceptional editorial and legal judgement.
• Experience of working collaboratively with other platforms, ideally TV & radio.
• An understanding of the South West and its communities.

About the BBC

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 behaviourshere .

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.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please clickhere .

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

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.

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