The BBC is an international multimedia broadcaster on radio, TV, online and social networks with a weekly global audience of 320 million. As part of an historic multi-million pound expansion of BBC Africa, the BBC World Service is introducing a wide range of new and exciting language and regional content to serve African and global audiences.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Digital Producer (Nigeria)
Location: Nigeria (Right to work in Nigeria required)
Contract: Fixed-term employment
Duration: 2 years
Reports to: Head of Production and Training
Job purpose
- The BBC Media Action office in Nigeria is seeking a Senior Digital Producer to lead the design and production of a digital strategy and content stream for a multi-component Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) programme focused on reproductive health and child spacing in Northern Nigeria.
- The Senior Digital Producer will utilise their editorial knowledge and digital skills to oversee the production of high-quality and impactful digital outputs across platforms. The role will hold responsibility for extending storytelling from TV/radio formats into digital, social media, and interactive formats.
- The Senior Digital Producer will collaborate with colleagues across the Production & Training department to deliver high-quality audio, visual and digital outputs that fulfil thematic objectives while maximising relevance and appeal among target audiences.
- The role will initiate and drive the full digital production lifecycle, from concept development through to final delivery, ensuring strong editorial quality, strategic alignment, and audience impact across platforms.
- The role will provide strategic oversight of digital production, ensuring that all digital outputs are platform-optimised, audience-responsive, data-informed and aligned across channels.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end design, planning, and delivery of multi-platform digital outputs, ensuring strong integration between broadcast and digital content from concept through production and post-production
- Lead digital content strategy and platform optimisation, using audience insights and analytics to strengthen engagement, reach and behavioural impact
- Lead the development of a cohesive multi-platform narrative approach, ensuring consistency and continuity of storytelling across digital, radio and community touchpoints
- Line manage and provide technical oversight to the Digital Producer and Assistant Producer (multimedia), ensuring strong alignment between digital and radio outputs
- Collaborate closely with strategy, research and SBC teams to translate behavioural objectives into compelling, insight-driven digital content with measurable impact
- Direct studio and field recordings, ensuring high-quality digital production and effective coordination of logistics and resources
- Monitor content performance and recommend adaptive improvements to maximise reach, engagement and effectiveness across platforms
- Ensure effective digital production workflows, including compliance, safeguarding and data protection across all outputs and platforms
- Ensure that all content or language published on BBC Media Action digital platforms adheres to BBC editorial guidelines
- Any other tasks assigned by BBC Media Action to achieve project and organisational objectives.
Required skills, knowledge, and experience
- Proven experience producing engaging and creative content across digital platforms.
- Demonstrable experience leading multimedia or digital production teams, including editorial oversight and management of social media and digital outputs.
- Excellent understanding of Nigeria’s social media landscape, including the relevant platforms for different audience segments.
- Creative writing skills in English and Hausa, with the ability to develop ideas that resonate with broad and diverse audiences.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with experience working collaboratively in a media production environment.
- Experience using digital insights and analytics to inform content refinement and audience engagement.
- Working knowledge of multimedia production tools and workflows.
- Strong experience producing and posting content for social media websites, and digital platforms to reach a diverse range of audiences.
- Strong editorial judgement, with a clear understanding of BBC editorial values and standards.
Application Deadline
30th September, 2026.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV with cover letter (in English, and in PDF or Microsoft Word format) which outlines their experience and suitability for the role, and availability status to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.
Note
- Only applicants with a separate cover letter will be considered.
- Please do not send certificates or other attachments.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
