Digital Social Journalist

Our Team: How we enrich everyday life:

Reporting to the UK Digital Editor, you’ll play a key role in shaping how our journalism connects with audiences across social media. 

You’ll be part of a fast-moving newsroom environment where creativity, accuracy and speed matter. Working closely with the Digital News Editor and wider UK news team, you’ll help bring stories to life through compelling social-first storytelling. 

We’re ambitious, audience-focused and always looking for new ways to innovate. Whether responding to breaking news or creating original content, you’ll help ensure our journalism reaches people where they are, in formats they want to engage with. 

The difference you will make:

You will shape how our news shows up on social media across the UK.  From breaking stories to explainers, you’ll transform our journalism into engaging, visual content that informs, sparks conversation and drives sharing.  Your work will directly influence: 

• Audience engagement 
• Brand presence on social platforms 
• The way our newsrooms adapt to a digital-first world 

Your role:

As our Digital Social Journalist, you will identify compelling stories from across our UK news operation and turn them into engaging, shareable content tailored for social platforms. 

This is a hands-on creative and editorial role. You’ll be responsible for producing and editing video content, repurposing journalism into social-first formats, and reacting quickly to the news agenda. 

You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment and be confident turning complex news stories into clear, visually engaging content in either video, image or text formats which will work on our socials. 

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): 

• Produce and edit engaging social video content from our UK news output 
• Identify stories with strong social potential and adapt them for digital audiences 
• Repurpose content for relevant platforms and brands 
• React quickly to breaking news and deliver content to tight deadlines 
• Create original social-first journalism with viral potential 
• Monitor social media channels and audience interaction 
• Analyse social media performance alongside the Digital News Editor 
• Ensure all content meets legal, copyright and ethical standards 

The skills you will bring: 

• Recognised Journalism qualification 
• Strong understanding of media law and the Ofcom Broadcast Code 
• Demonstrable experience and understanding of social media 
• Proven ability to produce and edit video, images and audio content for online platforms 
• Strong editorial judgement and attention to detail 
• Ability to remain calm under pressure in a fast-moving news environment 
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills 
• Deep understanding of social media trends and audience behaviour 
• Confident working across multiple platforms 
• Flexibility to work outside standard hours when required 

Desirable: 

• Familiarity with Adobe products, particularly Premiere Pro and Photoshop 
• Previous experience of a website CMS 
• Knowledge of social media aggregation tools 
• Happy to appear in front of the camera for videos 

Working Pattern / Location:

In office/remote or hybrid working. Some flexibility required, including out-of-hours work in response to out-of-hours news or breaking news. 

Closing date: 17th March 2026

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win. 
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working. 
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk

We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.