Curation Editor
About BBC Studios
BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.
The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.
From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.
Job Purpose
BBC Studios is hiring a Curation Editor for bbc.com, based in London. We continue to consolidate and enhance our BBC website and apps for global audiences outside the UK, including in North America. You will be part of the team curating this experience, including managing the home page and other key indexes during UK morning hours — a critical window for both our global audience and our cross-timezone editorial operation.
The right candidate will demonstrate strong editorial judgment, a sharp eye for engaging headlines and visuals, and a keen sense of U.S. and global audience needs in the digital space. This role sits within the Audience Development team as part of our Global Digital News & Streaming division and reports to the Lead Curation Editor.
Principle Accountabilities
- Be responsible for the effective promotion of news & factual content across the site and app during UK morning hours, while rigorously adhering to our editorial values and guidelines. That includes consulting with or referring up as needed.
- Collaborate with editors across the BBC, including in our public service News and Sport divisions, on daily priorities and scheduling, as well as curation of big events and initiatives.
- Always think about the mix of stories, formats and audience needs at different times of the day and for your geographical zone.
- Make sure our headlines are sharp and our image choices work for small mobile screens.
- Stay on top of breaking news and ensure changes are made quickly. Be able to plan and write accurate and concise push alerts.
- Help drive new learnings and insights to elevate on-site experience and deepen user journeys through A/B testing, strategic experimentation, and performance analysis in consultation with your team leader.
- Prepare and share clear and informative handover notes. Flag any site or CMS issues or bugs to colleagues in IT or product in a clear and timely manner.
- Weekend and public holiday shift work is required as part of team rotation and to meet operational needs.
Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Experience
- Candidates should have digital journalism experience, ideally in the news curation space.
- Be able to work well under pressure and to prioritise effectively, even when dealing with competing demands.
- Have a broad and deep interest in news and factual content, and comfort with interpreting audience data to inform decisions.
- Collaborative self-starter, able to work with colleagues across editorial, commercial, audience development, analytics, and product.
- Desire to understand, in detail, the consumer experience on BBC digital products.
- Enthusiasm for the BBC's unique position as a trusted news brand and an understanding of the importance of impartiality — and what it means in practice.
- Evidence of having a positive impact on newsroom culture.
- Strong organisational, planning and time-management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise tasks and pivot as news demands.
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
- An ability to function in a matrixed organisation and work effectively across teams and time zones.
- 3+ years' experience working in digital publishing in a news environment.
- Prior experience as a homepage producer or editor, ideally in a news context.
- Experience with push notifications, content optimisation and A/B testing is also desired.
- Strong attention to detail.
Are you the right fit?
As a global business, diversity, equity, and inclusion among team members is essential to our success. We therefore encourage highly skilled candidates from traditionally under-represented groups to submit their applications, even if they don’t check absolutely every box on our list of desired work experience.
Behaviors
An ability to work quickly in a high-pressure environment. Meticulous and detail oriented designer. Creative problem solver with ambitious ideas. Excellent stakeholder management skills with communication, diplomacy and collaboration in bounds. Self-motivation and the ability to positively collaborate with a team of skilled professionals. Maintain an active interest in culture, trends and habits of audiences consuming digital content.
Life at BBC Studios
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.
The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.
BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and we strongly encourage applications from disabled people. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and declare that you are disabled, we will ensure to advance you to the next stage (minimum criteria above).
If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.
What Will You Gain From Working At BBC Studios?
- Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance
- 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
- A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more
- Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation
Package Description
Salary: Up to £40,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
Contract type: Permanent role
Location: Office Base is London; Television Centre. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.
Disclaimer
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.
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.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
Redeployment
The 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.
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Life at BBC Studios
- A flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days.
- Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions).
- Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance and accident benefit.
- BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen. Find out more about BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets here .
- Career development in a values-led purpose-driven culture.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.
Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Disability confident
We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk