Description
Job Purpose
Producing and writing content predominantly for commercial brand activations on Marie Claire UK
Key Responsibilities
- Produce shoots – commercial Virtual Beauty Shoots, editorial partnerships, celebrity covers, studio beauty shoots, fashion and beauty specials
- Ensure projects are produced on time and within agreed budget
- Work on all brand sponsorship and multi media deliverables – MC online, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter
- Project manage with Creative Solution team
- Work directly with clients to produce content plan, work through plan
- Write pre-promotional, main and post shoot copy/captions for online and social media
- Write features for commercial purposes
- Work closely with each member of the shoot crew, organise briefings with director, call sheet etc
Work closely with the publisher and commercial team on partnerships and awards.
Role Specification
- Work closely with Creative Director
- Confirm sponsorship with brand, cost, deliverables and timeline.
- Confirm the correct format to shoot in/ exact measurements dimensions.
- Work on social plan with Social Media Editor
- Work on timelines
- Model castings – work with the top agencies, collate casting for Director.
- Negotiate models contracts
- Liaise with creative agencies
- Negotiate photographer’s contracts specific to each shoot
- Work with Future’s contract team on contract
- Confirm all crew and produce call sheet
- Handle on set production
- Take BTS footage throughout the day
- Handle invoices and budgets post shoot. Liaise with accounts for sponsorship PO.
- 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
- Check sponsor brands handles and hash-tags to use on IG
- Post MC IG stories with BTS shots and swipe up link to article
- Post on MC IG main gram with shoot and tag all crew
- For Covers only supply all assets to Online Editor and Social Media Editor for Social Plan
- Send email to MC team- Shoot Post Round Up with images, videos, tags and press material (see example email)
- Book still life shoots for beauty – brief photographer and source props
- Source locations for shoots and negotiate the deal
Work closely with art team to make sure they have all the correct assets
Digital
- Import videos, upload on MC online, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook
- Build and upload online commercial articles with imagery, using SEO/keyword
- Build and upload all beauty shoots
- Produce videos for social platforms – single person/brand masterclasses
- Liaise with PR’s to research stories, call in samples, HR imagery
Awards & Events
- Support events production (commercial or otherwise) liaising with the editorial, advertising and Future events team.
Requirements
- Experience in CMS, SEO
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:
- Unlimited paid time off (yes you read that right!)
- A share in our success- every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year
- Free digital magazine subscriptions and access to back copies of our print magazines and bookazines
- Regular staff socials arranged by our wonderful Employee Community & Culture committees (when we get back to the office)
- Huge opportunities to learn and develop whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues
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.
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