Development producer – The Times and The Sunday Times (London)
The Times & Sunday Times are looking for a highly creative development producer to build new franchises for our Life & Style YouTube channel.
Reporting to the Director of Video, you will be responsible for pitching new style, travel, culture and luxury series to help grow our YouTube audience and you will oversee the creation of sponsored content pitches, working closely with our commercial team to respond to client briefs.
The successful candidate will be skilled at interpreting data to understand the topics and formats that resonate with our audience and will be able to develop original solutions that generate high reach and engagement. They will have a proven track record of creating concepts that result in high engagement and reach and understand the commercial landscape to find innovative ways to drive revenue.
Responsibilities
- Successfully manage productive relationships with senior editors in the Travel, Style, Culture and Luxury departments and with journalists across the newsrooms
- Develop YouTube franchises for our style, travel, culture and luxury content.
- Oversee all aspects of development including creating the series title, show synopsis, episode examples, format and talent
- Interpret data to understand the topics and personalities that generate video with high reach and engagement
- Create engaging decks in response to client briefs
- Follow video content trends and understand the brands’ perspectives and how they differ from one another
- Work collaboratively with colleagues in commercial, demonstrating a strong understanding of the commercial landscape and responding to client briefs, creating video franchises that drive revenue
Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years of digital video development experience
- A proven track record of creating content with high engagement and reach
- A strong understanding of YouTube and the kind of content that performs well on the platform
- Highly creative and innovative
- Experience working in sponsored or branded content, delivering highly polished decks
- A strong understanding of editorial compliance and regulatory issues
We are 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.
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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 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
- 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
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