Dirt Mountainbike Magazine Website Editor
Monday, May 20th, 2013
In a nutshell:
Dirt Mountainbike Magazine is seeking a professional and enthusiastic Website Editor to produce and manage a stimulating mix of gravity focused content from the UK and beyond. You will ensure the website is updated on a daily basis and refreshed with dynamic high quality content, making Dirt the leading site in its field.
What you will actually do:
• Produce and circulate both long term and weekly editorial plans to the publisher and advertising team
• Post at least 5 editorial pieces on average per working day
• Supply content that optimises the time each user spends visiting the site
• Ensure that video content is delivered effectively and is of high quality
• Produce news and feature articles that are optimised for search queries
• Monitor and participate in the site’s forums
• Produce high quality newsletters to registered users
• Liaise/recruit/monitor the quality of bloggers
• Commission content from freelance journalists within agreed online budgets
• Assist with updating advertiser micro–sites where required
• Work with the sales team to represent Dirt to advertisers
What you will need:
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective time management and strong organisational skills
• A thorough understanding of the target market and their online media behaviour
• Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
• Must have a high degree of proficiency with Gmail, Twitter, Facebook and other social media products
• A knowledge of the Adobe Suite for both video and photography
• Some degree of familiarity with web development and other digital content related applications
• You must be eager to learn and relish a challenge
• The ability to innovate and come up with new ideas that will benefit the long-term success of the website
• Must be able to work independently, using own initiative as well as working as part of a wider team
• Good problem solving skills
• A keen interest in mountain biking
To apply please click on the link below:
http://jobs.forward.co.uk/vacancies/243/factory/dirt_mountainbike_magazine_website_editor/farringdon/
Business Development Director
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
In a nutshell:
Factory Media are launching a creative Agency and are looking for an individual to spearhead and drive new business alongside the Creative Director.
As a Business Development Director you will be responsible for Factory Media’s new ‘agency’, which will involve pitching to clients, creative agencies, production agencies and marketing & PR companies to secure new revenue streams.
What you will actually do:
• Present and deliver an annual new business strategy for the agency
• Communicate a clear understanding of where Factory Media ‘Agency’ can add optimum value to the client marketing mix
• Report on target and performance versus strategy
• Develop strong creative advertising and content concepts to pitch to advertisers that have an appropriate synergy with our platforms or the market the clients choose to target
• Prepare material to pitch and present to the highest standard
• Increase Factory Media’s profile in the creative services market
• Work with the account management team to deliver all campaigns and endeavour to achieve the highest repeat business levels
• Undertake regular market analysis to identify the competitive landscape and ensure we are representing our business to the best
What you will need:
• 5-10 years’ experience in the pitching of creative services
• A track record of winning new business
• The ability to demonstrate a successful record of account management leading to retained business and increased revenues
• You’ll be bright and excel at what you do
• A proven track record in new business and the ability to present to senior stakeholders
• The ability to talk knowledgeably to clients about different challenges and disciplines in order to establish marketing credibility
• The drive to hit new business targets
• A good listener who can think on their feet and react to conversations
To apply please click on the link below:
http://jobs.forward.co.uk/vacancies/241/factory/business_development_director/farringdon/
Junior Developer (Ruby on Rails) – Factory Media
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
About Factory Media:
Europe’s largest and most innovative action sports media owner, Factory Media publishes 19 traditional print and 25 new media brands reaching over 500,000 readers and 4 million online users every month. The business currently focuses on two market segments, board sports and bike, with an international footprint and multilingual products. The company’s flagship online and mobile offering is MPORA.com – Europe’s leading Action Sports website.
Role purpose:
To work with the rest of the development team and the business to add measurable value to our public facing website, internal tools and projects.
Skills and experience:
Strong front end skills – HTML, CSS, JS
18 months+ Ruby on Rails experience
Strong understanding of front end development that they can demonstrate with live web pages – please ask for this as part of application
Previous experience with PHP would help but not required.
To apply please click on the link below:
http://jobs.forward.co.uk/vacancies/153/FWD/junior_developer_ruby_on_rails_factory_media/farringdon/
Sales Executive – Total Women’s
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
In a nutshell:
Working within the Ad sales team the successful candidate will play a key role in building client relationships, creating rapport and expanding the portfolio of existing clients, contributing to the overall success of the Total Women’s cycling website.
What you will actually do:
• Sell ad space to clients trying to reach the Total Women’s cycling audience
• Maintain and update the client database (in excel)
• Provide ad booking details to the ad operations team and finance
• Prepare a weekly update for the team summarising the previous weeks activities
• Attend national and international trade shows
• Generate and nurture new client relationships
• Follow a sales plan as set by the sales manager
• Put together sales proposals
What you will need/need to be:
• Keen interest in cycling
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude, willing to learn in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated, disciplined and hard working
• A reliable team player
• Mature, flexible and professional at all times
• Excellent time keeping and organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong numeric skills
• Strong negotiating and closing skills
• At least 1-2 years sales experience
To apply please click on the link below:
http://jobs.forward.co.uk/vacancies/232/factory/sales_executive_total_womens/farringdon/
Digital Key Account Manager
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
In a nutshell:
We are currently recruiting for 2 Digital Account Managers to work across the Board Sports/Fitness and Bike/Outdoor markets.
Each Digital Account Manager will be directly responsible for Factory Media business development across a number of key clients within the sport categories. Selling the Factory Media digital audience, you will be expected to engage with our existing customers to increase spend and to work with them to develop and deliver a variety of digital solutions. You will also work closely with the Head of Sales in the respective market to identify and cultivate new business, and deliver growth of digital revenues through transition from print to digital spend.
What you will actually do:
• Present and deliver the annual advertising strategy for the digital business across your market
• Communicate a clear understanding of how Factory Media can add optimum value to the client marketing mix
• Report on performance versus strategy, and target
• Work with the Head of Sales in your market to maximise digital revenue potential across existing and new clients
• Account manage your portfolio of core clients to maximise financial return
• Prepare sales material and presentations to an excellent standard
• Increase Factory Media’s profile in the market with core clients
• Work with the ad ops team to identify opportunities and maximise inventory and revenues
• Undertake market analysis to identify the competitive landscape
• Po-actively identify market demand for new launches
• Develop strong creative advertising concepts to pitch to advertisers that have an appropriate synergy with the action sports market
What you will need:
• 3 years’ experience in digital media sales
• A proven track record of innovation and new business development
• Previous account management experience
• The ability to increase revenue streams
To apply please click on the link below:
http://jobs.forward.co.uk/vacancies/231/factory/digital_key_account_manager/farringdon/
Board sports Market Sales Manager
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
In a nutshell
You will be responsible for achieving the advertising budgets that are set within the Boardsports market. This will mean you being heavily involved in the direct sales process, handling a portfolio of key clients that will most impact our business whilst managing the sales team to achieve the plan.
What you will actually do:
Deliver the annual advertising strategy for the Boardsports market to optimise print and online revenues
· Effectively communicate Factory Media’s development plan and ambitions in both online and print to benefit the Boardsports market
· Develop Magazine advertising revenues through appropriate mailing, telephone and face to face marketing of the product to:
1. Clients who advertise but don’t currently do any business with us
2. Clients where we can grow our market share of their ad business
3. Clients who don’t advertise in the market at all
· Ensure the database of existing and prospective advertisers with brands, contact names, mailing address, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, websites etc are kept up to date by the teams at all times
· Deliver weekly Factory Media sales reports including prospects, bookings, meetings made and meetings coming up
· Monitor call and meeting rates to achieve the required results
· Represent Factory Media at all appropriate trade events
· Ensure editorial plans developed by the Editors are used to sell in future issues
What you will need:
· 3-4 years media sales experience
· A good understanding of the Boardsports market
· The ability to drive online ad revenues
· The ability to manage and motivate a team
· Proven track record in identifying and building new opportunities
To apply please click on the link below:
http://jobs.forward.co.uk/vacancies/212/factory/board_sports_market_sales_manager/farringdon/
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