Senior Journalist, Team Manager

Job Requisition ID: 48296
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Purpose of the Role

• The Senior Journalist Team Manager, Nigeria Language Services, leads the On-Demand editorial output of the hub, supporting the Editors to implement a future-focused digital strategy across all BBC-owned and operated platforms.
• It is suited to an experienced Senior Journalist with strong journalistic instincts and clear digital ambition—someone who can sustain momentum, grow audience reach, and deliver strategic goals.
• Working within the wider Nigeria Languages structure, the role reports to the News Editor, who sets the regional vision, while maintaining the editorial autonomy required to serve audiences with rigour, relevance and independence.
• This role requires strong editorial judgement and courage, with the ability to uphold BBC Editorial Guidelines and defend impartial decisions under pressure.

Your Responsibilities and Impact

• 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.
• Define and deliver a clear production hub strategy, aligning content priorities with the cluster’s growing digital ambitions.
• Improve digital video turnaround time while implementing video-first strategies, embedding video thinking into editorial planning.
• 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.
• Build and lead BBC Nigeria’s On-Demand Production hub, establishing workflows, standards, capacity and operating model from inception.
• Lead production of impactful video journalism, including investigations, documentaries, data-driven and social-first formats.

Your Skills and Experience
Essential Criteria:

• Deep understanding of digital distribution (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and BBC platforms), with evidence of growing audiences.
• 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.
• 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.
• Extensive experience in video production and post-production, including filming, editing, motion graphics and managing high-volume digital workflows.
• Strong track record of cross-team collaboration, coordinating shared resources and workflows across services.
• Experience delivering major production initiatives, such as launching formats, driving digital transformation or building operations from scratch.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams, set direction, manage performance and foster a culture of creativity and collaboration.

Desirable But Not Required:

• Excellent scriptwriting and storytelling skills for a variety of digital formats, including short, mid and long form video and audio (podcast) formats.
• Proven ability to shoot, script and edit video stories using tools such as Final Cut Pro (FCPx) and QEdit, with the ability to deliver polished, engaging, audience-focused content which is optimised for digital platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook