TheWayoftheWeb
Content and Digital Marketing Specialists
I had to blow the trumpet of one of the magazines I work with for Bauer Media.
Car Magazine decided to lighten the mood a bit for Christmas by asking car firms if they’d have a go at updating Santa’s transport – and Nissan, Ford, Rolls Royce and Bentley all responded… So Car have made the awesome designs available as E-Cards…
I’ll add previews of the other two when WordPress has stopped playing up!
There’s a job going on www.motorcyclenews.com for someone who combines editorial skills with a love of motorcycles. (Disclosure: Not only do I work for Bauer Media, MCN’s owners, but I worked on www.motorcyclenews.com for 7 years, and now do Community Marketing for it, amongst other titles). And I can vouch for the fact I miss working more closely with the team, and being on the the biggest motorcycling title around. And having the chance to ride test bikes, obviously!
Online Editor – MCN
The UK’s No1 motorcycling website (source: Hitwise) is looking for an experienced editor. Key tasks and responsibilities include:
* The creation and delivery of an online content plan in partnership with the MCN business team
* Managing a team of three online writers and producers
* Sourcing and acquiring content from internal and external sources
* Contributing site development ideas
Key Skills/experience:
* Affinity for user needs (eg web-using motorcyclists)
* Experience in delivering digital (and/or other) content to a consumer market
* Writing and SEO skills
* Enthusiasm for digital media
* Technical competence
* Initiative
* Organisation
* Management and leadership skills
* Enthusiasm
* Reliability
* Strong people skills
* Good under pressure
* Adaptablity
* Eagerness to learn
To apply, send a CV plus two content ideas & two development ideas that you think would support or grow Motorcyclenews.com commercial position, to:
Sean Warwick, Digital Development Manager, Sean.warwick@bauermedia.co.uk or call 01733 468014 to find out more.
So I’m having both!
I’m afraid there’s going to be a lack of updates here for a couple of days, as there are a few things I need to finish for my day job with Bauer Media (There will still be plenty of updates by the others on www.140char.com). But the plan is to use the time to get into a bit of a schedule for blog posting, and prepare some indepth articles, so everyone benefits in the long run.
One of the events that’s prompted the break is the widely reporter imminent departure of my current boss, Chris Lawson to to whatever Virgin Radio is going to be named. You can see more on his move, along with a rather unflattering picture, on the Guardian website.
You’ll have to wait for official news on what will happen at here at Bauer, but it’ll definitely be interesting to see what Chris gets up to, and I definitely wish him all the best. It was him that pushed for me to have the opportunity to specialize in social media, and move into marketing, and he’s also given me the chance to learn a lot from a host of new challenges since I made the switch.
Meanwhile there’s a whole load of plans, including some social media ideas of my own invention, which I might be able to share at some point soon. And seeing as this is a bit of a self-indulgent post, I might as well mention the fact that in addition to working alongside the fantastic Charlie Watson in Digital Marketing, there’s also the joy of working with two new Marketing Executives, James MacDonald and Joe Griffiths-Barasso, who I know will probably read this, and hopefully won’t mention the fact I’m publicly appreciative of their enthusiasm, and that they’re both really engaged by the social media side of digital marketing.
And onto something less of a love-in:
Social Media Measurement Camp is taking place tomorrow, and for once, I’m able to attend, rather than lame excuses like the birth of my son etc! Details of Measurement Camp 5 tomorrow are Helen Lawrence’s blog, here. And if you can’t make it, there are details of what is trying to be achieved and future events on the Measurement Camp wiki, or via the blog of the only slightly camp Will McInnes.
(Since I attended the first one, it sounds like a fair few people I’ve only met virtually via Twitter will be there – should be interesting to meet in the flesh. I’m already anticipating someone pointing out I’m shorter than they thought…)