Digital Editor

Band: E
Contract type:
Permanent/Full-time

Location:

BBC Hull office-based role (broadly 9–5). Department: BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

The Digital News Editor role will lead our Online, Social and Local Story Teams across Hull and Lincoln, shaping how audiences understand this diverse region. As a senior leader, it sets the daily editorial agenda, ensures BBC standards and drives innovation in a rapidly growing digital space. This position strengthens our newsroom and ensures high quality, trusted journalism reaches audiences wherever they are, every single day.

The role offers creative leadership, editorial influence and the chance to shape storytelling across online, social and multimedia teams. Youll guide coverage, develop talented colleagues and commission impactful digital journalism in a region rich with urban, rural and coastal communities. If you thrive on collaboration, innovation and responsibility, this role offers purpose, challenge and genuine satisfaction.

• Lead the day to day running of a large, fast-paced news operation across a wide and diverse geographical patch, working closely with the Senior News Editor and fellow leaders to reflect our audiences in editorial decisions.
• Head the digital team, overseeing the commissioning, production and delivery of all online and social media content.
• Line manage, develop and support a large team while confidently handling HR processes.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure East Yorkshire and Lincolnshireaire strongest journalism reaches audiences with maximum impact.
• Uphold the highest editorial standards, ensuring all output is accurate, fair and legally compliant.

Essential criteria:

• Strong management and leadership experience, with a track record of developing teams.
• Outstanding editorial judgement and a thorough understanding of legal responsibilities.
• Experience in sub-editing and publishing online content.
• A deep understanding of what resonates with online audiences and how to grow the reach and impact of digital stories.

Desirable but not required:

• Familiarity with BBC editorial guidelines and compliance.
• Knowledge of East Yorkshire and Lincoln shires local issues and audience needs.
• Background in mentoring or coaching journalists.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across platforms, ideally including TV and radio.

This job description states the essential characteristics of the role and its principal accountabilities. It is not intended to be a complete account of all duties involved.

Please note:

If you are offered this role, the BBC will conduct employment screening checks (references, eligibility to work, and, where applicable, safeguarding and adverse media checks). Any offer is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and will give priority consideration to those at risk of redundancy.

Information at a glance

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the worlds best loved content and the BBCs mission to inform, educate and entertain. Benefits may vary if joining on a fixed-term contract or other conditions. Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

We value and respect every individuals contribution and welcome applicants regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. Find out more about our diversity and inclusion strategy.

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