Job Details
JOB BAND
: D
CONTRACT TYPE
: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT:
BBC Sport
LOCATION
: Salford – Media City -
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.
Your 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.
Essential Criteria
YOUR SKILLS 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.
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.
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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.