Senior Journalist, Curation

BBC Sport is seeking a Senior Journalist to join the team for a busy summer.

Job Requisition ID: 40204

Job Closing Date: 28th April 2026

Salford, GBR, M50 2BH
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Job Details

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time Attachment/Fixed Term Contract Until October 2026
DEPARTMENT: BBC Sport
LOCATION: Salford – Media City
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £40,000 – £50,000 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

BBC Sport is seeking a Senior Journalist to join the team for a busy summer. Senior journalists perform a variety of roles from subbing and curating written content for the BBC Sport website and app to organising our compelling live coverage of major events.

A key part of our editorial team, you will be responsible for ensuring everything you publish meets the BBC’s high standards and curating content in a way that showcases the broad range that is produced in a coherent way that engages audiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
BBC Sport reaches millions of people every week and plays a vital role in how audiences experience major sporting moments.

This role offers you the opportunity to join the team for some of those big moments, bringing the best of the BBC’s content to the audience across the website and app.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

Ensure every piece of content you publish meets the BBC’s high standards; it is accurate, fair and impartial and adheres to the BBC’s editorial guidelines.
Take control of the BBC Sport homepage across all digital platforms, using editorial judgement and flair to showcase the best of our content.
Make editorial decisions quickly and confidently with the ability to respond calmly and positively to changing events and circumstances.
Use audience insight and performance data in decision-making to optimise content performance and maximise reach and engagement.
Feed back to writers and commissioners to drive continuous improvement.
Build relationships both in the team and more broadly in the BBC

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

A keen eye for detail and extensive experience in journalism, particularly subbing.
Significant experience of curation/indexing
A passion for the stories that are generated by sport, not only by the stars but underserved members of society.
A good understanding of how to optimise storytelling
Demonstrate a commitment to improving diversity in the BBC and understand how individual differences can benefit the workplace and output.
Ability to deliver content that engages under-served and diverse audiences.
Strong editorial judgement, resilience, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
Digital storytelling flair and deep understanding of the fast-paced digital media landscape.
Experience working across multiple platforms
Familiarity with BBC editorial standards.
Knowledge and experience of using analytics and performance metrics.

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.

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.