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Salary – Competitive, circa £38,000 per annum, depending on experience

Location – KidZania London

Job Type – Permanent, Full-time

About Us

KidZania is an interactive city, a fun and exciting Edutainment complex, where we empower and inspire kids’ future career choices through educational role play, through a huge variety of activities! Kids can choose to be a Pilot, Fire fighter, DJ or Concierge to name a few! The concept effectively gives kids their first taste of independence and gets them thinking what they might want to be in the future.

With 25 facilities all over the globe from Mexico City to Tokyo to London, KidZania receives more than 9 million visitors yearly in over 15 countries, with 10 more facilities currently under development.

At KidZania, we look for the most talented people to embrace our company’s values. KidZania provides staff with the opportunity to share ideas, develop their career and be part of a collective growth story, while also, providing a stepping-stone for children to prepare themselves for a better world.

We are truly collaborative across functions, a work hard and play hard culture to ensure both we and our visitors have the best experience! We recognise our people and champion for a “one-team” environment of like-minded individuals with a focus on our mission, culture, hard work, having fun, transparency and enthusiasm.

So, are you looking for a unique workplace where your job will help thousands of Kids realise their passions!?

KidZania London have an exciting opportunity for you to progress into a full-time Digital Marketing Manager role.

This job might be for you if:

You have a creative and digitally forward mindset, proactive professional with the experience and confidence to work autonomously and with initiative. You thrive in a busy environment and can also balance creativity with analytics when implementing digital marketing activity, tactics and campaigns.

KidZania’s values are our shared beliefs about behaviours that are key to how we deliver against our objectives and help us achieve our vision and strategy, shape the way we deliver our functions and are integral to the way we interact with each other, professional stakeholders and the public.

KidZania is a Mindful employer, taking the lead and championing in positive mental fitness at work. We are also a member of the Disability Confident Charter committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive working environment that is free from any form of discrimination.

We Employ People of Difference. Please let us know if you require additional access arrangements during the recruitment process.

https://jobs.kidzania.co.uk/

https://kidzania.co.uk

Job Purpose

The Digital Marketing Manager will be responsible for developing, implementing and delivering strategies to promote the KidZania brand.

The role holder will manage all areas of digital media including CRM, the website, email marketing, digital adverts, social media, to raise the profile and presence of KidZania within the UK Market.

The role will partner in delivering the customer-first engagement strategy across our owned marketing channels. The role requires a broad skills set and the right candidate will be a strategic thinker, creative, enjoy problem solving and innovative.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Lead and deliver against the Digital Strategy for KidZania London.
• Lead in effective acquisition, engagement and retention strategies.
• Develop a key segmentation through the CRM system.
• Analyse customer sales data to establish the lifetime customer value and increase loyalty.
• Work with the marketing team to develop a clear content plan to drive customer
• engagement and sales.
• Develop tactics to build the KidZania database.
• Manage, test and report on email campaigns using third party platform for all sales channels.
• Analyse results, to build and distribute weekly and quarterly reports on email campaigns and CRM initiatives.
• Manage the email content plan in line with marketing calendar to ensure reengagement, acquisition, retention with key customer segments.
• Own the referral strategy and content via online platforms
• Drive loyalty and referral programs through the KidZania London Annual Pass and
• BKidZanian Programmes, acquisition and retention campaigns and ongoing reporting.
• Manage the customer databases in line with GDPR best practices.
• Ensure smooth data flow between all platforms and touchpoints.
• Manage the KidZania.co.uk website and all digital platforms
• Partner with the Head of Marketing team on all digital marketing touch points

Person Specification

• A commercial and strategic thinker with marketing communications experience with data management
• Proactive and organised with the ability to work as part of a team as well as drive individual projects
• Inquisitive analytical approach that enjoys testing and analysing activities and campaigns i.e. remarketing, lead generation, split tests, etc.
• Demonstratable experience in email marketing best practice and reporting
• Experience across of all digital marketing channels and platforms
• Experience in Google Analytics and GA 360
• Experience in Microsoft applications

Essential Criteria

• Track record of delivering and implementing a digital strategy
• Experience in creating and developing customer journeys
• Experience in analysing results and optimising – experience in using Google analytics
• Must demonstrate initiative and have a proactive approach to work.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills with a delivery focus.
• Personal credibility, excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, ability to forge alliances and relationships
• Excellent writing and editing skills and ability to read, analyse, synthesise and communicate complex information
• Experience of analysing and mapping stakeholders, and managing relationships with public and professional groups, and members of the public more broadly, fairly and with respect, without stereotyping or bias.

Desirable criteria

• Experience and understanding of Entertainment, Leisure, Retail, Hospitality environment
• Understanding of GDPR
• Experience in using in CRM systems such as Microsoft Google Dynamics and Salesforce
• Developing and creating email campaigns
• Experience in data management
• Experience in email marketing best practices

BENEFITS

Some of the fantastic benefits available for this role include:

• Fun and Inspiring place to work
• 25 days annual leave, plus recognised Bank Holiday
• Employee Assistance Programme – A 24-hour telephone and online service for specialist advice and counselling services. This service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Training and Career Development opportunities
• Company Pension Scheme
• 50% Discount on food in KidZania and subsidised hot drinks
• Westfield Discounts
• Free and Discounted KidZania Tickets
• 25% Discount in our retail shop and KidZania Birthday Parties
• 20% Discount at Hilton Kensington stays
• + more such as discounts to Red Letter Days, Buy a Gift

Please be advised working days will be 5 days per week, inclusive of one weekend date. We are based in Westfield London, Shepherds Bush.

Brief description of the selection process:

There will be a two-stage interview process, beginning with a virtual first stage interview.

The final stage interview will be competency-based interview with a short brief. Candidates are encouraged to use the ‘STAR’ (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method when responding to competency questions, using relevant examples.

Interviews are expected to start on or around 24 February 2023.

For more information, please contact Human Resources on [email protected]

We are an equal opportunities employer. Please let us know if you require additional access arrangements during the recruitment process.

KidZania London

Job Summary:

The Strategic Marketing Director is responsible for delivering the company’s business objectives by leading upstream marketing for the Wearables category, with a strong focus on Sleep, Fitness, Wellness, and Conditions. This product planning lead owns pipeline strategy and development through prioritization and collaboration. This includes: category understanding, consumer/customer insight generation, competitive audits, identifying gaps and unmet needs and developing product pipeline strategy and defining products accordingly. Additionally, as the wearable and sleep SME, this role will support Brand Marketing and Go-To-Market teams to ensure launch excellence. The position must work collaboratively across functions, with emphasis on Engineering, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Health Economics Market Access, Operations, Marketing Operations, and Channel Sales.

This is an office-based position. The successful candidate may work from either our Irvine, CA or Carlsbad, CA locations.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Upstream:

· Pipeline Strategy:

Ø In partnership with R&D, drive product innovation pipeline strategy and roadmap planning based on Unmet Needs, Consumer Drivers, leveraging Business Case built on market sizing, competitive landscape, category trends, and fit with Masimo strategies and vision.

Ø Leverage data, consumer and category knowledge to align priorities within owned categories

Ø Opportunities include updates, expansions and flankers to existing products, as well as identifying new categories and opportunities for Masimo in the Wearables space.

· Product definition:

Ø Lead and align organization on insight gaps and research needs. Leverage data to represent VOC (Customer and Consumer) to Product Development, including output from Sales, Research, online consumer reviews, and direct conversations with customers and consumers.

Ø Own competitive insights and information gathering and publishing to ensure core team fully aware.

Ø In partnership with R&D and Medical Affairs, work on product definition to deliver a final product that is consumer-centric and customer-led, both in form and function, while keeping organizational growth and margin goals in mind. This includes leading and driving the whole process, starting with Product Brief, and ending with final delivered product.

Ø Develop and validate Positioning, Targeting, and Messaging in partnership with Markets/Regions, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Legal, Downstream Marketing and Commercial functions.

Ø Participate in product launch teams and support product launch activities.

Ø Coordinate project assignments and communication across Marketing, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Medical Affairs, HEMA, and Regulatory departments.

· Launch readiness:

Ø Support Regulatory partners with the submissions as required/needed/appropriate.

Ø Lead packaging workstream in partnership with Industrial Design to deliver retail stopping-power and social-media worthy unboxing experiences.

Ø Provide input into and support behind development of brand, campaign, media plan, and global launch toolkit in partnership with Brand and GTM teams.

Ø Support GTM team, Regions, Sales, Customer Service, and Operations in activating the new product and launching it in respective markets globally.

2. Perform special projects within the Product Management function to support overall advancement of Masimo.

Minimum & Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Experience & Skills:

· Minimum 7+ years of experience in product/brand management

· Strong knowledge and grasp of brand building framework (consumer insight-centric innovation, branding, targeting, positioning, messaging).

· Experience working upstream with development teams in regulated categories to deliver intuitive, compelling, and engaging products that set the bar for UX/UI and addressing consumer pain points.

· Experience with launching new products across multiple channels and stakeholders

· Knowledge of agency management: brief and guide agencies to deliver best-in-class output

· Experience with regulated healthcare product marketing and selling, with knowledge around clinical data generation, health economics/reimbursement, HCP vs. Consumer value propositions, and regulatory limitations around product development.

· Comfortable with different approaches to collecting VOC, interpreting and synthesizing data, converting to actions and strategies that drive product, business model, and strategy improvements

· Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.

2. Leadership:

· Highly collaborative mindset with strong teaming attitude.

· Results-oriented and positive “can do” attitude with a high sense of urgency.

· Able to see the big picture while also delivering tactically with a strong orientation toward detail.

· Excellent communication and presentation skills as this role will be interacting with org leadership and occasionally external key stakeholders.

· Outstanding problem-solving and creative thinking skills.

· Startup mentality- comfort with fast-paced environment, while delivering high-quality work.

· Can work within less structured environment, while still holding self accountable with tools and processes

· Passionate about purpose-led brands- especially in health and fitness- and obsessed with user experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Global experience
• Strong familiarity with product development lifecycle.
• Strongly preferred: Prior experience in the Sleep Wearable industry- whether wellness or conditions
• Preferred: Led development of at least one brand that either disrupted or created a category

Education:

Bachelor’s degree; MBA preferred

Anticipated Salary: $152,000 – $228,000. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

About Us

Masimo Consumer is a newly formed division within Masimo, the most innovative remote patient monitoring company in the world. This division oversees the consumer audio business (formerly called Sound United) and Masimo’s expansion into consumer health. Masimo Consumer strives to improve lives through consumer centric innovations.

One of the world’s largest portfolio audio companies, Masimo Consumer Audio is home to eight legendary audio brands: Bowers & Wilkins®, Denon®, Polk Audio®, Marantz®, Definitive Technology®, Classé®, and Boston Acoustics®. Each brand boasts its own philosophy and unique approach to bringing sound and home entertainment to life.

With over 300 years of innovative audio and home solution expertise, Masimo Consumer Audio improves lives by creating distinct and immersive listening experiences for a wide range of consumers in more than 130 countries.

To learn more about Masimo Consumer Audio and its brands, visit www.masimo.com.

Why Masimo Consumer: We employ more than 1,800 associates in 18 countries, empowering us to take our brands to new heights. Masimo Consumer has a global face and a sales presence in over 130 countries with manufacturing, supply chains, distribution channels and associates in the United States, Europe, Japan, China, and other parts of Asia.

High visibility, broad impact. This is a high growth, changing environment, and you will have the opportunity to really make an impact on our systems and processes and how we enhance them. In addition to being exposed to new projects and learning new skills, this role also positions you to interact with a variety of departments, teams and leadership groups on a global basis.

Great time to join. We are proud to provide premium audio/video experiences to both commercial and consumer markets and, we’re experiencing healthy growth. When you’ve proved yourself a star and are ready for the next career step, the opportunities will be there.

Cultural experience. You will have regular exposure to many cultures. We’re in over 130 countries, so you’re not just focused on one culture, but will enjoy working with many.

Building on success. Our growing portfolio of premium audio and video products and the new consumer health line delivers the best in design, technology, innovation and performance to a variety of customers who seek to enrich the moment with pure sound and vision. Our well-respected products continuously win industry awards and accolades. We are investing in growth and expanding our product lines, distribution channels and markets, and our teams, making this an exciting time to be part of Masimo Consumer.

Excellent compensation, benefits and work environment. In addition to a competitive salary, attractive incentive program, we offer a collaborative work environment and professional development opportunities. Join MASIMO CONSUMER and let’s build an even greater company together!

Masimo Consumer

• About Bytedance

Founded in 2012, ByteDance’s mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

• About Capcut

CapCut is an all-in-one video editing app that empowers creators to express themselves and transform videos into creative masterpieces. In addition to its basic features, such as video editing, text, stickers, filters, colors and music, CapCut offers free advanced features, including keyframe animation, smooth slow-motion effects, chroma key, Picture-in-Picture (PIP), and stabilization to help you capture and snip moments.

• Why Join Us

At ByteDance, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate and creative. We create to inspire – for you, for us, and for millions of users across all of our products. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at ByteDance.

• Our Team

With the mission of making content creation easier and more engaging, CapCut was first launched on mobile platforms in April 2020. By offering comprehensive editing functions, it has a variety of transitions, effects, video templates, and an impressive music library. In less than a year, the application was released in Brazil, the United States, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and other countries. By the end of 2020, CapCut received Google Play Store Awards for the Best For Fun category in Brazil, Indonesia and Germany. To better serve its users’ diverse needs, the online and PC versions of the application were launched in 2022. As of today, CapCut’s global monthly active users have exceeded 100 million, and it has remained at the top of the download list in several app stores around the globe.

• Responsibility

1. Responsible for product strategy, roadmap, execution plans of CapCut ad creative tools. Products include: Ad video creation and editing, business platforms, data analysis tools etc.
2. Strong documentation, presentation, and communication skills; Collaborate with creative experts, designers, data scientists, and user researchers to analyze and identify opportunities.
3. Solicit ideas and feedback, gather requirements, write product specs and workflows, and coordinate cross-functionally.
4. Develop and thoroughly present go-forward recommendations; Ability to execute defined tasks both tactically and strategically; familiarity with SQL is a plus.
5. Simplify features and tools to ensure products are easy-to-use from the customer’s perspective. Responsible for customer experience and efficiency.

• Job Requirements

1. Experienced in video creation tools or equivalent areas, sensitive to short video content development with understanding of commercial products or user needs.
2. Passionate on video creation and editing, familiar with general video editing tools and software, familiar with the video production processes.
3. Sensitive to user experience and interaction, understands user needs and is able to refine into product interaction solutions through in-depth data analysis.
4. Able to use data to drive, locate problems and iterate products. Strong ownership and execution capabilities.
5. Strong in XFN coordination and communication.
6. BA/BS degree and 3+ years of or above experience in advertising platform product design / commercial platform product design / interface design.
7. Speaking Mandarin is a plus in order to work better with the Chinese team.
8. Having an ads background and rich knowledge of monetization products is a plus.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected]

ByteDance

Bowlero Corp

The World of Culture, Music and Film is looking for an International Senior Film Producer (m/f/d) in the field of Film/ TV (fiction & non-fiction)!

About Star Entertainment

Star Entertainment is an international production company, operating since 1999 in the fields of film, live entertainment, culture and philanthropy. In the area of film, Star started with minor investments in “Shaft” and “Mission Impossible II” and has produced films with the likes of Richard Curtis and Oscar-wining talent. Václav Havel honored “Letter to Anna” about the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaja. Among the most reknown cultural projects were contributions to Bob Geldof’s “Live 8”, the creation of “The Wall Museum” in Berlin and installations with Ai Weiwei. Concerts range from operas and musicals to film orchestra perfromances on themes such as Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings and Hans Zimmer. Star has hosted the likes of Sting, Liza Minelli, Bryan Adams, Anna Netrebko, Lang Lang, Bono, Roger Waters and Arcade Fire. In the field of philanthropy Star Entertainment has produced the annual Cinema for Peace Gala since 2002, created “Sports for Peace” with Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela as well as “Help Haiti Home” for Sean Penn, enabling charitable organizations to raise in total more than 50 Mio USD.

Your Tasks:

• Lead national and international productions
• Film financing and film fund/ grant applications
• Talent acquisitions with a focus on screenwriters and directors
• Contracts and negotiations at all levels
• Direct reporting to the CEO
• Screenplay, Story and Project Development

This is what we offer:

• Interesting projects in the documentary and feature film sector.
• A dynamic team

Your Profile:

• Several years (min. 3) of experience in film development, production and film financing
• Successful film fund and grant applications
• Fluent in English
• Experience with streamers, studios, and international productions
• Min. of 5 international feature film/ TV credits (IMDB)

Please send us your CV through Linkedin and let us know your earliest possible starting date.

We are looking forward to your compelling application!

Star Entertainment GmbH

The World of Culture, Music and Film is looking for an International Senior Film Producer (m/f/d) in the field of Film/ TV (fiction & non-fiction)!

About Star Entertainment:

Star Entertainment is an international production company, operating since 1999 in the fields of film, live entertainment, culture and philanthropy. In the area of film, Star started with minor investments in “Shaft” and “Mission Impossible II” and has produced films with the likes of Richard Curtis and Oscar-wining talent. Václav Havel honored “Letter to Anna” about the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaja.

Among the most reknown cultural projects were contributions to Bob Geldof’s “Live 8”, the creation of “The Wall Museum” in Berlin and installations with Ai Weiwei. Concerts range from operas and musicals to film orchestra perfromances on themes such as Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings and Hans Zimmer. Star has hosted the likes of Sting, Liza Minelli, Bryan Adams, Anna Netrebko, Lang Lang, Bono, Roger Waters and Arcade Fire. In the field of philanthropy Star Entertainment has produced the annual Cinema for Peace Gala since 2002, created “Sports for Peace” with Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela as well as “Help Haiti Home” for Sean Penn, enabling charitable organizations to raise in total more than 50 Mio USD.

Your Tasks:

• Lead national and international productions
• Film financing and film fund/ grant applications
• Talent acquisitions with a focus on screenwriters and directors
• Contracts and negotiations at all levels
• Direct reporting to the CEO
• Screenplay, Story and Project Development

This is what we offer:

• Interesting projects in the documentary and feature film sector.
• A dynamic team

Your Profile:

• Several years (mind. 3) of experience in film development, production and film finanzing
• Successful film fund and grant applications
• Fluent in English
• Experience with streamers, studios, and international productions
• Min. of 3 international feature film/ TV credits (IMDB)

Please send us your CV through Linkedin and let us know your earliest possible starting date.

We are looking forward to your compelling application!

Star Entertainment GmbH

Brigade is a growing full-service Digital Marketing and PR agency providing a wide range of services to entertainment industry clients. We work closely with an impressive list of top-tier companies including Universal, Netflix, Warner Brothers, Amazon, Focus Features, Hulu, Lionsgate, United Artists, and Disney just to list a few. Our focus is on marketing for motion pictures and television.  

To put it mildly, we love our work. Our culture is driven by a unique blend of creative and passionate people who thrive on pushing ourselves to take our work to the next level. The people who really fit in here are hands-on, ego-less and talented individuals who don’t mind rolling up their sleeves and chipping in wherever work needs to be done. The work we do is innovative, fun, and creative.

The Digital Publicity Coordinator is responsible for assisting the Publicists on the Digital Publicity team in the execution of their campaigns. This demands exceptional organization, proactive problem solving, and attention to detail.

You’ll work on:

• Daily breaks and clippings – pulling quality screen grabs from sites featuring campaign coverage

• Assisting with talent appearances/press functions

• Media research for blogger/targeted site outreach

• Researching and updating press lists

• Pitching editorial features, content exclusives, press days, talent interviews, festival coverage, etc.

• Establishing and securing various promotional partnerships depending upon campaign and title

• Maintaining stellar press and client relations

• Sweeping sites and blogs for pickup

• Putting together link documents for campaign wrap reports

• Promotional Prizing fulfillment

• Media research, pulling data organically from websites (contact info, site demographics, etc.)

We’re looking for the following skills:

• 1+ year working in a digital or publicity environment, preferably Digital Publicity

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in high-pressure situations

• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple deadlines

• Solutions-oriented attitude and ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Fluent in using Google Workspace, PowerPoint/Keynote, Word, Excel

   

• Familiarity with the media and entertainment blogosphere

• A keen sense of online editorial outlets, editors and bloggers – including presence, following and influence within the social media space

• Administrative experience is a plus

Brigade offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and a generous paid time off package.  Compensation $40,000-$45,000 plus overtime.

Brigade Marketing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Brigade does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.”  All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.  We believe a diverse and inclusive environment makes us stronger, together. 

Brigade

Publicity Assistant – Entertainment

Talent

We are currently working with a fantastic PR agency, who are keen on staying ahead of the curve when it comes to looking after their top tier talent. With a roster of talent spanning across Television, Lifestyle, Music, Radio, Podcasts and Books and more, this is an opportunity not to be missed!

This role is for a Publicity Assistant to focus on the talent PR support as well as other PR duties within the agency. This candidate must be super eager, fascinated by the world of entertainment and highly driven for progression. If you are a recent graduate with a passion for entertainment and PR or someone who is ready to kick start their career in publicity, then this could be the perfect role.

Key responsibilities

• Staying up to date with coverage emails
• Help create call sheets for talent photoshoots
• Liaise with clients and managers to organize interviews and photoshoots
• Assist publicists at photo shoots and interviews
• Look out and spot potential new talent!
• Monitor coverage for your teams clients
• Flagging any press that could be of concern to clients publicist
• Send daily coverage emails to clients
• Keep an eye on the media
• Create media lists for specific client announcements
• Compile and send campaign reports to clients
• Help publicists find relevant contacts
• Work closely with the social media team to ensure client coverage moments are posted on socials
• Keep across teams to ensure clients feel equally represented on their socials

You will have:

• excellent grammar and spelling
• A confident and enthusiastic mindset
• The ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Enthusiasm towards the world of entertainment

Please get in touch if this sounds like the role for you!

Handle Recruitment

PR Account Manager – Advertising

Hybrid | London

PERM

£30-35K

Are you looking to join a young strategic marketing, content and communications agency at a pivotal point in its growth? A company who is inspired by innovative technologies and the individuals building them and who approaches their work like artists and strive to be agents of positive change.

Our client works with B2B clients from the technology, advertising, entertainment, and not-for-profit industries, to develop go-to-market strategies, create a regular cadence of branded content and then amplify this over paid, earned and owned channels.

Joining a small team who work hand in hand with a vibrant group of freelancer talent, as a PR Account Manager you’ll be a critical addition to the comms team and if you’re looking to advance your career with a company who recognises and appreciates talent, live for pitching and landing stories with a variety of media and have a passion for technology, media, advertising, entertainment, and innovation, then this role could be exactly what you’re looking for.

You’ll need to have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of a business, from c-suite to individual teams, be skilled in writing clear, concise, and grammatically correct copy have a creative flair and quite importantly, show empathy towards others.

Your key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Work with our Founder and Client Account Director to develop and execute inventive and effective PR strategies for our clients
• Draft press releases and pitches that are compelling to the media and our target audiences
• Identify and build close relationships with key journalists across media, marketing, advertising, technology, and entertainment sectors
• Develop trusted relationships with our clients, gaining a thorough understanding of their businesses and company objectives so you can make meaningful communications recommendations
• Comfortably take responsibility for successful delivery of projects on-time, within scope and within budget
• Set objectives in line with client and agency needs, which may include scope, content, timings, and budget
• Plan work and set deadlines to meet the agreed needs of the client and agency
• Brainstorm visual and copy ideas with clients and agency team

What you’ll need to hit the ground running:

• 3+ years’ experience in an agency or similar background
• A degree in Marketing, Communications, English or Creative Writing would be a benefit but not essential as our client is hiring for temperament, tenacity, and team spirit, rather than any specific educational background
• A passion for creative writing that both entertains and informs will be very valuable – our client would love to see examples of your creative output as part of the recruitment process.
• A solid network of media contacts across all platforms and experience pitching stories to them

Apply for this role today or share the details with someone in your network who you feel would be a good fit. You’re welcome to send your CV directly to [email protected]

If you haven’t heard from us within 7 days of submitting your application, you have not been successful this time round. Keep an eye on our new roles via the Career Moves website or our LinkedIn page.

Career Moves Group

Variety Magazine is seeking a Video Producer/Editor to work across various series and live events. This multifaceted video staffer will be creating and executing videos on tight turnarounds, shooting content in field in the US and abroad, as needed, and coordinating with team leads to facilitate shoots across different departments within the magazine.

This Producer/Editor should be comfortable working in an extremely fast-paced environment and be passionate about entertainment news. A comprehensive understanding of video content & social media strategies, and shooting original video, virtually or in our studios & on-site, will be needed for the day-to-day. In this role the Video Producer/Editor will help grow our video footprint in the digital space by quickly editing videos, creating and/or manipulating custom graphics, and packaging content into short form pieces. Fluency in social/video platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook are essential.

The ideal candidate must have entertainment news experience with a track record of shooting and editing original, high production value video. We aim to create content that engages our audience across our variety of brands and a multitude of platforms. This role reports to the Executive Producer of Editorial and is based in Los Angeles.

Responsibilities:

• Shoot and edit video for the web – .com, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, etc.
• Work with our video team and various brand leaders to fill the growing demand for video content surrounding events, award ceremonies, and more
• Write, shoot and edit high quality video that suits the needs of the brand
• Manage on-location shoots, sets, and crews in the US or abroad
• Manage multiple productions and ensure on-time delivery
• Record and edit weekly podcasts (video and audio).

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience working on a video team for online media
• Experience with news content for video
• Experience creating and managing the production of premium digital video
• Background in and strong understanding of entertainment, news, fashion or similarly related digital consumer media
• Traveling to location within the US or abroad and coordinating shoots
• Thorough and current understanding of video distribution in a fast-paced environment
• Fluency in core video social platforms; proficiency with YouTube’s CMS, best practices a plus
• Ability to work efficiently across multiple events, platforms, and stakeholders
• A track record of coming up with solutions for logistical challenges
• Fluency with the Adobe Video Suite, Premiere is a must, Photoshop/Illustrator are a plus, After Effects is a big plus
• Familiarity with Canon, Sony, Black Magic digital cinema, DSLR and mirrorless cameras

Typical wage range: $70k – $80k

Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The total compensation package for this position will also include other elements, a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits including 401(k) eligibility and paid time off benefits. PMC is committed to the health and wellness of our employees. As part of our company-wide rollout of PMC’s paid healthcare plan, for this role the company pays 100% of the monthly health, dental and vision plan premiums for the employee and their family. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

It’s all About You…

At PMC, your wellness is top of mind. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to nurture you and your loved ones, including pets! Our package includes Healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) HSA with an employer contribution, FSA (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter), EAP, Life Insurance, 401K with an employer match, Paid Parental Leave, Long-term Disability, generous Paid Time off (PTO), Pet Insurance, and Home & Auto insurance. Our Wellness initiatives rotate yoga, meditation, wellness weeks on a variety of topics, and financial wellness. We continuously elevate our offerings with more, for you.

ABOUT VARIETY

Variety is the seminal voice in the entertainment industry. After 117 years of award-winning breaking news reporting, insightful award-season coverage, must-read feature spotlights, and intelligent analysis of the industry’s most prominent players, Variety is the most trusted source for the business of global entertainment. Read by a highly engaged audience of industry insiders, aspirants and passionate entertainment enthusiasts, Variety’s multi-platform content coverage expands across digital, mobile, social, print, podcasts, branded content, events, and summits.

In May 2019, Variety’s “Actors on Actors” on PBS took home a Daytime Creative Arts Emmy award and has been awarded the Emmy for best entertainment programming at the 67th and 68th Emmy Awards. “Actors on Actors,” an interview special that features pairings of prominent actors discussing their craft, was produced by PBS SoCal in partnership with Variety Media, LLC. Follow Variety on Facebook facebook.com/variety; Twitter, @variety; Instagram, @Variety The Variety Group – Variety, Variety.com, Variety Insight, Indiewire,– is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

About Penske Media Corporation:

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate audience. Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media and a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens across its ever-growing constellation of iconic brands, which includes Variety, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Dick Clark Productions, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Deadline, Sportico, BGR, ARTnews, Fairchild Media, Vibe, IndieWire, Dirt, Artforum, Gold Derby, Spy.com and Luminate, the premier data and analytics company. PMC’s journalists and content creators deliver daily the most comprehensive news and information in their industries and areas of coverage, unequaled in ambition, depth, and courage. In addition, PMC owns several vital cultural events such as SXSW, LA3C, Life is Beautiful, Latin Music Week and ATX Television Festival. Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles with additional offices in 14 countries worldwide, PMC believes companies should not only be profitable but also forces for good https://pmc.com/.

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