Assistant Editor, Streaming

The Assistant Editor role for BBC News Streaming oversees our audience offer of single-story live news streams, their curation on iPlayer and their availability to other platforms.  With a sophisticated understanding of both the editorial components of streams, and emerging streaming technologies, the role of the Assistant Editor involves being a tech-savvy output editor who directs the team and resources in the Streaming Control Centre to deliver and shape live single-story streams. 

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
Join BBC News Streaming and help shape the future of digital journalism through our pioneering single story live streams. As Assistant Editor, you’ll oversee live output from our Streaming Control Centre, using audience data to craft compelling, real-time storytelling for iPlayer and beyond. Confident under pressure, driven by innovation and with experience outputting breaking news, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment, but you will be as comfortable inspiring our brilliant team to take creative risks on off diary stories.  If you’re passionate about redefining live video news and experimenting, this is a great opportunity to contribute to the evolution of BBC News.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• News for streaming audiences requires a data-driven, always-on, agile team that is continually developing and adapting our offer to meet audience needs. The Assistant Editor Streaming will play a key role, assisting and working with the Streaming Editor and News Editor to deliver this pioneering new service
• iPlayer is a major priority for the BBC and for BBC News. As an Assistant Editor, you will assist the News Editor, overseeing output on a daily basis, ensuring our news offer consistently meets the needs of all audiences. You will use analytics and audience research confidently to guide decisions, curating, modifying and tweaking our output day-to-day to provide the very best of BBC News for our audiences
• You’ll be responsible for daily output and amplification of moments across the BBC. At the heart of our breaking news offer, you’ll assist in overseeing team members working on streams across BBC platforms round-the-clock
• You’ll be innovative, constantly looking to iterate and develop our streaming offer; with sound editorial knowledge and experience but a desire to push the boundaries and a passion for developing the future of live video news. At home with breaking news, or pre-planned major events – with a specific focus on showcasing the best of the BBC to audiences wherever they are with us, digitally
• The Assistant Editor will work with, and assist, the News Editor and Deputy Editor to oversee output and team members, with some line management responsibility. They will be expected to work across a variety of daytime, evening and weekend shifts to help us deliver always on News coverage across BBC platforms.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Experience overseeing output of a live news offer, delivering for digital-first products, with a proven track record of making the right decisions in high pressure environments
• Excellent editorial judgement – with comprehensive knowledge of BBC editorial policy, media law and regulatory requirements in the BVOD and SVOD space
• Significant experience outputting and producing live programming on a wide variety of subjects, from breaking news to planned coverage of events
• Understanding and experience of newsroom tooling, systems and techniques to produce live video news output
• Demonstrable experience engaging and motivating team members, consistently upholding data-driven decision making
• Capability to juggle competing demands and experience dealing with a constantly changing news agenda and priorities.