Senior Journalist, Curation

As a Senior Journalist for Curation, you’ll be working as part of the team that manages the front pages of the BBC News website and app.

Job Requisition ID: 38020

Job Closing Date: 8th of February 2026

London, GBR, W1A 1AA

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: 12m Fixed Term, Full-time – Materinity Cover
DEPARTMENT: BBC News
LOCATION: London – Office Based

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £42,800 – £55,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

JOB PURPOSE

As a Senior Journalist for Curation, you’ll be working as part of the team that manages the front pages of the BBC News website and app. You’ll work with all parts of BBC News to ensure that our global audiences are served the best and most important stories from across the BBC.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

The BBC News front pages are by far the most important places for readers to find our journalism. You’ll be curating stories that will be seen by millions of readers in the UK and around the world. This is a key role in a fast-paced newsroom, where you will collaborate with journalists and editors to make an impact on how we deliver a front page for a global audience.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

Work with the assistant editor to decide how we showcase the most important stories and video of the day
Workshop front-page headlines and images with editors and the picture desk
Swiftly implement curation plans around breaking news
Help editors and stakeholders identify daily promotion priorities and drive a broad and compelling mix of content across the day
Apply audience data and research to inform curation decisions
Use curation insights to inform newsroom discussions about commissioning and promotion

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

Excellent editorial judgement with significant experience working in curation to execute digital promotion plans in a fast-paced news environment
Proven experience in covering the UK and international news agenda and delivering insightful, high-quality journalism to digital audiences
The ability to sift through news material at speed, craft sharp headlines and identify the best pictures, while maintaining attention to accuracy, balance, context and tone
Experience of making decisions under pressure while swiftly rolling out a digital coverage plan
A track-record of using data to reach new audiences and drive habit

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, 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.

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.