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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.\nWhat we would like you to bring to the role….key experience, knowledge, skills & personal qualities\nExperience\nExperience 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. \nExperience of using content and schedule management tools, or social media management tools.\nExperience of using performance data to improve VoD viewing and content discovery.\nExperience of Agile working, collaboratively and cross-functionally with other teams is advantageous. \nKnowledge\nUnderstanding of on-demand scheduling and often complex rights windows.\nA knowledge of UKTV’s brands, content and audiences, plus an understanding of the VoD competitor landscape.\n\n Skills & personal qualities\nExperience of Content Management Systems to merchandise content.\nSpecific experience in Whats’ON (WON) or other Broadcast Management Systems. \nExperience of using A/B Testing tools would be an advantage.\nExcellent numeracy and written skills.\nStrong IT and admin skills, including experience with Excel and other database packages. \nAn ability to precisely manage a large volume of complex and detailed information in a highly process-oriented environment. \nAbility to draw insights from data sets and reporting to understand and improve presentation and performance for users.\nAbility to multi-task and work across multiple brands and genres with differing audiences\nAbility to communicate and present at all levels of the business in-person and remotely using video conferencing tools. \nAbility to establish and maintain positive working relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues across all departments.\nA proactive and flexible approach to work and be comfortable working to deadlines within a dynamic environment with constantly changing priorities.\nPassionate about TV content with strong editorial judgement, plus good knowledge, and awareness of the VoD landscape and emerging trends.\nWhat you will get to work on….key outputs and responsibilities of the role\nCurate 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. \nAssist 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. \nLiaise 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.\nBe 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. \nBrief 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. \nManage and update the relevant content curation planning calendar and other tracking documents.\nSet up and execute multi-variant testing the VoD offering across the estate, adjusting and tracking the presentation and results of content. \nSupport the Digital Curation Lead with the planning, design and presentation of content roadmaps to platform partners. \nUnderstand the network content pipeline and audience targets to super-serve users of U to convert new and retain existing users. \nStay up to date with VoD performance and viewing trends to inform the Digital Curation team’s curation and presentation decisions. \nWork closely with the VoD Images team to track prominence across all TV platforms and report findings back to the business. \nSchedule 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. \nCreate programmes in Whats’ON, adding relevant information as required.\nContribute to the backlog of feature improvements for content curation and CMS, working alongside the Product and Production & Development teams. \nAssist with testing and rollout of next gen VoD services, features and system upgrades.\nForm strong internal relationships with Marketing, Press & Comms, Creative and Commercial to deliver promotional initiatives for VoD, including promos, bespoke collections, and partner engagement activities. \nSupport 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.\n\nHybrid-Working\nAt 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.\n Diversity & Inclusion Commitment\nAt 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. 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