Digital Journalist, BBC Hausa

Digital Journalist, BBC Hausa

The Digital Journalist will create and publish accurate, engaging, and SEO-friendly news content for the BBC Hausa website. They will also produce and edit short-form video content for social media platforms and contribute to BBC Hausa’s visualised radio programming.

Responsibilities

• Create and publish accurate, engaging, and SEO-friendly news content for the BBC Hausa website.
• Produce, present, shoot, and edit short-form video content for platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
• Develop compelling social media content that drives audience engagement and expands reach.
• Respond quickly to breaking news and maintain a consistent flow of content across the website and social channels.
• Use audience analytics to inform content decisions and improve digital output.
• Contribute to BBC Hausa’s visualised radio programming by presenting on air and on screen.
• Repurpose live radio and interview content into engaging digital clips.

Requirements

• Proven experience creating content across digital, social, radio, and video platforms.
• Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills in Hausa with ability to produce SEO-aware content.
• Strong video production skills, including presenting, self-shooting, and editing.
• Confident in using audience analytics, headlines, thumbnails, and metadata to optimise content performance.
• Experience sourcing, verifying, and reporting news accurately and impartially.
• Strong broadcast skills, including radio production, interviewing, and presenting.
• Fluent in Hausa and English with understanding of Nigeria and West Africa's political, social, and cultural landscape.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV with a cover letter (in English, PDF or Microsoft Word format) which outlines their experience and suitability for the role, and availability status, by email to: hr.recruitment@ng.bbcmediaaction.org using the job title as the subject of the mail. Interested and qualified? Go to BBC Media Action on careers.bbc.co.uk to apply