CHANNEL MANAGER Entertainment Shoreditch, London

CHANNEL MANAGER

We Realise Potential in Your Story

Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are an award-winning digital content studio and media network who are currently on a quest to find a Channel Manager to join our Entertainment team. Is this your next opportunity?

The Channel Manager is responsible for executing channel strategy, ensuring growth across key metrics while maintaining editorial standards. This includes planning channel schedules, monitoring content performance, leveraging platform analytics and overseeing the delivery of high-quality assets to ensure best overall performance of the channels in their responsibility.

PERKS OF THE JOB

We are proud to be an award-winning workspace with employee wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We offer hybrid and flexi-time working, mental health and wellbeing programmes, enhanced gender-neutral parental leave, interest-free financial support and a digital nomad policy that allows you to work from abroad in two one-week blocks a year. Plus all the usuals such as pension contributions, annual leave and office perks like free lunches, socials, and health treatments!

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Own channel strategy working with relevant stakeholders to ensure peak performance and achieving growth across all key metrics.
• Plan and deliver channel schedules in accordance with channel strategy and platform approaches.
• Day-to-day supervision of video content editor task allocation and delivery of editing and design assets, including quality assurance of the platform and appropriate tone of voice.
• Create video thumbnails and meta-data for content provided by Video Processing team, liaising with Edit Studio to utilise thumbnail templates and maintain consistency across individual channels.
• Up to date knowledge of social media platforms and approaches to video usage.
• Monitor content performance using up to date insights and platform analytics, including any and all internal insights tools to improve performance.
• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure that each channel maintains the highest editorial standards, a strong and consistent voice and successful community engagement.
• Basic client communications, responding to day-to-day tasks and emails, liaising with Partnerships Manager on wider client project management.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything.

• Creative Strategy & Planning: Able to brainstorm simple content ideas with guidance.
• Insights & Performance Reporting: Can interpret basic analytics and reports, providing simple observations.
• Client Relationship Management: Has a basic understanding of client management principles.
• Platform Expertise: Understands basic platform functions and features, adhering to standard best practices.
• Project Management & Stakeholder Coordination: Understands basic project management principles, able to assist in coordinating tasks and timelines.
• Identifying Commercial Opportunities: Recognises basic commercial opportunities, such as minor improvements for engagement or simple revenue streams.

ESSENTIAL CORE SKILLS
The ideal candidate will

• Communicate effectively in various situations, demonstrating clarity, engagement, and the ability to collaborate with others.
• Actively engage in teamwork, contribute ideas, and foster positive relationships.
• Manage multiple tasks and resources effectively, demonstrating improved planning and prioritisation skills.
• Set goals, plans, and execute tasks effectively to achieve outcomes within quality and time standards.
• Proactively address challenges by developing clear, actionable plans and focusing on outcomes.
• Effectively adapt to changing conditions and learn new skills or approaches to achieving goals.

LITTLE DOT, BIG IMPACT

We're probably the biggest studio you didn't know was fuelling your favourite content. We've been one of the top dogs in the digital content space since 2013 (some would say, before its potential was even fully realised). We're proud to work with some of the hottest TV and movie studios, distributors, rights holders, sports federations and brands in the business.

WE ARE COMMITTED

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace at Little Dot that reflects our diverse digital audiences and communities we work and live in. We are committed to ensuring every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and we strive to create an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.

Learn more about us, our values and our commitments please visit our website for more information.