Head of Editorial Content

The Royal Academy of Arts has an exciting opportunity for a Head of Editorial Content to join our Content Campaigns and Communications team.

Leading the editorial and content strategy for the RAs owned channels and quarterly print the Head of Editorial Content will expand the RAs reach to new audiences and build relationships and loyalty with the RAs existing audiences through creative high-quality and engaging editorial content.

This role will embed content as a central element of comms working with colleagues on a collaborative streamlined and audience-centred approach to reaching and engaging the public.

About You

To be considered for this role you will have significant experience defining the editorial direction for an organisations owned channels including website email and social media as well as experience and understanding of working with and editing print publications with in-depth knowledge of print production processes.

Proven experience growing audiences and audience engagement is essential as is an audience and data centric approach to working with demonstrable experience of measuring the success of content and using data analysis to inform decision making.

Effectively leading managing and inspiring a cross-function team will be second nature and you will be able to effectively influence stakeholders and bring them along with new ways of thinking and doing.

The RA dates way back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George lll to help them to establish a society for promoting the Artof Design. The original academy in Pall Mall was less than 10 meters long. Since then there have been many changes though the RAs core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists still holds true.

Today we are a contemporary art organisation hosting internationally acclaimed exhibitions and through investment in employee training and development with courses such as Unconscious Bias LGBTQ Awareness Bystander and Mental Health First Aid training we are striving to foster a safe space for everyone through positive action. We also have Employee Network Groups Ways In Groups and an Employee Council so every employee has a voice and a way to feel heard by colleagues through the CEO.

The RA is truly a unique place both as an attraction to our visitors but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from exhibitions curators art handlers researchers publishers and digital to schools and education visitor welcome fundraisers and corporate support.