Would making content that helps people to make good choices and supporting those who may be struggling in their online life give you a positive & uplifting feeling about your work?
The Own It App & website is a wellbeing product aimed at young people receiving their very first smartphone and entering a personal digital world. Using a unique combination of self-reporting and machine learning the technology assists children in making good choices and intervenes when potentially harmful situations are encountered. Engaging, short, snack-able content is served to the audience via a daily feed or delivered as an intervention to help guide young people’s behaviour in the right direction.
BBC Education exists to transform lives through education. That clear vision drives everything we do as we lead the overall education strategy for the BBC.
The Own It App and website is in line with the overall aims of Education as a department, which are to:
Main Responsibilities
As part of the Own It the team, the journalists use their editorial judgement to create a range of content in a range of formats for Own It’s app and web platforms in line with the brand’s editorial strategy, including writing, shooting and editing content. You will generate ideas for high-profile content campaigns and work to deliver those campaigns in collaboration with a range of internal and external partners. You will build relationships with other teams and work closely with other departments, including Newsround and the wider Children’s & Education team and identify opportunities within the news agenda to create associated content and resources for the Own It app and / or website.
Are you the right candidate?
You will be experienced at creating digital content for young audiences and be able to manage multiple pieces of work at one time. You will have experience of using a range of video, audio and digital equipment to research, write, assemble, edit and deliver content and must be able to use a variety of tools to produce and edit interactive digital content including Photoshop and Premiere, as well as familiarity of working with a CMS to publish content.
You will be confident at managing film commissions for web and social media, working with indies on casting/scripting/edit feedback.
You should have an awareness of the range of issues that face children in the digital environment and an understanding of children’s digital wellbeing.
Desirable to have a working knowledge of optimising digital content for search (SEO)
About the BBC
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 in the document attached below.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
Package Description
Band: C
Contract type: Attachment backfill – start Oct- 25th March 22
Location: Media City, Salford & remote working
We would encourage you to approach your CV as an application, and to tailor it to highlight the skills and experience which we’ve talked about in this advert and the job description including the job appendix. We’d love to know not only about your most relevant experience and responsibilities in previous roles, but also any achievements, transferable skills, or areas of personal or professional interest that highlight why you’d be a great candidate for this role.
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. 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 offer stage.
The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/
Mae’r sefyllfa gyda’r coronafeirws yn datblygu’n gyflym, ac mae’r BBC yn awyddus i barhau i sicrhau diogelwch a lles pobl ar draws y BBC, gan barhau i warchod ein gwasanaethau hefyd. I leihau’r risg, dim ond y bobl sy’n hanfodol i’n hallbwn darlledu fydd yn cael mynediad i adeiladau’r BBC. O ddydd Mercher 18fed Mawrth ymlaen, bydd pob asesiad a chyfweliad yn cael ei gynnal o bell, nes rhoddir gwybod yn wahanol. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/
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