BBC Hiring for Social Media Assistant Full Time

• Supporting across all StoryWorks social media campaigns, on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn (amongst others) as appropriate on a campaign-by-campaign basis for all StoryWorks offices
• Asset creation for social content promotion, assuring it complies with our own and industry advertising standards
• Ideating and executing social strategy, and building out innovative and dynamic ideas for content promotion, and social content formats
• Ensuring that the delivery of commercial products meet BBC standards for quality and are fit for purpose
• Troubleshooting ed issues and seeing them through to resolution, liaising with other teams where appropriate

Are you the right candidate?

• Experience in social media, developing and delivering social media strategies, creating content and managing communities
• Strong copywriting skills, good grammar and attention to detail
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work under tight deadlines
• Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
• Able to multi-task well, ensuring delivery deadlines are met
• Able to prioritise projects in order of importance as well as confidence in managing your own project
• Confidence with speaking to various people, including being able to inform teams of both good and bad news
• Knowledge of how to use Google docs and Microsoft Word – A passion for media and what we create

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from under represented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. We strive to be the best British content company in the world, attracting the best creative talents in the business, so that we can bring premium quality award-winning programmes, content and brands to the viewer no matter where they are.

The BBC Group has set out the first in a new series of bold steps to transform our programming and better represent the public we serve. We have the biggest financial investment to on-air inclusion in the industry, together with our existing commissioning budget, we are committed to throwing open our doors more widely than ever to diverse stories and diverse storytellers. Together with a diverse workforce we will accelerate the pace of change in increasing diversity and inclusion both on and off air

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please visit our website.

Package Description

Band: B
Contract Type: Full time/ Continuing
Location: London TVC

Working Pattern: Hybrid Working (Home-based plus two/three days a week in the office)

We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us at [email protected] with the job reference in the subject. We advertise all our roles on Evenbreak, the specialist job board for disabled candidates

• Flexible/agile working – opportunities across the business. We’re happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.
• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.
• Benefits – We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (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.