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Lagos |
Posted 1 year ago |
Job Title: Digital Producer, Business – West Africa (Senior Journalist)
Location: Lagos
Contract type: Continuing / Permanent
Band: D
Job Purpose
- In line with this strategy, we are establishing digital production hubs to produce high impact, original journalism for our audiences across the globe.
- We are looking for a talented and motivated digital producer to research, storyboard, report, present, write, translate, edit and adapt business and economic news stories or programme material for various audiences.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- The Senior Journalist (Digital Producer) will generate new and creative treatments for digital and social platforms, particularly in text and video.
- Present engagingly for news and current affairs websites and social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
- Use editorial judgement, creativity and flair to make original and compelling visual content and also produce interesting graphics sequences.
- Use knowledge of social and other trends to make informed decisions on upcoming stories.
Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience
- A proven track record of creative digital storytelling delivered to deadline.
- Have an accomplished presentation style for digital platforms, which is fluent, engages the viewer and reflects the BBC values.
- Knowledge of business and economic affairs, and ability to report on complex economics issues
- Proven ability to use data analytic tools across BBC digital platforms and relevant social media platforms, to take editorial decisions and understand audience behaviour in the target market.
- Ability to push BBC News content on social media and engage with audiences according to the BBC editorial guidelines.
- Demonstrable up to date knowledge of the competition and mass media markets in which BBC News operates.
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Note: 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.
Deadline: May 30, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Journalism/Mass Media/Broadcasting |