Commercial Editorial Director

As the Commercial Editorial Director, reporting to the Creative Director, you will be responsible for working across the Future portfolio conceptualising compelling commercial content solutions, specifically in relation to brand partnerships/ creative solutions/ commercial partnerships that ensure Future wins business which enables the UK Commercial team to hit its budgets.

You will manage a team of content editors ensuring they provide excellent content, for many different industries such as fashion, beauty, technology, games & luxury. You will take a 360 platform approach (photography, video, digital, print, social, off platform), to develop content and ideas that set the approach for partnerships from pitch to delivery.

As well as this, you will continue to keep up to date with industry trends and regularly contribute innovative ideas and thought leadership to help maintain our competitive edge.

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…

Experience in writing compelling and persuasive sales and marketing pitches.
Exceptional content creation skills, especially writing and editing.
Experience working efficiently across different departments and verticals, as well as freelancers and external production teams.
The ability to multi-task and work with a positive and calm attitude under pressure.
Great knowledge of Google software, e.g. slides, sheets, docs.
Have an extensive list of industry contacts, as well as the ability to build more long lasting relationships.
Strong understanding of SEO and ecommerce to develop a strong search strategy that results in growth of both traffic and revenue.

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.

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The expected range for this role is £49,000-£70,000.

This is a Hybrid role from our London Office, working three days from the office, two from home.