Digital Producer, Business – West Africa (Senior Journalist) at BBC World Service

The BBC is an international multimedia broadcaster on radio, TV, online and social networks with a weekly global audience of 320 million. As part of an historic multi-million pound expansion of BBC Africa, the BBC World Service is introducing a wide range of new and exciting language and regional content to serve African and global audiences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

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.

Deadline: 30th May, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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.