# Digital Journalist

**Company**: BBC
**Location**: Sydney, NSW
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Media & Entertainment

**Apply**: https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Sydney-Journalist%2C-Digital-and-Social%2C-Sydney-NSW-2065/1375085357/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Digital Journalist to join our team in Sydney. As a Digital Journalist, you will work across our social platforms and contribute to the journalism on our news website. You will have a wide variety of tasks to help our news reach and inform a broad, global audience.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Producing high-quality news stories, live pages, and digital video that cover major UK and global events for audiences of millions

- Delivering accurate, engaging journalism, from breaking news stories in text and video to features, with strong editorial judgement, flair and context

- Producing social-first formats for both planned and breaking news coverage and spot opportunities to reach new and underserved audiences through creative storytelling and innovative treatments across social platforms

- Working with colleagues across BBC News to develop engaging, accurate and platform-native content for BBC News social media accounts

- Using audience insights, platform trends and performance data to inform content decisions, storytelling and improve engagement, while maintaining a strong grasp of UK and international news agendas

- Applying BBC editorial standards and guidelines confidently, particularly on complex or fast-moving stories

To be considered for this role, you will need to have:

- Experience of covering the UK and the international news agenda in text and video and a familiarity with the BBC's editorial values

- Strong editorial judgement and the ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure in a breaking news environment

- Experience of creating content and publishing breaking news in text - writing accurate, engaging and fast-paced news for digital audiences

- Experience in producing and editing short news video clips and a sharp understanding of what makes for compelling video for social platforms and site - FinalCutPro experience is desirable

- Ability to identify compelling stories, clips and moments and turn them into engaging social content - with an understanding of the differing needs of major social platforms including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and emerging platforms

- The ability to come up with angles and approaches to the big stories of the day that will help us reach new and diverse audiences

- Familiarity with social listening and using search and audience data to improve storytelling and broaden coverage

- Ability to work effectively with colleagues across multiple teams and disciplines

In return for your hard work, you will receive:

- Fair pay and flexible benefits specific to your location and contract type

- Excellent career and professional development

- Support in your working life

- A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do

## Skills

### Required
- journalism
- social media
- video production
- content creation
- editorial judgement
- storytelling
- audience engagement
- data analysis
- BBC editorial standards

### Nice to have
- FinalCutPro
- TikTok
- Instagram
- YouTube

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Source: [Apply at careers.bbc.co.uk](https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Sydney-Journalist%2C-Digital-and-Social%2C-Sydney-NSW-2065/1375085357/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)