Overview
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Job Details:
JOB BAND: SL (Senior Leader)
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Sport
LOCATION: Media Centre, Salford. This role can be based in Salford or the incumbent can work from the Salford office 3 x days a week. Travel would be self funded.
Why Join the Team
The Editorial Executive provides editorial, creative and compliance support to the Director of BBC Sport. The role will advise on, support and co-ordinate BBC Sport’s output, including co-ordination of an extensive range of editorial changes and projects across BBC Sport. This is a brand new role and will have the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across BBC Content and in other divisions to support BBC Sport's editorial strategy.
You'll have the opportunity to shape the future of one of the biggest brands in sports media!
Responsibilities
* Co-ordinate and drive BBC Sport editorial projects and support ongoing transformation activity, alongside PM/Bus Ops team.
* Work closely and proactively with the senior teams across BBC Sport to deliver the agreed strategic editorial priorities, supporting collaboration across and between teams.
* Stay across all major events planning, plus editorial priorities and take a long term planning view to co-ordinate output across BBC Sport.
* Work collaboratively with key editorial stakeholders to support co-coordination of on-air presenters and individuals across TV and Audio, as well as thinking about use of presenters more widely across Content, and succession plans.
* Provide a triaging service for the Director of Sport on reactive editorial issues, using editorial judgement to ensure he/she is briefed on key issues and minimising escalations.
* Deputise for Director of Sport where needed, be the delegated authority to lead on key actions or projects.
* Work closely with the Press and External communications teams to support the outward facing strategy for BBC Sport.
* Work closely with the marketing team to support campaigns.
* Support the Director of Sport as required in matters of editorial sign-off, compliance and curation decisions.
* Provide a pan-Sport point of contact and liaison for internal partners including wider Content stakeholders, News and Nations particularly Sport output, Radio & Music, Diversity and Inclusion including Creative Diversity leads, Partnerships, Sustainability, Marketing and Audience etc to coordinate and maximise opportunities for innovative collaboration that leads to editorial impact – such as Women’s Summer of Sport or World Cup 2026.
* Support Director of Sport in managing, liaising and updating senior stakeholders on key matters, including editorial decisions, prominent/impactful/high risk content, and decisions for on-air presenters.
Your Skills And Experience
* Experience of creating and launching new editorial products.
* Experience operating at a senior level. A convincing and persuasive communicator, able to influence senior stakeholders.
* Able to establish effective and collaborative relations across BBC internal departments and external agencies/ stakeholders where required.
* Uses data to support decision making as well as influencing strategy and editorial direction.
* Passionate about Sport with the ability to tie this passion to deliver new audiences.
Other Information
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.
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.
Redeployment: The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.
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