Assistant Editor, Curation

Job Reference: 23156
Band: E
Salary: £54,000 - £64,250 plus London Weighting depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: 1 x Permanent
Location: Office Base is London Broadcasting House. This is an office based role.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

• Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.

The Curation team in Digital Output is looking for an assistant editor for front pages on a permanent basis to work alongside the existing assistant editor. The successful candidate will share day-to-day responsibility for curating one of the most popular and respected destinations on the internet - the BBC News front page.

You will help lead a team of senior journalists who manage the front page and BBC News app. You will be a leading voice in creating and delivering a vision for the UK and international pages, working with teams across BBC News to present the best of our coverage to our vast daily audiences and to reach and grow our underserved audiences.

• Oversee daily curation, making sure we are presenting the most important stories and video of the day with the best headlines and images.
• Provide daily editorial direction for front page SJs.
• Act as a representative for the team in daily meetings, leading them where needed.
• Help develop, enhance and consistently apply curation best practice.
• Shape next-day front pages based on news priorities.
• Provide insight, planning and strategic thinking on planned push alerts.
• Maximise curation possibilities presented by Tipo and other tools.
• Initiate and manage curation experiments to drive engagement and reach.

• Excellent editorial judgement and experience of working with or in a curation team to execute a digital promotion plan for the front page.
• Ability and willingness to be hands-on with the front page, while also being across other editorial priorities.
• A thorough appreciation of UK and global news priorities in a fast-paced breaking news environment.
• A track-record of using data to reach new audiences and drive habit.
• A proven record of fostering an inclusive and purposeful team culture.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and honing newsroom workflows.
• Command of existing and new tools used to promote and curate content.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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

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.