Description We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven’t just survived over the past couple of years, we’ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands. And we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. Using your creative thinking, superior organisational, time management and communication skills you will be responsible for the smooth delivery of projects, big and small. From the moment we receive the brief you will become the point of contact for the client and responsible for distilling that brief into a project plan with a clear set of deliverables. From small studio shoots to large location shoots you will need to put together a team of content creators to deliver on our idea and produce engaging and high quality content that will be distributed across the Future brands. Requirements <ul><li>Demonstrable experience with content creation in both video and photography.</li><li>Excellent knowledge and understanding of print design and production processes</li><li>Project management skills with a knowledge of a project management process or methodology</li><li>Knowledge of marketing products, including print, digital, social, newsletters, events etc.</li><li>The ability to think creatively to translate a creative idea in to something that can be produced for the budget and time constraints without compromising the integrity of the initial idea.</li><li>Campaign reporting, with an ability to write reports for an internal and external audience</li><li>Experience of commissioning freelance work and an understanding of the contractual and legal requirements of the industry. </li></ul>Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website.
 Future

Freelance Creative Producer

Description About the Team The Lifestyle & Entertainments (L&E) Advertising Sales Team is primarily responsible for the monitisation of eight weekly print magazine brands and three websites. Many of these brands are iconic household names such as TV Times and Woman's Weekly and have enormous reach across the UK. We sell approximately 1.350m copies of these magazines per week and our digital brands have over 5m unique users per month in the UK alone. The L&E brands provide a route to market for our clients to reach this substantial audience who we have dubbed “Heart of Britain”. These are the quietly powerful C1C2DE Women of the UK - all 14 million of them. Why is this important to our advertisers; They engage with our brands to give them trusted advice and have a total income and value to the economy of £350 billion. This is the primary USP of the L&E vertical. The L&E vertical contributes a substantial revenue stream to Future Plc’s overall commercial advertising income with considerable scope for developing additional revenue via display, social and creative solutions This will be a remote role but the successful candidate will need to be able to cover a patch primarily based around Manchester Job Purpose As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for maximising commercial opportunities and generating advertising revenue from clients across our Lifestyle and Entertainments Vertical. You will be selling print, digital and creative solutions. Your role will be a mixture of speaking to your clients on the phone, going to see them face to face, and regularly communicating with them via email. You will talk confidently about the vertical market you work in and be able to confidently pitch for business and hold a negotiation both over the phone and face to face. By working with editorial, marketing, and other areas of the business, you will create bespoke ideas, and then pitch and sell these to your client base to generate increased revenues, to take revenue from our competitors or to gain new revenues from other budgets e.g PR. Increasing market share in print is important to our current strategy. Key Responsibilities <ul><li>To achieve your monthly revenue target </li><li>Develop and maintain excellent customer relationships</li><li>Developing new business by identifying lapsed or new clients</li><li>To manage and develop existing clients.</li><li>To work towards generating YOY revenue growth</li><li>Responsibility for ensuring delivery of role objectives and rev targets.</li><li>Yield Management. Ensure you are driving the best possible yields from your clients and maximising where possible, best market share position, forward booking series, upselling and gaining long term business </li></ul>Requirements What do I need to succeed? <ul><li>You will be required to have a strong work ethic at all times and a willingness to learn and to embrace and demonstrate our values. As a sales person it is important to have a ‘let’s do this’ attitude and to row the boat</li><li>You will need to be tenacious, commercially minded and revenue driven with strong communication skills, both internally and externally. </li><li>Display an ability to think creatively when structuring mutually beneficial trading deals with our agencies and clients</li><li>Existing media agency relationships are important plus the ability to grow your own network within the London media market. </li><li>An understanding of the current media landscape and where Future sits and the opportunities that brings to our clients</li><li>A willingness to learn in terms of brands, skills and media channels </li></ul>Benefits As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including: <ul><li>Unlimited Holiday - You read that right! We trust you to manage your workload and time</li><li>A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li><li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues </li></ul>Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website. 
 Future

Account Manager - Lifestyle & Entertainment

Description We&rsquo;re Future. We&rsquo;re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven&rsquo;t just survived over the past couple of years, we&rsquo;ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands. And we don&rsquo;t plan on stopping any time soon. We&rsquo;ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we&rsquo;re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. As Commercial Content Producer you will use your creative thinking, superior organisational, time management and communication skills you will be responsible for the smooth delivery of projects, big and small on Future&rsquo;s Games, Entertainment and Tech Brands. From the moment we receive the brief you will become the point of contact for the client and responsible for distilling that brief into a project plan with a clear set of deliverables. From small studio shoots to large location shoots you will need to put together a team of content creators to deliver on our idea and produce engaging and high quality content that will be distributed across the Future brands. The team works across a wide range of projects such as video productions, online content marketing, digital advertising and print and we coordinate with internal departments and third party suppliers to put it all together. It is a fast paced department that offers daily challenges and we have a fantastic team that loves what they do. Requirements 
<ul>
<li>Demonstrable experience with content creation inc both video and photography.</li>
<li>Experience of events / experiential / online streaming</li>
<li>The ability to think creatively to translate a creative idea into something that can be produced for the budget and time constraints without compromising the integrity of the initial idea.</li>
<li>Ability to track and manage projects within the agreed budget</li>
<li>Campaign reporting, with an ability to write reports for an internal and external audience </li>
</ul>
Benefits As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including:
<ul>
<li>Unlimited Holiday - You read that right! We trust you to manage your workload and time</li>
<li>A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li>
<li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch &amp; learns, hosted by your colleagues</li>
<li>Healthcare</li>
<li>401k match</li>
<li>Free food (monthly munchies, bagel Fridays, fresh fruit &amp; snacks and coffee and tea on tap)</li>
<li>Central office locations with cool open plan working spaces. We operate a flexible working plan and are COVID secure </li>
</ul>
Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future We have a voice and we&rsquo;re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We&rsquo;re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website. Future

Commercial Media Producer

Description We&rsquo;re Future. We&rsquo;re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven&rsquo;t just survived over the past couple of years, we&rsquo;ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands. And we don&rsquo;t plan on stopping any time soon. We&rsquo;ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we&rsquo;re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. As Commercial Media Producer you will use your creative thinking, superior organisational, time management and communication skills you will be responsible for the smooth delivery of projects, big and small on Future&rsquo;s Games, Entertainment and Tech Brands. From the moment we receive the brief you will become the point of contact for the client and responsible for distilling that brief into a project plan with a clear set of deliverables. From small studio shoots to large location shoots you will need to put together a team of content creators to deliver on our idea and produce engaging and high quality content that will be distributed across the Future brands. The team works across a wide range of projects such as video productions, online content marketing, digital advertising and print and we coordinate with internal departments and third party suppliers to put it all together. It is a fast paced department that offers daily challenges and we have a fantastic team that loves what they do. Requirements 
<ul>
<li>Demonstrable experience with content creation inc both video and photography.</li>
<li>Experience of events / experiential / online streaming</li>
<li>The ability to think creatively to translate a creative idea into something that can be produced for the budget and time constraints without compromising the integrity of the initial idea.</li>
<li>Ability to track and manage projects within the agreed budget</li>
<li>Campaign reporting, with an ability to write reports for an internal and external audience </li>
</ul>
Benefits As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including:
<ul>
<li>Unlimited Holiday - You read that right! We trust you to manage your workload and time</li>
<li>A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li>
<li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch &amp; learns, hosted by your colleagues</li>
<li>Healthcare</li>
<li>401k match</li>
<li>Free food (monthly munchies, bagel Fridays, fresh fruit &amp; snacks and coffee and tea on tap)</li>
<li>Central office locations with cool open plan working spaces. We operate a flexible working plan and are COVID secure </li>
</ul>
Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future We have a voice and we&rsquo;re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We&rsquo;re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website. Future

Description We’re Future. We’re 3000+ colleagues over 250+ brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven’t just survived over the past couple of years, we’ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands. And we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. We’ve got ambitious plans that build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. As Video Producer for PC Gamer, you'll have a head full of great creative ideas, the successful candidate will be keen to bring their expertise and knowledge to our flagship PC gaming website. Candidates will be able to proactively create high-quality short-form video content and ensure that it is produced on repeat. Responsibilities will also include the conception, creation and management of commercial video activity on PCGamer.com. You will need to be highly organised and with the ability to manage a range of different projects, seeing things through from the beginning to the end. Requirements <ul><li>Competence to be a “one-man-band,” with an eye for lighting and ear for audio, as needed both in-studio and on-location</li><li>Thirst for producing multiple pieces in a day from ideation, execution/editing, posting and social media distribution</li><li>Post production Adobe Premiere speed and dexterity that does not sacrifice quality</li><li>Ability to follow established short-form templates/show-format</li><li>Ability to shoot strategically and have the foresight to know how a video will all come together in post </li></ul>Benefits As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including: <ul><li>Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)</li><li>A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li><li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues </li></ul>Our Future, Our Responsibility - Inclusion and Diversity at Future We have a voice and we’re going to use it. We promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. We’re an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process is free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respecting of all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values and employees - current and future - are treated with respect and fairness. Find out more about Our Future, Our Responsibility on our website. 
 Future

Video Producer, PC Gamer

Description Future’s US Commercial team is seeking a Senior Producer to join a thriving team of sales-minded creative services professionals The Creative Solutions team serves as the primary contact for the Future sales teams for custom, cross-channel solutions to support our multi-vertical brand portfolio. This team is responsible for both the pre-sale ideation, packaging and collateral development of custom campaigns, in addition to generating, and communicating proposals to the sales team for presentation to Advertising Agencies and/or clients. The team also supports the development of new revenue-generating advertising and experiential products by creating proactive sales packages and case studies. The Creative Solutions team supports the sales process from pitch stage to sold programs. Team Members will work closely with Sales, pre-sales and post-sales departments and all media platforms for sales opportunities. The Senior Producer's roles is to plan and oversee all aspects of complex, or non-standard projects, and to meet that project’s goals on time and within budget. It will require you to organise people, tasks and resources to bring about a successful conclusion. This is a client-facing position, requiring the Producer to build trust with commercial sales team and clients throughout the production process Requirements <ul><li>Experience with content creation (video production, film / television development) or experiential and event production </li><li>Project management skills with a knowledge of a project management process or methodology</li><li> Knowledge of marketing products, including print, digital, social, newsletters, events etc. </li><li> Ability to track and manage projects within the agreed budget </li><li>Campaign reporting, with an ability to write reports for an internal and external audience </li><li>Strong customer services skills </li></ul>Benefits What will I get in return? As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including: <ul><li>Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)</li><li>Healthcare</li><li>401k match</li><li>Employee Staff Purchase Plan (ESPP)</li><li>Flexible Spend Account (FSA)</li><li>A share in our success - every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li><li>Free food (monthly munchies, bagel Fridays, fresh fruit & snacks and coffee and tea on tap)</li><li>Central office locations with cool open plan working spaces. We operate a flexible working plan and are COVID secure</li><li>Gym discounts</li><li>Free digital magazine subscriptions and access to back copies of our print magazines and bookazines</li><li>Discounted gym membership and onsite health & wellbeing (yoga at lunch anyone?!)</li><li>Annual Future conference - get together with your colleagues to celebrate success and look forward to what's next</li><li>Regular staff socials arranged by our wonderful Employee Community & Culture committees</li><li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues </li></ul>We are Future Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers We’re Future. We’re 2300 colleagues over 200 brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven’t just survived in 2020, we’ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands. And we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. We’ve got an ambitious plan for 2021 that will build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities. We’re calling it Future 3.0 and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. Inclusion & Diversity At Future we are passionate about ensuring that as a business, we are continuing to promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. Future is an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process will be free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respects all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values which will continue to ensure that all applicants, current and future employees are treated with respect and fairness. We are continuing to be inclusive in our approach to flexible working, ensuring that we are making adjustments where required and providing our employees the tools and support to enable them to grow and flourish in their careers
 Future

Senior Creative Solutions Producer

Description Job Purpose Producing and writing content predominantly for commercial brand activations on Marie Claire UK Key Responsibilities <ul><li>Produce shoots - commercial Virtual Beauty Shoots, editorial partnerships, celebrity covers, studio beauty shoots, fashion and beauty specials </li><li>Ensure projects are produced on time and within agreed budget</li><li>Work on all brand sponsorship and multi media deliverables - MC online, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter </li><li>Project manage with Creative Solution team </li><li>Work directly with clients to produce content plan, work through plan </li><li>Write pre-promotional, main and post shoot copy/captions for online and social media </li><li>Write features for commercial purposes </li><li>Work closely with each member of the shoot crew, organise briefings with director, call sheet etc </li></ul>Work closely with the publisher and commercial team on partnerships and awards. Role Specification <ul><li>Work closely with Creative Director </li><li>Confirm sponsorship with brand, cost, deliverables and timeline. </li><li>Confirm the correct format to shoot in/ exact measurements dimensions. </li><li>Work on social plan with Social Media Editor </li><li>Work on timelines </li><li>Model castings - work with the top agencies, collate casting for Director.</li><li>Negotiate models contracts</li><li>Liaise with creative agencies </li><li>Negotiate photographer’s contracts specific to each shoot </li><li>Work with Future’s contract team on contract </li><li>Confirm all crew and produce call sheet </li><li>Handle on set production</li><li>Take BTS footage throughout the day</li><li>Handle invoices and budgets post shoot. Liaise with accounts for sponsorship PO. </li><li>If shoot being built by DEV (Celeb only)- send a doc to Dev team with all assets; final stills, moving image, main copy link to click out article, crew credits, sponsorship credits </li><li>Check sponsor brands handles and hash-tags to use on IG </li><li>Post MC IG stories with BTS shots and swipe up link to article </li><li>Post on MC IG main gram with shoot and tag all crew </li><li>For Covers only supply all assets to Online Editor and Social Media Editor for Social Plan </li><li>Send email to MC team- Shoot Post Round Up with images, videos, tags and press material (see example email) </li><li>Book still life shoots for beauty - brief photographer and source props </li><li>Source locations for shoots and negotiate the deal </li></ul>Work closely with art team to make sure they have all the correct assets Digital <ul><li>Import videos, upload on MC online, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook </li><li>Build and upload online commercial articles with imagery, using SEO/keyword </li><li>Build and upload all beauty shoots </li><li>Produce videos for social platforms - single person/brand masterclasses</li><li>Liaise with PR’s to research stories, call in samples, HR imagery </li></ul>Awards & Events <ul><li>Support events production (commercial or otherwise) liaising with the editorial, advertising and Future events team. </li></ul>Requirements <ul><li>Experience in CMS, SEO </li></ul>Benefits What will I get in return? As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including: <ul><li>Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)</li><li>A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li><li>Free digital magazine subscriptions and access to back copies of our print magazines and bookazines</li><li>Regular staff socials arranged by our wonderful Employee Community & Culture committees (when we get back to the office)</li><li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues </li></ul>We are Future Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers Future is a global multi-platform media company and leading digital publisher, with scalable brands and diversified revenue streams. We are dedicated to connecting over 300 million people worldwide with their passions, through expert content, world-class events and cutting-edge proprietary technology. We have big ambitions to transform media and change people’s lives. We have a market-leading portfolio of over 220 brands spanning across technology, gaming, TV & entertainment, women’s lifestyle, music, sport, creative and photography, home interest and B2B. You may have heard of us… But a stellar heritage isn’t enough. We continue to grow our portfolio and launch new brands, restlessly looking to improve, innovate and push the boundaries of what can be done. We develop leading-edge technology which is disrupting the media marketplace. Together, we’re exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for – our audiences, clients, staff and shareholders. In a short space of time, Future has transformed into an innovative global media platform. We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work with endless opportunities to forge a career. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, so we don’t have a Future HQ but a globally connected workforce across the UK, US, Europe and Australia Every kind of talent is celebrated here.. We hire for person not for the role, looking for people who share our ambitions to be bold and innovate, making Future a global success story. Let’s do this! To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining why this is your dream job! Inclusion & Diversity At Future we are passionate about ensuring that as a business, we are continuing to promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. Future is an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process will be free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respects all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values which will continue to ensure that all applicants, current and future employees are treated with respect and fairness. We are continuing to be inclusive in our approach to flexible working, ensuring that we are making adjustments where required and providing our employees the tools and support to enable them to grow and flourish in their careers. 
 Future

Commercial Producer and Writer, Marie Claire UK

Description About Future We are Future, a global multi-platform media company with big ambitions and the talent to bring them to life. Together, we connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create and the innovative technology we pioneer. We’re the name behind market-leading brands in specialist sectors like technology, gaming & entertainment, music, creative & photography, field sports, knowledge and home interest. Specialists in our field are passionate about what we do, every year we attract millions of consumers to our websites, magazines, events and social spaces. We’re dedicated to creating loyal fans of our brands, and the number is growing all the time. But that’s not enough – we’re continually adding to our portfolio, building on our technology and investing in our people. Everything we do is born from our desire to innovate and influence and we restlessly look to improve. We hire people we can learn from and we work together to push the boundaries of what can be done. Together, we’re exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for – our audiences, clients and shareholders. Our shareholders have watched Future transition into an innovative global platform for specialist media, our share price has performed well in parallel with both the transition and our growing ability in making our content pay. Shares Magazine have issued their 10 stocks for 2018 which includes Future as one of their top picks. We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work and the kind of personal development that makes every day even more enjoyable and challenging. We believe it to be a really exciting time to join Future. Every kind of talent is celebrated and nurtured here. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, which means we don’t have a Future headquarters. Across our offices in the UK, US, France and Australia, each and every one of us is playing a part in driving our business forward. Department Summary Future’s Games and Ents group creates international, market-leading content, delivered through award-winning print brands, the fastest-growing games website, GamesRadar, the world’s biggest PC gaming website, PCGamer, and leading broadcast events, The Future Games Show, PC Gaming Show and The Golden Joystick Awards. GamesRadar+ takes gamers closer to the games, movies and TV they love. With a global monthly audience of more than 14m, GamesRadar+ follows the most exciting games from development to launch and beyond. it delivers a winning mix of news, features, reviews, guides, videos and post-review coverage. GamesRadar+ helps its audience save money, save time and get more from their console, PC and TV. The group’s brands include PC Gamer, GamesRadar, Edge, Retro Gamer, PLAY, GamesMaster, Minecraft World, Total Film and SFX. Job Summary & Purpose As Entertainment Writer on Gamesradar.com, you will be responsible for helping to continue the rapid global growth of the website by delivering content that connects with a global audience of millions of TV and Film fans. You will be an expert in the field who knows your MCU from your DCEU, your James Bond from your Jack Reacher, and your Jedi from your Jawa. You will play a pivotal role ensuring that the website is updated multiple times a day with new articles: working with the Senior Entertainment Editor, Global EiC, and wider US and UK team to create a daily output of content in line with the site’s strategy. You’ll be comfortable writing about all aspects of entertainment content, with a particular focus on popular genres of TV and Film. From news, previews and features, to reviews and how to watch guides, you will be able to quickly write entertaining and informative copy that answers readers’ queries and is written in a way that ranks well in Search.You’ll have an instinct for what brings the audience to GamesRadar.com, and be willing to engage with data to shape your workflow and drive the site to further success. You will instinctively understand what the audience wants to read about, and will have a strong drive to deliver that content first, ahead of GR’s key rivals. You will play a very hands-on role, and may be required to perform many different content tasks for the site, which may also include repurposing and sub-editing existing editorial copy - ensuring that it meets the requirements of our SEO strategy and is optimised where appropriate for Search and ecommerce as appropriate. You may also be required to write occasional marketing pieces, for Future’s wider brands, as well as client partnerships; also, regular social media posts and email newsletter digests of the site’s content. You will have a keen eye for detail, a deep understanding and interest in popular TV and Film, and you will be a fast worker who can write, sub, re-write, and upload content quickly using our in-house CMS (training provided). You will enjoy using tools like Google Analytics, to analyse and measure the success of your articles, and will be able to spot, communicate and proactively act on new opportunities for audience growth. You will be hugely excited about the opportunity to continue the incredible growth story of GamesRadar globally, and where relevant, will work closely with related internal teams, including those in print editorial, commercial, marketing and events. You'll also help generate ideas that can be executed by the global GR team, and assist with any aspect of the site that requires your expertise. You'll uncover great stories, interviews and angles before rival sites, being able to create news and angles for articles from your sources/contacts or your expertise. You may have experience creating video or podcast content, and be willing to help deliver this for the site if required. An active interest in gaming would be helpful given the core audience and content of the website. Key Role Responsibilities <ul><li>Creating daily TV & Film content for GamesRadar as directed by the Senior Ents Editor, and across several content types (news, reviews, features, buying guides, social media, email newsletters)</li><li>Help deliver global audience and brand growth in line with expectations working with the Editor, and wider team</li><li>A passion for being first to break a story ahead of rivals, and to set the news agenda when necessary</li><li>Sub-editing the work of others, and working with the GamesRadar team to create new ideas and instill best-practice procedures.</li><li>Developing your existing industry contacts that will help yield articles and leads for the site</li><li>Understand your key performance indicators, and ensure that you are delivering against them</li><li>Identify opportunities to fill content gaps that enable the brand to serve its audience better</li><li>Conduct interviews with the biggest names in film and television to deliver news and interview-led feature content</li><li>Work closely with commercial teams to help deliver our commitments to our advertisers</li><li>Constantly trying to improve our workflows in order to deliver content as fast as possible against our rivals</li><li>Working closely with the Total Film and SFX magazine teams to maximise content opportunities.</li><li>Attending industry trade shows and press events on our behalf.</li><li>Be a passionate champion of the brand, ensuring that Gamesradar.com constantly delivers for our audience and stays front of mind with industry contacts and commercial partners </li></ul>Requirements <ul><li>A passion for popular TV and film genres </li><li>Proven ability to write high quality engaging, relevant content for the sector</li><li>Proven ability to deliver high volumes of content at pace</li><li>Understanding of SEO and methods of identifying, and ranking for, targeted terms</li><li>Experience with undertaking high-profile interviews</li><li>Understanding of digital content approaches, including social channels, content marketing, and email marketing</li><li>A global outlook, and understanding of the international entertainment sector</li><li>Numerate and analytical</li><li>Experience of content management systems</li><li>Ability to work as part of a wider team</li><li>Able to interpret and use audience behavioural data</li><li>Good communication skills</li><li>Strong industry contacts</li><li>Willingness to get involved in video production where relevant (presenting or helping the video team while on shoots) </li></ul>Benefits What will I get in return? As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including: <ul><li>Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)</li><li>A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li><li>Free digital magazine subscriptions and access to back copies of our print magazines and bookazines</li><li>Regular staff socials arranged by our wonderful Employee Community & Culture committees (when we get back to the office)</li><li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues </li></ul>We are Future Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers Future is a global multi-platform media company and leading digital publisher, with scalable brands and diversified revenue streams. We are dedicated to connecting over 300 million people worldwide with their passions, through expert content, world-class events and cutting-edge proprietary technology. We have big ambitions to transform media and change people’s lives. We have a market-leading portfolio of over 220 brands spanning across technology, gaming, TV & entertainment, women’s lifestyle, music, sport, creative and photography, home interest and B2B. You may have heard of us… But a stellar heritage isn’t enough. We continue to grow our portfolio and launch new brands, restlessly looking to improve, innovate and push the boundaries of what can be done. We develop leading-edge technology which is disrupting the media marketplace. Together, we’re exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for – our audiences, clients, staff and shareholders. In a short space of time, Future has transformed into an innovative global media platform. We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work with endless opportunities to forge a career. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, so we don’t have a Future HQ but a globally connected workforce across the UK, US, Europe and Australia Every kind of talent is celebrated here.. We hire for person not for the role, looking for people who share our ambitions to be bold and innovate, making Future a global success story. Let’s do this! To apply for this role, please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining why this is your dream job! Inclusion & Diversity At Future we are passionate about ensuring that as a business, we are continuing to promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. Future is an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process will be free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respects all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values which will continue to ensure that all applicants, current and future employees are treated with respect and fairness. We are continuing to be inclusive in our approach to flexible working, ensuring that we are making adjustments where required and providing our employees the tools and support to enable them to grow and flourish in their careers.
 Future

Entertainment Writer (TV and Film), GamesRadar.com

Description Job Purpose We're looking for a Junior Executive Officer to head up our Women's Lifestyle & Homes team and manage members of our Truly production team based in the US. Future Studios is one of the world’s leading producers of short-form factual and social content, creating and distributing digital content for huge global audiences, brands, clients and platforms. Known as the home of amazing true stories, Truly is the home of hit series including My Extraordinary Family, Transformed, and Hooked On The Look which amass millions of views every month on Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat. In this senior level role you’ll produce, launch and manage new strands of original digital video content, delivering innovative, popular factual show ideas aimed at young audiences on many of Future’s websites and across social platforms. Key Responsibilities <ul><li>Source, assemble and lead a new Atlanta based digital video production team to deliver internally commissioned digital series.</li><li>Oversee the casting, production and delivery of short-form video content for social platforms including for Future’s ‘Truly’ channel.</li><li>Find and develop access to new on-screen talent.</li><li>Liaise with relevant Future titles and brands to ensure video content is aligned with their editorial values and sales objectives.</li><li>Work with Future Studios Production Executives to ensure compliance and duty of care protocols are adhered to.</li><li>Be well informed of platforms, trends and developments in digital video creation and distribution. </li></ul>Requirements The successful candidate will have experience of creating and delivering successful fact-ent / factual / documentary digital content across multiple platforms. The ideal candidate will have: <ul><li>A track record of coming up with and producing great short-form ideas.</li><li>Excellent documentary storytelling skills.</li><li>Experience of overseeing shoots.</li><li>Experience of feeding back on edits to shape individual films and create returnable short-form formats.</li><li>A strong understanding of digital first social content, platforms, and emerging trends in digital video.</li><li>Excellent writing skills.</li><li>Experience of working with talent. </li></ul>Benefits What will I get in return? As well as our standard benefits, we have a number of awesome perks available to our staff including: <ul><li>Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)</li><li>Healthcare</li><li>401k match</li><li>Employee Staff Purchase Plan (ESPP)</li><li>Flexible Spend Account (FSA)</li><li>A share in our success - every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year</li><li>Free food (monthly munchies, bagel Fridays, fresh fruit & snacks and coffee and tea on tap)</li><li>Central office locations with cool open plan working spaces. We operate a flexible working plan and are COVID secure</li><li>Gym discounts</li><li>Free digital magazine subscriptions and access to back copies of our print magazines and bookazines</li><li>Discounted gym membership and onsite health & wellbeing (yoga at lunch anyone?!)</li><li>Annual Future conference - get together with your colleagues to celebrate success and look forward to what's next</li><li>Regular staff socials arranged by our wonderful Employee Community & Culture committees</li><li>Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues </li></ul>We are Future Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers We’re Future. We’re 2300 colleagues over 200 brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven’t just survived in 2020, we’ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands. And we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. We’ve got an ambitious plan for 2021 that will build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities. We’re calling it Future 3.0 and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. Inclusion & Diversity At Future we are passionate about ensuring that as a business, we are continuing to promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. Future is an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process will be free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respects all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values which will continue to ensure that all applicants, current and future employees are treated with respect and fairness. We are continuing to be inclusive in our approach to flexible working, ensuring that we are making adjustments where required and providing our employees the tools and support to enable them to grow and flourish in their careers
 Future

Junior Executive Producer

Description About Future We are Future, a global multi-platform media company with big ambitions and the talent to bring them to life. Together, we connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create and the innovative technology we pioneer. We’re the name behind market-leading brands in specialist sectors like technology, gaming & entertainment, music, creative & photography, field sports, knowledge and home interest. Specialists in our field are passionate about what we do, every year we attract millions of consumers to our websites, magazines, events and social spaces. We’re dedicated to creating loyal fans of our brands, and the number is growing all the time. But that’s not enough – we’re continually adding to our portfolio, building on our technology and investing in our people. Everything we do is born from our desire to innovate and influence and we restlessly look to improve. We hire people we can learn from and we work together to push the boundaries of what can be done. Together, we’re exceeding the expectations of everyone we exist for – our audiences, clients and shareholders. Our shareholders have watched Future transition into an innovative global platform for specialist media, our share price has performed well in parallel with both the transition and our growing ability in making our content pay. Shares Magazine has issued their 10 stocks for 2018 which includes Future as one of their top picks. We reap the rewards too, of course, with a fun and creative place to work and the kind of personal development that makes every day even more enjoyable and challenging. We believe it to be a really exciting time to join Future. Every kind of talent is celebrated and nurtured here. We believe in teamwork that transcends location, which means we don’t have a Future headquarters. Across our offices in the UK, US, France and Australia, each and every one of us are playing a part in driving our business forward. Department Summary The Creative Solutions department provides a crucial service to the commercial teams allowing them to generate revenue across all Future brands. Our Ideation team provides innovative sales packages and pitching options, and our Production team translates those ideas and produces content that deliver above expectations. The team works across a wide range of projects such as video productions, online content marketing, digital advertising and print and we coordinate with internal departments and third party suppliers to put it all together. It is a fast paced department that offers daily challenges and we have a fantastic team that loves what they do. Job Summary & Purpose Using your creative thinking, superior organisational, time management and communication skills you will be responsible for the smooth delivery of projects, big and small. From the moment we receive the brief you will become the point of contact for the client and responsible for distilling that brief into a project plan with a clear set of deliverables. From small studio shoots to large location shoots you will need to put together a team of content creators to deliver on our idea and produce engaging and high quality content that will be distributed across the Future brands. Key Role Responsibilities <ul><li>Capture the scope and spec of work at briefing point and outline any bottle necks, risks or threats to project delivery.</li><li>You will work across internal and external teams so being able to collaborate and build relationships with a range of different people is essential. </li><li>Put together a crew of talented people from photographers, directors, script writers or influencers to deliver content that is on brief and delivers to the clients objectives.</li><li>Manage internal and external stakeholders throughout the lifespan of the project. Keeping all teams working in alignment with each other. Being the linchpin that is needed to keep projects on track.</li><li>Manage a range of complex projects with multi channel deliverables.</li><li>Organise all pre-production requirements such as call sheets, permit application, insurance, talent contracts, IP contracts, mood boards, script creation, freelancer booking etc.</li><li>Pre-sale you will be working with commercial teams and internal planning teams to prepare budgets and costing sheets for bids going to market.</li><li>Post sale, you will be working with internal project management teams to ensure that the assets you create arrive with the PM on time so that they can deliver on their part of the project.</li><li>Managing budgets and spending.</li><li>Amazing client management skills that you use to keep our clients fully briefed on project status, Sending updated tracking documents and attending client status meetings.</li><li>Raising POs, tracking cost, updating and managing budget spreadsheets - updating Senior Management on a weekly basis, </li></ul>Requirements <ul><li>Demonstrable experience with content creation in both video and photography.</li><li>Excellent knowledge and understanding of print design and production processes</li><li>Experience of events / experiential / online streaming</li><li>Project management skills with a knowledge of a project management process or methodology </li><li>Knowledge of marketing products, including print, digital, social, newsletters, events etc.</li><li>The ability to think creatively to translate a creative idea in to something that can be produced for the budget and time constraints without compromising the integrity of the initial idea.</li><li>Ability to track and manage projects within the agreed budget </li><li>Campaign reporting, with an ability to write reports for an internal and external audience </li><li>Client facing</li><li>Strong customer services skills</li><li>Experience of commissioning freelance work and an understanding of the contractual and legal requirements of the industry. </li><li>Confidence to manage cross departmental issues and ensure the</li><li>Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management. </li><li>A desire to get stuck in and get the work done. </li></ul>Benefits We are Future Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers We’re Future. We’re 2300 colleagues over 200 brands speaking to 400 million people every month across the globe through websites, events and magazines. We haven’t just survived in 2020, we’ve thrived, increasing our audience share, taking more number one positions, acquiring new businesses and launching new brands. And we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. We’ve got an ambitious plan for 2021 that will build on our growth momentum and unlock new opportunities. We’re calling it Future 3.0 and we’re looking for talented people who want to be a part of it. Inclusion & Diversity At Future we are passionate about ensuring that as a business, we are continuing to promote diversity and inclusion not just in our recruitment processes, but everything we do. Future is an equal opportunity employer and we will continue to ensure our recruitment process will be free of bias and our workplaces are inclusive, positive, free of discrimination and respects all backgrounds and beliefs. Our culture is underpinned by our values which will continue to ensure that all applicants, current and future employees are treated with respect and fairness. We are continuing to be inclusive in our approach to flexible working, ensuring that we are making adjustments where required and providing our employees the tools and support to enable them to grow and flourish in their careers
 Future

Freelance Creative Producer in England by Future

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