Senior Journalist, News Social — Fast, Digital-First Coverage

BBC Group and Public Services; Birmingham, Eccles, Glasgow, Cardiff; Remote; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

25 days annual leave

Pensions

Job summary

The BBC Group and Public Services is seeking a Senior Journalist to join BBC News Social from Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow or Salford. You will shape how BBC News appears on social platforms, ensuring fast, accurate journalism that resonates with global audiences.

You will edit scripts, create compelling headlines, and collaborate with correspondents to produce social-first content across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, balancing speed with editorial judgment.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to create, write, sub and publish news across major social platforms with strong accuracy and tone.
• Strong editorial judgement and experience covering breaking news at national or international level.
• Collaborative and calm under pressure, able to work across teams and provide constructive feedback.
• Proficient in tools like Final Cut Pro and Photoshop with experience overseeing production cycles.
• Deep understanding of social audience behaviour and using insights to propose ideas.
• Comfortable using analytics tools to interpret performance data and inform decisions.
• Understanding of news consumption trends on social media.

Responsibilities

• Oversee high-quality weekend social publishing across BBC News platforms, ensuring editorial standards and impact.
• Edit, sub and optimise scripts, headlines, copy, thumbnails and visual treatments for accuracy and platform performance.
• Collaborate with correspondents to develop innovative social-first treatments informed by audience insight.
• Produce, shape and edit world-class social video and visual news content.
• Coordinate daily social workflows, supporting colleagues and fast publishing during breaking news.
• Contribute to editorial planning by identifying opportunities for distinctive coverage.
• Play a central role in weekend coverage, balancing speed, accuracy and editorial judgment.

Skills

News writing

Editorial judgement

Social platforms

Team coordination

Analytics tools

Video editing

Audience research

Tools

Final Cut Pro

Photoshop

Job description

The BBC Group and Public Services is seeking a Senior Journalist to join BBC News Social from Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow or Salford. You will shape how BBC News appears on social platforms, ensuring fast, accurate journalism that resonates with global audiences.

You will edit scripts, create compelling headlines, and collaborate with correspondents to produce social-first content across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, balancing speed with editorial judgment.