Overview
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,000 - £60,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Please note this position involves shift working.
Purpose of The Role
Join BBC Sport's digital team to shape how millions of users experience sport online. As a Senior Editorial Manager, you'll lead the delivery, curation, and optimisation of content across the BBC Sport website, app and iPlayer. You'll play a key role in content discovery, team leadership and cross-platform collaboration, ensuring our digital services remain world class and audience focused.
Why join the team
BBC Sport is at the heart of the UK's sporting conversation. You'll be part of a team that thrives on innovation and storytelling. From major live events to everyday coverage, your work will help connect diverse audiences with the sports they love. You'll also have the opportunity to influence product development, drive editorial excellence, and grow professionally.
Key responsibilities and impact
* Lead editorial best practices in content presentation, sub-editing, publishing, and imagery.
* Ensure all content meets BBC standards of accuracy, impartiality, and diversity.
* Champion inclusive storytelling across BBC Sport's digital platforms.
* Collaborate with Product, UX, and Editorial teams to enhance content discovery and user experience.
* Manage live output and weekend curation, including iPlayer, Red Button, and YouTube.
* Use data and insights to inform editorial decisions and track performance against KPIs.
* Support cross-promotion campaigns and audience growth initiatives.
* Provide editorial input into product development and production tools.
* Lead change initiatives and support team development in line with BBC Sport's digital strategy.
Qualifications and experience
* Proven experience in digital sports content and audience engagement.
* Strong editorial judgement and creative thinking.
* Experience managing homepage or content curation in a sports environment.
* Excellent sports knowledge and awareness of UK regional audiences.
* Strong data literacy and ability to interpret performance metrics.
* Ability to lead during live events and out-of-hours editorial operations.
Note: Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis. See candidate pack for life at the BBC and our values. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We are a disability confident employer and can discuss adjustments for the interview process or role on request: please contact us via email.
Life at the BBC
Life at the BBC includes: fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. Excellent career and professional development. Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer. A values-based organisation where the way we do things is as important as what we do.
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