JOB DETAILS
JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract/Attachment (Six Months), Full-time until 31st May 2026
DEPARTMENT: BBC Nations, BBC News South
LOCATION: Southampton
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,600 - £33,900 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
We're 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.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
BBC Hampshire & Dorset is looking for a journalist to help develop its social media and digital video content for the counties. We already have some highly successful social media platforms in BBC Local; they’re vital to reach and interact with people who don’t get their local news from broadcast media.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Discovering stories from social media is a key part of this job. 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.
The content you produce will go on our online and social platforms, with the scope to be picked up by TV and radio and BBC News’s social platforms too.
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.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
* Using social listening tools to find the issues that matter most to local audiences and a nose for identifying which stories have the potential to translate to digital audiences
* Film and edit engaging high-impact content across multiple platforms
* You’ll be confident at pitching new ideas and creative treatments on the day’s radio stories and be able to come up with a constant stream of original stories
* Scripts, produces, and edits video – guiding reporters in the BBC Cumbria newsroom to deliver in a way that works for social media audience
* Be able to work under pressure in a busy newsroom where you may be expected to rapidly turn around material without much notice
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
* Very familiar with what people expect on different social platforms
* Able to film and edit compelling shortform video content
* Comfortable in identifying the sorts of stories that do well on social media
* Able to spot something on social media that would make a strong story for BBC News, South Today or BBC Radio Solent
* 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.
The BBC is an equal opportunities employer.
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