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JOB DETAILSJOB BAND: CCONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time.DEPARTMENT: North East OnlineLOCATION: Newcastle – Hybrid.PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £27,300 - £33,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.The role requires weekend working and early and late shifts and is a mixture of office and remote workingPURPOSE OF THE ROLEWe are looking for an experienced and driven journalist to join the North East & Cumbria digital team, producing engaging and impactful content for both local audiences and broader national and international platforms via the BBC News website and social media. This is a digital-first storytelling role, requiring substantial experience in daily news environments. While the core of your work will be online, you'll also have opportunities to develop your skills across radio and TV—with training provided if needed—to help share your stories in the most effective and creative ways. We’re looking for someone who thrives on generating ideas beyond the press release, with the instinct to find and tell the stories that truly resonate with people across the region.WHY JOIN THE TEAMWorking here means being part of a newsroom that values original journalism, diverse voices, and stories that make an impact—both locally and beyond. You'll have the opportunity to grow your skills across digital, radio, and TV platforms, supported by colleagues who are collaborative, driven, and passionate about reaching new audiences. If you're excited by the idea of finding untold stories, trying new treatments, and creating meaningful content that truly connects, this is the team for you.Your Key Responsibilities And ImpactProducing and writing news content for the BBC website and social media accounts which will be used not only on the North East & Cumbria news indexes but also on the wider news websiteProducing fast, accurate copy to tight deadlines and understanding how to use images, video and headlines to enhance your copy and make it appealing to our audienceResponsible for originating and producing stories for the BBC website which can also be used on TV and Radio, as well as turning around content from wires and press releasesWorking with colleagues to ensure all our journalism works across digital, TV and radio platforms. Coming up with story and feature ideas which help us represent the many different sides of life in the regionUsing different news treatments to ensure that our output reflects and appeals to the audiences we serve.Using social and video to help your journalism travel further either on your own or working with our social and video specialistsYou need to be adept at technology, picking up new skills and adapting to the changing demands of a digital working environmentEssential CriteriaYOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEHave substantial recent experience of working in a daily news environment and an ability to deliver original journalismThe ability to write clean, accurate and concise copy with quick turnaround timesHave sound editorial judgement, making decisions on matters of editorial sensitivity under pressureA good understanding of media law and the BBC’s editorial guidelinesBe familiar with social media in a news context and know how to make the most of various platforms to reach a range of audiencesUnderstanding of SEO within a news context to help our stories reach the people most interested in and impacted by themAn understanding of using audience analytics to inform our journalism and a keen eye for strong imagery to make stories stand out online and be able do basic photo editingAn understanding of using analytics to understand which stories and topics appeal to audiences and how we can use that in our storytellingIf 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.DisclaimerThis 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: 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr