We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Video Manager to join the Social & Online team on a fixed term basis.

Reporting into the Director of Social, the Social Video Manager will own the social media monetisation activity across our network of brands with a special focus on UKTV Play, Dave, Yesterday and W.

The role's day to day will consists of owning and managing the end to end process of monetising content on social media: editorial strategy, content research, video production and editing, rights clearances, content delivery workflow and optimisation. Platform focus will be predominantly YouTube, but include Meta and TikTok too. A big part of the role is also bringing teams together, collaborating with social media leads and liaising with stakeholders of all levels with a strong ability to influence.

This role will also manage 2 direct reports.

In this role you will get to:

Be responsible for the editorial strategy and output across monetised content on YouTube, Meta, TikTok
Work closely with commissioning and have an editorial voice in bringing programme extenstions to life on social media
Be a key contributor to driving and delivering UKTV's 5 year social media strategy

We are looking for someone who has:
Experience building and running a monetised YouTube channel or several channels. Running monetised content on on other social platforms considered a plus.
Great understanding of social-first video: editing, production, specs, rights and music clearances
Strong editorial eye with the ability to translate ideas into the social space effectively
Line management experience

Who you are:
Passionate about story-telling, engaging audiences and driving commercial impact
Analytical and data driven
Proactive self-starter
A big collaborator and team player
Love telly - you'll be watching a lot of it!

Hybrid-Working
At UKTV, we are working in a hybrid environment with a mixture of home and office working. Getting together in the office as a team and a company gives colleagues an opportunity to build and maintain great relationships, encourages our culture of collaboration and creativity while recognising that colleagues need to have a healthy and happy work-life balance. You'll agree with your manager the split of time you spend in the office or at home based on the role that you do, how often you come together as a team and your personal preference.

Diversity & Inclusion Commitment
At UKTV, our inclusion vision is to truly represent society in our workforce and on-screen, and create a culture of fairness and respect where we champion difference so that every person feels included and empowered to do their best work. We are committed to ensuring a level playing field at UKTV where all employees and job applicants are given equal opportunity, and that we have diverse voices at the table in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone and we want UKTV to be a place where you can be your authentic self, give your best and develop your career free from discrimination of any kind.

Key Responsibilities

Own and lead the day to day management and output for UKTV brands on YouTube, as well as working with social media managers to assist in the monetisation of content across Meta and TikTok
For YouTube, lead on content strategy, content planning and video workflow, managing the end to end process including content selection, video editing, rights clearances and content delivery workflow
Work closely with social lead & brand lead to ensure brand's identity & strong tone of voice is brought to life within content strategy and plans
Manage and lead a small team (video editor & digital deliverables co-ordinator)
Ensure platform best practice is adhered to across all content, taking into consideration platform nuisances and ever evolving updates
Ensure UKTV social media policies are being followed across compliance and editorial
Work closely with social media analyst to inform content performance to optimise accordingly as well as utilise data to give reccomendations on video release schedule
Feed into digital commissioning process, to help translate programme ideas into social-first spin offs
Lead performance updates for the wider teams, being the glue between VOD, channel teams and commissoing to ensure all stakeholders are informed and consulted appropriately
Manage effective relationships with internal teams (specifically marketing, social, comms, VOD and commissioning) as well as external partners including production companies and talent
Keep up to date with social platform developments, trends and news