Jim Foster Email & Phone Number

Peterborough, Gb

Currently helping head-up Bauer Media's migration to a new digital workflow focussed around AI.Also managing digital products - app & web - for some of the UK's biggest media brands, including Grazia, Heat & Closer, Car, Parkers, Today's Golfer, MCN, Empire

Peterborough And London

Key achievements:* Launched Bauer's ePublishing division in 2013, building it into a multi-£m business with a 40% margin by 2020. Delivered 30% growth in turnover and operating profit FY2020 v 2019. Owner of P&L.* Played a key role in negotiating a unique, multi-million $ two-year deal with Apple to launch 50 Bauer titles globally on Apple News+ in October 2019.* Responsible for the concept behind Bauer's 'Bikes Unlimited' content streaming app and the product / project management to take it from idea to launch* Keynote speaker at the UK launch of the Samsung Tab S in September 2014, where Bauer were partners in the rollout of their digital magazine platform 'PaperGarden'.Responsibilities:* Ownership of Bauer's ePublishing P&L / digital content workflows* Responsible for ePubs partnerships with Apple, Amazon, Readly & others* Negotiation of complex deals and contracts with tech partners* Formation of cross-platform digital strategy to drive growth* Forming project teams from key stakeholders across corporate silos: managing those teams to deliver outcomes the grew/grow the business* Quantitative analysis-driven decision making* Articulating and driving data-driven change* Achieving strategic buy-in from key stakeholders at MD & CEO level* Procurement: ownership of relationship with software suppliers* Native app product and project management, including ASO* Overseeing digital subscriber acquisition and conversion marketing

Bauer Specialist, Peterborough

Headed up digital content strategy on Bauer's Specialist websites between June 2012 and October 2013.Responsibilities included:* Audience development: working with editorial teams across the business on content strategy* SEO strategy: in collaboration with our SEO team & editorial staff to improve organic search performance* Analytics driven content production: astute use of GA to decide content strategy and drive organic audience growth* Establishing content KPIs on key websites / creation of reports for senior brand stakeholders* Web product management (NextJS / Java / HTML / PHP / .NET)

Responsible for digital content strategy and product at the Haymarket Media Group, specifically digital subscriptions acquisition and related paywall / subscriber content strategy on the autosport.com website.While incumbent in this role, my team and I won the AOP 'Digital Product Team of the Year' in 2011 for our work growing digital-only subscribers and revenues.I was also a keynote speaker at PayPal's 2010 developer conference in San Francisco following implementation of PayPal's micropayments solution, which facilitated the purchase of paywalled content on a per article level on the Autosport website.Skills acquired included:* Product & project management, managing front and back-end dev teams* Qualified Agile Scrum Master (though a bit rusty these days!)* Paid content strategy: metering & hard paywall; AB/MV testing* Digital subscriber acquisition, CRO & SEO* Beta partners of PayPal to install world-first micropayments business model* Syndicating autosport.com content

Haymarket Media

I ran the B2B brand 'Car and Accessory Trader' (CAT) magazine, directory and website for three years.Skills acquired:* Team leadership* B2B strategy across platforms* Manage data & marketing* Write budgets (P&Ls)* Ensure the brand made money and was effectively run* Launched and managed a successful Awards event for the brandProfits increased substantially in the period I was publisher, thanks in part to the implementation I oversaw of an industry-leading annual Awards event that has subsequently gone from strength to strength.I also managed the development and launch of the brand's first 'proper' website in 2008 (before that it had been a holding site, as opposed content delivery, marketing & revenue opportunity).

My career began at DHP Ltd, a niche publisher based in Daventry. I was editor of a national magazine at the age of 24.I was launch editor of 'Total Carp' magazine in 1999, and within 18 months I delivered a title that became no.1 in its sector - selling more than 23,000 copies per issue (ABC certified) by the time I handed the reins over to my successor.I was responsible for the launch of four consumer magazines during my career at DHP - all aimed at niche sport fishing markets, all of which were successful.Between 2003 and 2007 I was editor-in-chief of 10 titles at DHP, being responsible for editorial strategy across them.

Master'S Degree, Organizational Leadership, Business Strategy, Distinction

Specialising in the psychology of leadership, business strategy, change management and digital transformation

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Politics, 2:1