Content Manager (Pictures)

Our Team: 

Bauer Media is looking for a Content Manager - Pictures, a rare opportunity to lead a team of Picture Researchers as they provide captivating imagery for a powerhouse collective of media brands, including Closer, heat, Bella and Yours, as well as supporting our luxury title Grazia.

This is more than just a job. It's a chance to shape how millions experience some of the most beloved media brands in the UK. You’ll work in a fast-paced, creative and collaborative environment where your ideas - and your images - matter.

The focus of the role: 

In this pivotal role, you’ll lead our picture team, and manage the visual needs of a vibrant portfolio of leading Celebrity, Entertainment, and Lifestyle titles.

As well as a team leader, you’ll be a collaborator, motivating and mentoring the picture team and working across different titles and disciplines, ensuring consistency, creativity and cohesion. You will bring contacts, charisma and clarity - able to brief, commission and deliver under pressure with calm precision.

As well as working on daily picture research for all brands, you and your team will support photographic production on Grazia, to deliver arresting cover shoots, and meet commercial briefs.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead and motivate the a team of picture researchers, fostering a high-performance, supportive culture
• Attend editorial conference and support daily content with image ideas
• Lead picture research across multiple titles, to tight deadlines
• Ensure image rights, licenses and credits are managed with diligence and accuracy
• Oversee picture budget, reallocating spend strategically around issue needs, and finding budget efficiencies where possible
• Maintain and grow a network of photographers, studios, stylists, agents and image libraries
• Support photographic shoots for Grazia, and our Life and Style Content team

What you'll bring: 

• You’ll have an instinctive eye for design, and an obsession with images that stop readers in their tracks - whether it's the latest shots of the Royals, or a zeitgeisty pop culture moment. 
• You’re confident and knowledgeable working with celebrity and classic titles, as well as luxury brands and commercial teams.
• You’ll have a collaborative, positive mindset and be able to streamline systems and processes.
• Previous experience of working in a content hub 

Closing Date: Wednesday 6th August

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s in it for you

• You’ll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win. 
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working. 
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.