Senior Journalist Team Manager

Essential Criteria

• Strong video vision, with a clear understanding of high-quality digital journalism, demonstrated through a proven track record of commissioning and delivering impactful content for a variety of digital platforms.

• Extensive experience in video production and post-production, including filming, editing, motion graphics and managing high-volume digital workflows.

• Proven ability to lead and develop teams, set direction, manage performance and foster a culture of creativity and collaboration.

• Deep understanding of digital distribution (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and BBC platforms), with evidence of growing audiences.

• Experience delivering major production initiatives, such as launching formats, driving digital transformation or building operations from scratch.

• Strong track record of cross-team collaboration, coordinating shared resources and workflows across services.

• Strong communication skills in English and one of the three Nigerian hub languages, both written and verbal, with the ability to represent the BBC effectively in senior internal forums.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead BBC Nigeria’s On-Demand Production hub, establishing workflows, standards, capacity and operating model from inception.

• Define and deliver a clear production hub strategy, aligning content priorities with the cluster’s growing digital ambitions.

• Serve as lead production advisor, working closely with the News Editor and Assistant Editors on develop and implement the digital strategy and deliver audience growth on all digital platforms.

• Improve digital video turnaround time while implementing video-first strategies, embedding video thinking into editorial planning.

• Lead production of impactful video journalism, including investigations, documentaries, data-driven and social-first formats.

• Lead live streaming for Nigeria Language Services production hub on website and relevant social platforms.

• Develop innovative video formats targeting young women in sub-Saharan Africa and the diaspora, with strong editorial and distribution strategies.