Location
London - Television Centre

Hours
Full-time, Permanent

Salary
£50,000 - £60,000 per year + London Weighting (£5,441) depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience

About the Role
BBC Studios, a globally renowned media company born of the BBC, is seeking an ambitious, skilled and collaborative senior editor to lead the Culture team on BBC.com and the international BBC app. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and grow culture features across platforms, bringing the best of the BBC's culture journalism to a global audience. The Culture team publishes a regular cadence of features, including text and video, providing lively analysis and thought-provoking context on arts, culture, entertainment and history stories that matter worldwide.

As Culture Editor, you will drive the growth and engagement of features on BBC.com and the BBC app with stories that inform and entertain. You will manage a team of editors and journalists, be responsible for their performance and development, lead team meetings, and act as the main point of contact for the culture features team. You will commission and edit articles from freelance writers, develop a diverse network of trusted contributors, and lead the culture features offering across platforms working closely with colleagues in digital video, social, newsletters and design.

You will embrace innovation in coverage and formats, review analytics to understand story performance, maintain a collaborative team-player mentality, uphold the BBC’s rigorous editorial standards and best journalistic practices, and work closely with commercial teams on editorial projects that generate revenue to support the BBC’s larger mission.

Experience
- Extensive experience writing, commissioning and editing digital arts and culture features
- Experience managing a team of journalists and editors
- Proven track record of producing high quality arts, culture or entertainment journalism
- Experience commissioning and editing a diverse cross-section of freelance contributors
- Experience working with different formats and across platforms including video, social, newsletters and podcasts
- Ability to analyse, contextualise and clearly communicate arts and culture stories to a general audience
- Experience using analytics tools and data to evaluate story performance and inform editorial strategy

About You
- Passionate about the BBC’s journalism, storytelling and values
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Collaborative and team-oriented mindset
- Enthusiastic about finding culture stories from all corners of the world and making them relevant to a global audience
- Ability to develop distinctive editorial concepts that enhance the BBC’s global reputation while supporting commercial goals

Qualifications
Not specifically required, but a strong background in digital arts and culture journalism and leadership experience are essential.

Desirable
- Experience developing ideas for an international, primarily North America-based audience
- Experience working with commercial teams