Location: Bangkok

Job Introduction

BBC World Service Group is an international multimedia broadcaster, delivering a wide range of language and regional services on radio, TV, online and via wireless handheld devices.

It uses multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of 320 million globally, including shortwave, AM, FM, satellite, cable channels and digital platforms.

BBC Thai on Facebook was launched in July 2014 to bring impartial and balanced news to Thailand where media has been censored following a military coup.

Thai Service also specialises in using Facebook Lives for special reports, and raising debates about Thailand-related topics on Google Hangouts and YouTube and engaging with many forms of social media.

Main Responsibilities                 

We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Broadcast Journalist to work across the department’s output – specifically within Social Media.

You will take full editorial responsibility of social media newsgathering operation in BBC Thai Service, by curating, generating and editing social media contents on bbcthai.com and all platforms, Facebook, LINE, Google+, Twitter and others , as relevant to Thailand.

You will help form strategic editorial development of BBC digital offering in BBC Thai, working closely with BBC World Service Digital team to implement the Digital Roadmap and to contribute to the goal of reaching 500m weekly audiences by 2022.

You will report to BBC Thai Editor and East Asian Digital Editor and work with all service editors and desk editors in the region.

Your main responsibilities will include leading on the production, curation and distribution of all digital content, videos, and innovative editorial projects to serve Thai audience whilst ensuring BBC Thai’s social media newsgathering for digital content adheres to the standards of excellence and efficiency required of BBC World Service Group, and complies fully with the BBC's editorial guidelines and objectives

You will be responsible for coming up with creative and innovative ways in storytelling and implementing them for BBC Thai especially for social media consumption.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be an experienced Broadcast Journalist who is able to demonstrate editorial strengths in the kind of original journalism that BBC is known for, a strong awareness of both Thai and global affairs, and an understanding of how social media platforms and trends can inform a BBC editorial agenda.

You will have a proven track record of leading a social media and digital team in Thai or other languages and be successful in working in an online production environment with demonstrable experience and enthusiasm for social media and interactivity. You will demonstrate an excellent knowledge of developments in social media and related areas and have clear understanding of the needs and profile of the target audience and the ability to translate these into imaginative and compelling content solutions, specifically with reference to social media.

You will have a sound knowledge of English including complete comprehension of written and spoken English and the ability to communicate effectively. You will have the ability to motivate and develop editorial staff to produce innovative and imaginative journalism, to help lead innovation on our digital platforms and to develop the capacity of journalists elsewhere in the BBC to produce high quality output for the website

Please send applications online at:

http://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/Senior-Broadcast-Journalist-Social-Media-BBC-Thai/18303

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