Jungle Creations is an award-winning social media-first publisher that exists to create ideas that get people to thrive online and in the real world. With offices in London and New York, the company owns and operates a number of hugely popular media brands. They each create and publish content across a number of different passion points, from food to women's interests and fitness, and they include; VT, Twisted, Four Nine, Craft Factory, Level Fitness, Futur3ology and Lovimals, which together have amassed over 125 million followers worldwide.

Jungle Creations works with clients including the likes of Diageo, McDonald's and Unilever, to help them reach its audiences through impactful and engaging branded content which has seen the company win The Drum's sought after 'Branded Content Team Of The Year' for the last four years in a row. Today the business has branched out into many offline ventures including Twisted: A Cookbook, delivery only restaurant business; Twisted London, and a Twisted IPA in collaboration with Brewgooder. Jungle Creations is also home to The Wild, an award-winning social media-first creative agency that helps brands turn heads and make it matter, specialising in social media management, multi-platform creative campaigns, branded content, production, influencer, and performance marketing.

We are looking for an individual to join us and become the key stakeholder for our Facebook video output. The successful candidate will help lead the strategy to elevate our storytelling and personality-driven social video.

The Head of Video will be responsible for a team of Video Editors and Social Researchers. They will have experience in social video, storytelling and people management. They will help devise video products that enable the brands of Jungle Creations to scale its video output while ensuring all content is original and engaging. The role will span across the portfolio of brands, ranging from food and crafting to lifestyle and culture.

On a macro level, the Head of Video will identify the key platform levers for quality and scale of video, while understanding how to weave the internal brand-specific narratives into the content.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Facebook strategy and the key KPIs that ladder up to its success

• Manage a team of Video Editors and Social Researchers. Motivating and guiding them to achieve individual and collective KPIs

• Create video formats that are engrossing and socially engaging

• Collaborate with the Studio teams to optimise original content for Facebook

• Work with the design function to constantly evolve the aesethics of our content

• Produce processes and workflows that teams follow to improve retention rates of videos

• Experience in a fast-paced video production environment

• An understanding of Facebook, Tiktok and Instagram

• Proof of success when creating content for Facebook or digital assets

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Ability to combine social data with creative flair

• An understanding of producing social videos at scale

• Journalism and or proof of video storytelling ability

• Leadership experience

• A clear understanding of social video

• Experience in either production or Video editing

Bonus Points:

• Previous experience working with social media content in a fast-paced environment

• A native understanding and usage of TikTok as a platform

What's in it for you?

Our competitive salary package includes a bonus scheme, flexible/hybrid working, family-friendly benefits, 25 days of holiday per year (excl. national holidays), health and wellbeing initiatives, ERGS and committees, social events, and a fully stocked kitchen plus much more!

We want you to add to our culture

At Jungle Creations, we aim to ensure our workforce reflects the diverse society we live in. We want everyone to feel that Jungle Creations is a place where they belong and that is the reason why we look for the cultural add, not the cultural fit.

Post Covid-19 Plan

We have moved to a permanent hybrid working system that sees staff split their time between the office and home (government guidelines allowing). Each team differs in terms of their in-office expectations so feel free to discuss this during your interview process.

Is this the role for you? Please download the full job description and apply ASAP!