Senior Director, UK Series

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🕒 January 23

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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The Athletic

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2016

📱 Media

⚽ Sports

Media • Sports

The Athletic is a sports media company known for comprehensive sports coverage and in-depth reporting across various sports such as football, tennis, Formula 1, golf, MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and college sports. It provides high-quality articles, live updates, and expert analysis covering significant events and players in the sports world. The platform features content on various leagues and tournaments, providing insights from well-known journalists and analysts. The Athletic aims to set the standard in sports reporting and offers subscription-based access to its content.

📋 Description

• The Senior Director, UK Series is responsible for the creative leadership, audience growth, and commercial performance of The Athletic’s UK-based series portfolio. • Ensure these brands consistently exceed audience expectations, especially around tentpole moments. • Lead The Athletic’s UK production team, partner closely with UK newsroom leadership, and collaborate with external production companies. • Work cross-functionally with operations, sales, marketing, product, and finance to set strategy, unlock revenue, and manage resources.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in media, sports, or entertainment, with a strong track record in content leadership, production, or general management. • Proven experience running or overseeing multi-platform series (audio, video, digital, social), ideally within sports, news, or premium content. • Deep understanding of UK and global football and/or Formula 1 audiences, with a strong editorial instinct for what resonates culturally. • Demonstrated ability to balance creative ambition with commercial outcomes, including experience working with sales, sponsors, or partners. • Experience leading teams, managing budgets, and working cross-functionally in complex organizations. • Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and external partners. • Comfortable operating at both a strategic and hands-on level, especially around major live moments and breaking news cycles.

🏖️ Benefits

• The Athletic offers unique perks and benefits to all full-time employees based on their country of residence • Competitive benefits packages