YouTube Channel Manager - Extend

Job Band
: C
Contract Type
:
Full Time Attachment/Fixed Term Contract Until March 2027
Department: BBC Children’s & Education
Location
:
Salford – Hybrid
Proposed Salary Range
: £32,000 - £37,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Please note this role will be mapped to our internal CPF title of Senior Scheduling Coordinator

This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long‑term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.

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Join the BBC Children’s & Education You Tube team as a You Tube Channel Manager helping to deliver creative excellence with a strategic vision. You’ll be managing multiple You Tube channels, taking ownership of key brands and formats that connect with UK youth audiences. You’ll understand how to produce first‑class You Tube content, manage ongoing schedules and be able to communicate results and analytics to stakeholders.

You’ll be joining a team of creative when your ideas will be brought to life and your strategic vision nurtured. You’ll gain hands on experience working across multiple brands and moments with a range of teams including commissioning, marketing and digital. You can expect a creative, inclusive environment that values collaboration.

• Plan ongoing strategic schedules of You Tube first content across multiple genre‑led channels
• Work with internal teams to ensure content is authentic to the platform
• Produce creative briefs and edits of top‑quality You Tube content that speak to our audience
• Use audience data and analytics to inform decision making and performance in line with KPIs
• Keep abreast of current trends and perform ongoing competitor analysis
• Experience managing branded You Tube channels is key – you’ll have in‑depth understanding of the platform, thumbnail strategies and performance optimisation
• An understanding of You Tube content for a youth audience
• Proficient editing skills using Adobe Suite (Photoshop and Premiere Pro)
• An understanding of You Tube analytics and how to use data to inform decision making
• The ability to work with wider teams to brief content, develop ideas and feedback on performance to stakeholders

• Experience working with TV productions
• Experience working across other digital platforms, such as Tik Tok and Instagram

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

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