Assistant Editor, Chinese Service

The Assistant Editor will play a key leadership role in shaping editorial priorities, leading teams across different locations, and growing audiences through innovative, data-led journalism and video storytelling which reaches a high proportion of young and female audiences.

Job Requisition ID: 47829

Job Closing Date: 23 July 2026

Hong Kong, HKG,

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-Time
DEPARTMENT: BBC World Service
LOCATION: Hong Kong

Any offer of employment with the BBC will be conditional upon you having the right to live and work in Hong Kong

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

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
BBC News uses multiple platforms to deliver accurate, impartial news in 42 languages. As the biggest international service of BBC News, World Service is a renowned multimedia broadcaster, delivering a wide range of language and regional services and working increasingly with other parts of BBC News to serve global audiences.

BBC Chinese is part of BBC World Service Languages, delivering trusted journalism to Chinese-speaking audiences worldwide across digital, social and video platforms.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
· Act as deputy to the News Editor, helping to set editorial priorities and maintain the highest editorial standards, ensuring all output is accurate, impartial, engaging and distinctive
· Lead and manage teams across different locations, fostering strong collaboration, clear communication, an inclusive culture and a shared editorial vision, while coaching, supporting and developing staff to perform at their best
· Develop and implement a data-led digital and video strategy, using audience insight, analytics, search performance and platform trends to drive measurable growth, particularly among younger and female audiences
· Commission, edit and deliver high-impact original journalism, including exclusives, investigations, explainers and digital-first content, while providing strong writing, editing and sub-editing support across BBC Chinese output
· Drive innovation in video, visual storytelling and digital formats, exploiting technical developments to make BBC Chinese journalism more engaging and competitive across social and digital platforms
· Oversee daily and long-term editorial planning, manage workflows, priorities and resources, and ensure high-quality output is delivered under pressure and to tight deadlines
· Work collaboratively across BBC News and World Service, chair and attend key editorial meetings, represent BBC Chinese at a wider BBC News level, and champion its journalism to maximise reach and impact

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
· Fluency in written and spoken Chinese and English, with strong communication, collaboration, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
· Experience of commissioning, developing and delivering high-impact content for digital audiences
· Demonstrable experience of managing and motivating teams across multiple locations and in fast-paced news environments
· Proven track record of developing and implementing successful data-led video strategies that delivered measurable digital growth
· Strong writing and sub-editing skills, with excellent attention to detail and editorial judgement
· Deep understanding of audience analytics, search optimisation and platform performance metrics, and the ability to translate insights into editorial decisions
· Ability to innovate and adapt storytelling techniques for different platforms and audiences, including using data journalism and other formats to aid audience understanding

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

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Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:
• Fair pay and flexible benefits specific to your location and contract type.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

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