Journalist, Hungarian Team

We are looking for a Journalist with Hungarian language skills to adapt and produce text and video curated from World Service Languages and wider BBC News content for BBC News Hungarian Language offer.

Job Requisition ID: 27213

Job Closing Date: 20 August 2025

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

BBC World Service is expanding its reach to serve audiences in Central and Eastern Europe, including Hungary. BBC News brand is driven by impartiality, enriched by the world’s largest network of correspondents and supported by our commitment to combatting misinformation. We will be offering Hungarian-speaking audiences verified news and expert analysis of key events, shaping the present day in Hungary and wider region. We will prioritise explanatory and analytical content to help audiences make sense of the current developments in Europe and the world, to join the dots in a noisy environment of unverified and uncontextualized news bites. This role will work closely with other journalists to select and adapt a curated offer for the Hungarian-speaking market.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Translate and adapt BBC News content (text and video) into Hungarian, ensuring alignment with editorial guidelines and audience needs.
Create compelling SEO headlines and summaries for both website and social media platforms.
Edit and shorten content sensitively, guided by Senior Journalists or Editors to enhance engagement.
Produce short video content, either translated or originally created, with subtitles or voiceover in Hungarian.
Curate content for social media, tailoring BBC News stories for Hungarian-speaking audiences.
Monitor regional events and suggest opportunities for content curation or original journalism.
Uphold BBC standards, ensuring accuracy, impartiality, legal compliance, and contributing ideas for innovation and improvement.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Journalism experience.
Fluency or native proficiency in written and spoken Hungarian.
High proficiency in English
Video production: scripting and editing.
Proven experience of writing compelling text articles and/or video scripts – you will be asked to provide examples of your work on your application form.
Production of SEO headlines, for Hungarian and wider European regional audiences.
Understanding of the Hungarian and wider European media market and current challenges to factual journalism in the country and the region.
Proven experiences of producing impactful short and mid-form

Interview Process: Candidates invited to the next stage of the process will have an interview and Assessment.

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: 12 month Fixed Term Contract

DEPARTMENT: World Service, Global Journalism – Europe

LOCATION: UK OR other locations in Europe where the BBC has an entity (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Latvia) and has the right to work.

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,000 – £31,000 per annum depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

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]