Senior Vice President, Video

Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is a leading content company that engages over 150 million consumers every month through our portfolio of premium brands across platforms. By combining our distinctive content with our proprietary data and people-based targeting, we offer highly differentiated end-to-end solutions to marketers across the multimedia landscape.

The Senior Vice President of Video will oversee and collaborate on the video production, programming and strategy across all Time Inc. brands and their platforms, with the goal of continuing to build the company as a force in video content and continuing to significantly grow its video revenue. Reporting to the President, Entertainment & Sports Group and Video, this seasoned leader will support the brands in optimizing video across existing platforms – both in terms of usage and revenue – developing and steering a video content strategy that cuts across various video formats and genres and driving best practices throughout the organization. Although primarily focused on digital video, this role will also pursue and execute on opportunities in television and long-form programming. In addition, this position will be responsible for overseeing and growing the company’s third-party video distribution partner network. This individual must have a proven track record in video of driving views on O&O and across all platforms (particularly YouTube and Facebook), growing audiences at scale and monetizing in the digital space.

* Operate a central physical studio in partnership with the brands, collaborating with teams across all brands at the company – in digital, brand editorial, social media, audience analytics and sales – to develop and produce digital video content across the Time Inc. portfolio for editorial, native and branded content programs * Possess a strong understanding of the digital video landscape, including the latest techniques for growing audience, distribution strategy and cost effectively shooting quality video, including producing ideas in multi-format video for all audiences: YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and more * Possess strong analytical skills to carry out a metrics-driven approach to content creation and report regularly to the executive team and the brands (using VidIQ or Omniture) * Oversee effective use of the production budget and manage use of full-time and contract labor * Recruit and retain top creative talent * Manage and continue to build a high quality video distribution partner network to support advertising sales * Build relationships that will allow Time Inc. to procure and use outside relevant video content * Lead a small development team to develop longer-form programming for sale to networks, broadcasters, OTT operators and international markets

* **Proven:** This role won’t be the first time you’ve led a major digital initiative for an organization. You’ve built a 15+ year career in video production and have held key leadership roles that taught you grace under pressure. You’ve kept ahead of emerging platforms and new forms of content distribution, tracking trends not out of necessity but from an insatiable curiosity for the future of your industry. You have strong creative instincts and lead with your deep experience in developing long and short-form video content and are able to anticipate the needs of an audience – not with instinct alone, but through your interpretation of data and insights. You come to the table a proven manager who has built and operated a P&L, overseen a robust video operation and shepherded creatives, technologists and strategists. * **Collaborative:** As part of a matrix organizational structure, it is essential you are highly collaborative with strong interpersonal skills and the deft ability to persuade, but also to compromise when necessary. * **A leader of people:** The people you’ve worked with would follow you anywhere. The relationships you’ve built are lasting ones – with clients, teams, CEOs, CMOs and print and digital leaders across the industry. You are a demonstrated collaborator – the kind of leader who plays to the strengths of the team and inspires greatness across all levels of the organization – from peers, direct reports and leadership alike. Your collaborative spirit is felt in your communication style, whether you’re making a business case to C-level leadership in a presentation, brainstorming a big idea with a team you don’t work with every day or leading a project with your own team. Put simply: You exude executive presence and breathe new life into any initiative you take on. * **A tech enthusiast:** You don’t just say the word digital. You live it. You understand the nuances of digital video experiences, new media tools and tech opportunities in a way that’s both practical and inspiring. Your understanding of the details guides your energetic approach to defining a clear, multifaceted strategy for video production.