Head of Content

Manchester, UK (Hybrid)

£65K/yr – £75K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale Crowd’s sport-focused content program by shaping editorial direction, launching new sports brands, and driving audience growth across YouTube, podcasts, and social—while building scalable production practices and mentoring teams.

  • Own content strategy and audience growth across sports shows and channels.
  • Lead development and launch of new sports brands and YouTube-first initiatives.
  • Build scalable editorial and production processes, guiding teams and talent to unlock growth.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the Content Director in defining and implementing Crowd's content strategy.
  • Provide editorial leadership and strategic guidance across original and branded productions.
  • Work directly with programme teams to develop content plans, audience strategies and growth initiatives.
  • Establish best practice across podcast, video and social production.
  • Mentor and develop producers, editors and creative teams across the business.

New Show Development & Launch

  • Lead the development and launch of new sports content brands and channels.
  • Create launch strategies that maximise audience acquisition and long-term growth.
  • Work with production teams to define formats, content pillars, talent strategy and distribution plans.
  • Identify opportunities to expand existing brands into new platforms and territories.

YouTube & Audience Growth

  • Lead Crowd's YouTube content strategy across the network.
  • Develop frameworks for audience growth, retention and engagement.
  • Work with teams on content optimisation, programming, thumbnails, packaging and channel development.
  • Identify opportunities to grow revenue and audience through video-first content initiatives.
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Crowd Network

Crowd Network is an audio-on-demand network, bringing you incredible podcasts from industry leaders.We tell stories you can't forget and start conversations you have to share.

Founded in 2020
Greater Manchester, England, GBR
22 employees (16 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.5%
Direct
34.8%
Referral
7.1%
Social
4.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~22

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (36% of company)