Director of Video

All; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company is seeking a Broadcast and Digital Data Delivery Manager to lead video operations. This individual will drive audience growth and revenue across multiple platforms. Responsibilities include managing the video team, pitching stories, and collaborating with commercial units. Ideal candidates should possess extensive experience in digital video and a proven ability to grow audiences and revenue.

Benefits

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full salary

Private medical insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Generous pension scheme

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in digital video at news organizations.
• Proven track record of audience and revenue growth.
• Experience in working with commercial sales teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead video team to produce high-quality journalism.
• Grow audiences on owned and operated channels.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to monetize video content.

Skills

Leadership in digital video

Expertise across video platforms

Audience growth strategies

Innovative storytelling

Revenue generation expertise

Data-driven decision making

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a highly driven, innovative and commercially minded person to lead our video operation. You will be a senior leader in the newsroom and must have extensive experience across multiple video platforms. You will be responsible for growing our video editorial, audience and revenue.

Key accountabilities

• Lead the video team to produce world-class journalism across both titles
• Pitch video-led stories in morning and afternoon news conferences
• Responsible for growing audiences on our owned and operated channels
• Responsible for growing audiences across all off-platform channels, including YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook
• Responsible for growing video revenue across all channels
• Grow our video offering generally, with particular focus on lifestyle channels such as Style and Travel, creating new franchises and series in collaboration with commercial
• Work on the engagement of the newsroom with video, promoting our talent and increasing the prominence of video in the commissioning processes
• Work closely with commercial teams to ensure we achieve the scale needed to monetise
• Use data and analytics to guide programming and commissioning
• Strategise with the senior leadership team on video

Essential skills and experience

• To be a leader in digital video at national or international news organisations
• Be an expert across multiple video platforms, including social
• Proven track record of growing audiences on multiple channels
• To be innovative in your storytelling and production methods
• Experience growing a catalogue of original programming and series
• Experience working across multiple content verticals, from breaking news to entertainment and lifestyle
• A deep understanding of analytics and taking a data-driven approach
• Proven ability to grow revenue across various platforms
• Experience working with commercial sales teams to develop video projects

About News UK

News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

Benefits

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or for us to do anything differently to support you apply for any of our roles please contact us on [e-mail].

Please apply by 12th October with your CV and a covering letter.

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Broadcast and Digital Data Delivery Manager