Senior Picture Editor - TV Social Edit Hub

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Language Log in to Profile BBC Employee Login CREATE JOB ALERT Senior Picture Editor - TV Social Edit Hub Job Description Job Requisition ID: 24296 Job Closing Date: 29 June 2025 JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: TV Social Edit Hub
LOCATION: Birmingham - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £40,800 - £54,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

We're looking for a highly skilled and creativeSenior Editorto join our dynamicTV Social Edit Hubteam, to edit best-in-class digital formats and award-winning social promo across the iPlayer portfolio - working on titles like The Traitors, Gladiators and Drag Race UK, for some of the UK's biggest social media brands (BBC, iPlayer, Three).

This is a pivotal role that combines craft editing, technical leadership, and team development. You'll be responsible for editing high-quality original and reversioned video across multiple social platforms, while also providing technical post-production oversight to the team, helping to manage and upskill more junior members.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM
You'll be a highly skilled digital-first video editor with proven experience in the social media space, with excellent communication and collaboration skills. You'll have a passion for great young-skewing content for UK audiences, and for championing best practice in post-production. Based in Birmingham, you'll work with and help manage an engaging and skilled team of editors and producers, collaborating closely with production and campaigns teams in the wider TV Social team - to use your skills to evolve our content and ways of working.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Experienced digital and social editor - creating socially-native, original and reversioned content to a high standard for BBC accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.
• Lead Craft & Tech sub-team in TV Social Edit Hub, managing Senior Post Production Operator and responsible for oversight of evolving post-production workflows and systems for edit team
• Line manage new Apprentices in Edit Hub team
• Play key role in guiding training and upskilling across the edit team.
• Online and audio finishing when required, with potential for iPlayer and website deliveries

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Experienced digital and social editor - proven ability editing short- and longform digital content for high profile media brands, and delivering for social platforms eg TikTok, Instagram, YouTube
• Advanced knowledge of and proven expertise with the Adobe Suite - in particular Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Experience of colour grading, finishing and audio tools
• Knowledge of evolving post-production workflows and systems, and experience of implementing in a team environment
• Experience of managing / upskilling more junior members of an edit team

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Experience of producing motion graphics for social content
• Experience in delivering edit training
• Line management experience
• Experience in creating digital content for young audiences 16-24, and indepth understanding of social platforms and formats
• Understanding of BBC Editorial Guidelines and related compliance

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

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.

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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.

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Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

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