Senior Journalist Team Manager

The Mid-Form Explainers Team is part of Global Journalism and provides explanatory video and related text content to World Service Languages and BBC News.

Job Requisition ID: 29460

Job Closing Date: 22 September 2025

London, GBR, W1A 1AA

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: Global Journalism, Midform Explainers, BBC News

LOCATION: London

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £44,000 – £54,000 (plus £5441 London weighting) 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 Mid-Form Explainers Team is part of Global Journalism and provides explanatory video and related text content to World Service Languages and BBC News. These films make complex stories and themes accessible to wide audiences through clear and engaging scripts and gripping visuals. As a Senior Journalist Team Manager you’ll play a key role in our core mission of building reach and delivering creative and compelling content that particularly connects with underserved young and female audiences across global regions.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

In this role you will have the opportunity to shape the editorial and visual direction of the mid-form explainer videos. You will be part of a supportive and ambitious team where each person finds creative ways to supercharge our storytelling. We collaborate with regional experts from across the WS Languages to ensure our films contain insight and nuance that can’t be found on other broadcasters.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

You will work closely with the team’s Editor to shape the editorial direction and visual style of mid-form explainer content and deputise for them in meetings when required.
Sub-edit and oversee scripts to ensure our films are impactful, engaging and editorially watertight.
Manage the team’s Journalists, overseeing the rota and providing regular constructive feedback and check-ins.
Implement and manage workflows to uphold high production values and ensure content can be easily reversioned for language services.
Use analytics tools to track the performance of content and use the analysis to inform future production.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

You will have deep knowledge of the BBC Language services and global regions, with a clear understanding of their audience needs.
Considerable experience of managing and motivating a team.
Excellent editorial judgement with a broad and deep understanding of international affairs. Strong scripting and sub-editing skills are essential.
A track record of overseeing and delivering high-performing explanatory digital videos that involve complex edits, animations and archive.
A strong understanding of YouTube best practices, with the ability to use audience metrics to evaluate and optimise content performance.

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.

Flexibility in terms of the working week is required as the Global Journalism team is operational 7 days per week. Advance notice will be given for this.

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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.

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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.