Digital Editor

The Digital News Editor role will lead our Online, Social and Local Story Teams across Hull and Lincoln, shaping how audiences understand this diverse region.

Job Requisition ID: 38193

Job Closing Date: 8th of February 2026

Hull, GBR, HU1 3RH

JOB DETAILS

Band : E
Contract type: Permanent/Full-time
Location: Office base is BBC Hull. This is an office-based role.
Department: BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Location: BBC Hull – office based (broadly 9-5)
Proposed Salary Range: £54,700 – £64,000 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Digital News Editor role will lead our Online, Social and Local Story Teams across Hull and Lincoln, shaping how audiences understand this diverse region. As a senior leader, it sets the daily editorial agenda, ensures BBC standards and drives innovation in a rapidly growing digital space. This new position strengthens our newsroom, aligns us with colleagues across England and ensures high quality, trusted journalism reaches audiences wherever they are, every single day.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM :

The new role offers creative leadership, real editorial influence and the chance to shape storytelling across online, social and multimedia teams. Every day brings variety as you guide coverage, develop talented colleagues and commission impactful digital journalism. Working in a region rich with urban, rural and coastal communities, you’ll see your decisions resonate directly with audiences. If you thrive on collaboration, innovation and responsibility, this job offers purpose, challenge and genuine satisfaction.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Lead the day to day running of a large, fast paced news operation across a wide and diverse geographical patch, working closely with the Senior News Editor and fellow leaders to make editorial decisions that best reflect our audiences.
Head the digital team, overseeing the commissioning, production and delivery of all online and social media content.
Line manage, develop and support a large team while confidently handling HR processes.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire’s strongest journalism reaches audiences with maximum impact.
Uphold the highest editorial standards, ensuring all output is accurate, fair and legally compliant.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Significant experience in digital leadership.
Strong management and leadership experience, with a track record of developing teams.
Outstanding editorial judgement and a thorough understanding of legal responsibilities.
Experience in sub-editing and publishing online content.
A deep understanding of what resonates with online audiences and how to grow the reach and impact of digital stories.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

Familiarity with BBC editorial guidelines and compliance.
Knowledge of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire’s local issues and audience needs.
Background in mentoring or coaching journalists.
Proven ability to work collaboratively across platforms, ideally including TV and radio.

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.

For any general queries, please contact: [email protected]

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.