Digital Video and Social Journalist

BBC; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading broadcasting company seeks an experienced multimedia journalist to create engaging social media and digital video content. This role involves utilizing social listening tools to identify stories, creating high-impact content across platforms, and self-shooting/editing videos. The position is hybrid, based in the North East and Cumbria.

Qualifications

• Experience creating high-impact content across platforms.
• Thorough understanding of the social media market.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Use social listening tools to find relevant local issues.
• Pitch ideas and create original stories.
• Self-shoot and edit engaging video content.

Skills

Social media content creation

Digital storytelling

Social listening

Video editing

Tools

Final Cut Pro

Adobe Premiere

Job description

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 were 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.

Vacancy: 1

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 connect with people who dont 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 BBCs 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 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 produce and edit 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

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 BBCs 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.

Application Process

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, your ability to engage audiences and communicate complex issues in a compelling way.

You can refer to this article for context: BBC News Grangetown.

Please submit your video via Dropbox, Google Drive or WeTransfer ensuring the link remains active for at least four weeks.