Experience in editorial merchandising, scheduling, planning, or curation in a streaming service, broadcast video-on-demand environment, linear broadcast environment, FAST channel provider, or consumer-facing editorial role in the creative or media industries.
Experience using content and schedule management tools or social media management tools.
Experience using performance data to improve video-on-demand viewing and content discovery.
Understanding of on-demand scheduling and complex rights windows.
Knowledge of UKTV’s brands, content, and audiences, and of the video-on-demand competitor landscape.
Experience using content management systems to merchandise content.
Experience with Whats’ON or other broadcast management systems.
Strong numeracy and written skills.
Strong information technology and administrative skills, including experience with Excel and database packages.
Ability to precisely manage a large volume of complex and detailed information in a process-oriented environment.
Ability to draw insights from datasets and reporting to understand and improve content presentation and user performance.
Ability to work across multiple brands and genres with differing audiences.
Ability to communicate and present to all levels of the business in person and remotely using video conferencing tools.
Passion for television content, strong editorial judgment, and knowledge and awareness of the video-on-demand landscape and emerging trends.
Responsibilities
Curate engaging on-demand offerings for video-on-demand platforms using catalogue content, including exclusives, genre catch-up, box-set releases, and archive titles, in line with the strategy to grow viewing, viewers, and habitual use.
Assist the Digital Curation Lead in developing plans and executing curated collections and platform stunts, ensuring copy and design elements are approved for use.
Liaise with third-party video-on-demand platforms and television partners’ editorial teams as directed by the Digital Curation Lead, and assist in offering editorial and user-interface opportunities to television partners.
Distribute the weekly highlights newsletter to pay, free-to-air, and FAST platform partners on time, and share responsibility for longer-range highlights sent periodically to platform contacts.
Brief platform image and key-art refreshes to maximize merchandising across video-on-demand platforms, act as the day-to-day contact for platform partners, answer curation queries, and escalate issues to internal stakeholders.
Manage and update the content curation planning calendar and related tracking documents.
Set up and execute multivariate testing of video-on-demand offerings across the estate, adjusting and tracking content presentation and results.
Support the Digital Curation Lead with planning, design, and presentation of content roadmaps to platform partners.
Understand the network content pipeline and audience targets to serve U users and convert new users while retaining existing users.
Monitor video-on-demand performance and viewing trends to inform curation and presentation decisions.
Work with the video-on-demand Images team to track prominence across television platforms and report findings to the business.
Schedule and manage FAST channels; support the Digital Curation Lead and Head of Digital Curation in expanding FAST channels on existing platforms and preparing launches on new platforms.
Create programmes in Whats’ON and add relevant information.
Contribute to the backlog of content curation and content management system feature improvements with Product and Production & Development teams.
Assist with testing and rollout of next-generation video-on-demand services, features, and system upgrades.
Build internal relationships with Marketing, Press & Communications, Creative, and Commercial to deliver video-on-demand promotional initiatives, including promos, bespoke collections, and partner engagement activities.
Support the Digital Curation Lead, deputise in their absence, and assist with ad hoc projects and tasks needed for effective management of the content pipeline and services.
Desired Qualifications
Experience working in an Agile, collaborative, cross-functional environment.
Experience using A/B testing tools.
Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships and collaborate with colleagues across departments.
A proactive and flexible approach to work, including meeting deadlines in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.
The Digital Curation team devises and implements the content curation strategies across our VoD estate and ensures the right tactical and strategic content decisions are made to increase viewing, users and drive habitual usage across our services.
Purpose of the role This role is responsible for the day-to-day curation and presentation of VoD content across the VoD estate to increase viewing, engage and retain viewers and increase habitual use. The Digital Curation Exec works collaboratively with wider digital, Tech & Ops, Marketing, Programming, Media Planning to ensure optimal curation and presentation to viewers and liaise with platform partners to secure editorial feature support.You will also assist with the scheduling, running and expansion of UKTV’s FAST channels.
Experience
Experience of editorial merchandising, scheduling, planning or curation within a streaming service, VoD within a broadcast environment, linear broadcast environment, FAST channel provider or worked in a consumer-facing editorial role within the creative or media industries.
Experience of using content and schedule management tools, or social media management tools.
Experience of using performance data to improve VoD viewing and content discovery.
Experience of Agile working, collaboratively and cross-functionally with other teams is advantageous.
Knowledge
Understanding of on-demand scheduling and often complex rights windows.
A knowledge of UKTV’s brands, content and audiences, plus an understanding of the VoD competitor landscape.
Skills & personal qualities
Experience of Content Management Systems to merchandise content.
Specific experience in Whats’ON (WON) or other Broadcast Management Systems.
Experience of using A/B Testing tools would be an advantage.
Excellent numeracy and written skills.
Strong IT and admin skills, including experience with Excel and other database packages.
An ability to precisely manage a large volume of complex and detailed information in a highly process-oriented environment.
Ability to draw insights from data sets and reporting to understand and improve presentation and performance for users.
Ability to multi-task and work across multiple brands and genres with differing audiences
Ability to communicate and present at all levels of the business in-person and remotely using video conferencing tools.
Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues across all departments.
A proactive and flexible approach to work and be comfortable working to deadlines within a dynamic environment with constantly changing priorities.
Passionate about TV content with strong editorial judgement, plus good knowledge, and awareness of the VoD landscape and emerging trends.
Curate engaging on-demand offerings for VoD platforms, using available content from the catalogue, including VoD Exclusives, genre catch-up, boxset drops and the archive of classics, in line with the strategy to expand viewing, viewers and increase habitual use.
Assist the Digital Curation Lead to conceive plans and execute ideas for curated collections and stunts on platforms, ensuring all copy and design elements are approved for use.
Liaise with VoD third-party platforms and TV partners editorial teams as directed by the Digital Curation Lead. Assist with offering editorial and UI opportunities to UKTV’s TV partners to help them plan, grow viewing and deliver value to their users.
Be responsible for the timely distribution of a weekly highlights newsletter to the Pay, FTA and FAST platform partners, and share ownership of the longer-range highlights which are sent to platform contacts periodically.
Brief platform image and key art refreshes to maximise merchandising across VoD platforms. Act as the day-to-day contact for platform partners, offering answers to curation queries and escalating any issues to internal stakeholders.
Manage and update the relevant content curation planning calendar and other tracking documents.
Set up and execute multi-variant testing the VoD offering across the estate, adjusting and tracking the presentation and results of content.
Support the Digital Curation Lead with the planning, design and presentation of content roadmaps to platform partners.
Understand the network content pipeline and audience targets to super-serve users of U to convert new and retain existing users.
Stay up to date with VoD performance and viewing trends to inform the Digital Curation team’s curation and presentation decisions.
Work closely with the VoD Images team to track prominence across all TV platforms and report findings back to the business.
Schedule and manage FAST channels. Support the Digital Curation Lead and Head of Digital Curation to grow FAST by rolling out new FAST channels onto existing platforms and preparing channel launches on new platforms.
Create programmes in Whats’ON, adding relevant information as required.
Contribute to the backlog of feature improvements for content curation and CMS, working alongside the Product and Production & Development teams.
Assist with testing and rollout of next gen VoD services, features and system upgrades.
Form strong internal relationships with Marketing, Press & Comms, Creative and Commercial to deliver promotional initiatives for VoD, including promos, bespoke collections, and partner engagement activities.
Support the Digital Curation Lead, deputise in their absence and assist with ad-hoc projects as required, including tasks required for the smooth, efficient, and effective management of the content pipeline and services.
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.