Bookings Director and Creative Producer
New Today
Job Description
The Times and The Sunday Times represent a combined 400 years of covering news and providing comment and analysis on the UK and the world. We are authoritative, credible, responsible, trusted and a part of the nation’s cultural heritage.
Your role: We are looking for a Bookings Director and Creative Producer to joinThe Sunday Times Style team. The successful candidate will have extensive experience working within fashion magazines, brands or websites, a bulging contact book of photographers, stylists, hair and make-up artists globally, as well as being hardworking, self-sufficient and able to multitask.
Day to day you will:
Plan, develop and execute photoshoots for fashion, celebrity and beauty.
Commission photographers and stylists to contribute to the magazine in a way that is in budget and on-brand.
Work as part of the Style team to produce the edition on multiple platforms.
Model casting where required.
Manage relationships with photographers, agencies and other external contacts to source or commission original, distinctive images.
Generate ideas and suggest talent that is relevant for Style.
Work under pressure on edition, as well as contribute to longer-term projects.
Be reader-focused when commissioning content.
Work with colleagues in design, graphics and pictures to produce Style content as efficiently as possible, meeting deadlines.
Take ownership of annual picture budget to ensure targets are met.
What we’re looking for from you:
Experience as a creative photo producer or bookings director.
Excellent model, stylist and photographer agency contacts across the brand spectrum and across the globe.
Digitally engaged on all social platforms with a finger on the pulse of emerging talent.
Unflappable under pressure and delivers work at a consistently high standard.
Experience establishing strong working relationships with key team members including the entertainment director and building trust with senior managers.
Creative problem-solving.
Highly organised and able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment handling multiple projects at the same time.
A collaborative, flexible working style with experience working in partnership with design and
production teams.
Strong understanding of usage rights, permissions and copyright.
We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 13 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
‘Bikes for Work’and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefitssuch as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
About The Candidate
About The Company
- Location:
- London
- Job Type:
- FullTime
