Director Video / Social / Audio Business (m/w/d)

Director Video / Social / Audio Business (m/w/d) at Axel Springer News Media National in Berlin, BE, Germany.

Role Summary

• assume business responsibility for expanding our video, social and audio offerings to ensure sustainable growth
• develop a distribution and partner strategy for social media, syndication partners and relevant video platforms to grow reach and revenue
• Control the video portfolio based on relevant key figures for well-founded investment and prioritization decisions
• evaluate offers together with editorial, product, data, sales and business development to enable successful scaling
• strategically develop our podcast and audio activities, with a focus on marketing and paid content
• support the development of a creator and talent strategy as a basis for additional target groups and revenue

Requirements

• You have several years of management or senior experience in a modern digital media environment - from video and social to streaming, creator, publishing or audio
• you understand how platform business works - from distribution to audience growth to monetization and KPI-based control
• You have experience with YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn or comparable platforms for commercial decisions and can economically assess their potential for journalistic brands
• you have strong stakeholder management and communication skills and can translate various interests into viable solutions
• You combine strategic thinking with operational implementation strength and sales-oriented partner management for sustainable business development
• you have very good knowledge of German

Benefits

• A wide range of health offers and support for all situations in life: from sports courses (Wellhub), yoga and meditation to preventive examinations and coaching with renowned partners (PME Family Service)
• Extraordinary campus in the middle of Berlin with modern office space and collaboration options, the coolest roof terrace in Berlin and the best infrastructure nearby (even more restaurants, medical center, post office, shops, etc.)
• a variety of seminars and workshops, language courses, conferences and lectures from in-house experts as well as network events within the Axel Springer Group
• Look forward to a free lunch with a variety of dishes in our employee restaurants
• Collaboration thrives on direct exchange - we rely on 80% office presence and 20% mobile working
• We are offering you a permanent, full-time or part-time position as soon as possible
• You can find the most frequently asked questions and answers in our FAQs: career.axelspringer.com/de/faq

To make reading easier, we limit ourselves to male terms throughout the text. Nevertheless, diversity is an essential part of our corporate culture! We look forward to all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

You can find information about representing severely disabled people at Axel Springer here: career.axelspringer.com/de/ksbv

About the Company

Shape the economic future of our digital video, social and audio business for the premium group (WELT, Business Insider Germany and POLITICO Germany). You are the central contact, develop scalable business models, drive our platform strategy and open up new monetization and growth potential.

We believe in the future of journalism as a business model and invest in future-oriented technologies. Our Five Essentials are the values that unite us and our compass in our commitment to freedom.