Branded Content Manager

Location: Singapore or Hong Kong
Department: Commercial
Reporting to: Regional Commercial Director, APAC & Creative Director, APAC

**Role overview**

The Branded Content Manager is the lead for all commercial content within the business. They produce client content in the true Time Out tone and support the wider Time Out Asia (Hong Kong or Singapore) commercial and content teams where needed.

**Key responsibilities**

The Branded Content Editor is expected to work autonomously and bi-lingual preferred (esp HK). They are a solid writer capable of working with Time Out contributors where needed. They are to produce Time Out commercial, partnership, proposal and event content with the support of other staff members where needed.
- Production lead on all commercial content be it written, social video or eDM materials for both Time Out consumer website and business sites
- They are to assist with managing commercial elements of the weekly eDM
- They are to assist with the production of a business eDM in time
- They are to write/manage other solus EDMs or special project eDMs where necessary
- Managing the flow of content production including writing, producing and editing.
- Check and sub edit commercial social posts and are trained to produce them where appropriate
- They are to provide necessary content and ideas for commercial proposals, in addition to subedit pitches
- They are to attend commercial client meetings where needed, content brainstorming meetings and other commercial meetings as required to contribute native content ideas, and where necessary helping sales staff write content for pitches
- They are to aid Editors by where necessary writing across the website, social and print across regions where needed
- They are to produce affiliate content where needed
- They are required to produce commercial reels/TikToks where needed
- They are to work with the content and commercial team to come up with proactive content innovations to sell to clients
- They are to be the project leads on internal TO events, award offerings to manage both the editorial and commercial agendas
- They are to ensure commercial content achieves set traffic goals**

Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we live in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to
- Be commercially astute
- Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced digital-first company
- Think globally
- Have excellent communication and relationship building skills
- Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive
- Be a team player

**About Our Culture**

**About Time Out Group plc**

Time Out Group is a global media and hospitality business that inspires connection and joy by capturing the soul of the world’s greatest cities through its two divisions - Time Out Media and Time Out Market.

Time Out launched in London in 1968 with a magazine to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city. Today, Time Out’s professional journalists curate the best things to do, see and eat in 333 cities in 59 countries.

Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs and unique cultural experiences together under one roof. From cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures the soul of the city.

The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into the most popular destination in the city with 4.1m locals and tourists visiting in 2019. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion in North America, with Time Out Market opening in five major cities in 2019: Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago and Montreal. In 2021, Time Out Market expanded into the Middle East with Time Out Market Dubai, and more Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline including Porto, London, Prague and more.

Time Out Group was named International Brand of the Year 2021 in the Campaign Publishing Awards - awarding bravery, editorial innovation and forward thinking. While Time Out Market won the Most Innovative Food & Beverage Concept Award at the Global RLI (Retail & Leisure International) Awards 2021.