Commercial Manager, History Extra
Salary: up to £44,000 annual salary. Part time – 4 days a week, 8‑month fixed‑term contract.
Immediate is home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and BBC Gardeners World magazine. We provide trusted, quality content that reaches millions of people each month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events.
We inspire, fuel, encourage and educate people who want to get more from the things they love.
About the Role
A creative and forward‑thinking Commercial Manager will support the MD in tracking and driving day‑to‑day performance and maintaining momentum of key projects. The core focus is progressing our digital subscription strategy, turning agreed priorities into delivered outcomes and ensuring accountability across teams.
This role sits at the intersection of editorial, marketing, product and data, translating commercial priorities into action, delivered at pace and with a measurable impact. It includes the delivery of partnerships and collaborations for audience/subscription acquisition and aligning content, marketing and product initiatives for maximum results.
The position is varied and high‑impact. Success requires operating comfortably in ambiguity, spotting and acting on opportunities to improve performance, and influencing cross‑functional activity.
Responsibilities
Commercial Performance Management
* Monitor day‑to‑day performance and highlight risks and opportunities to MD.
* Provide clear weekly performance updates as required.
Delivery of Digital Subscription Growth Strategy
* Translate agreed strategic priorities into a clear, sequenced subscription roadmap.
* Maintain momentum on growth initiatives from concept to execution.
* Remove blockers and elevate risks early.
* Embed subscription priorities in planning cycles.
* Ensure cross‑functional alignment behind subscription objectives.
* Collaborate with content teams to ensure editorial plans support subscription objectives.
* Align campaign timing, commercial messaging and product positioning.
* Provide commercial insight to inform content and membership strategy.
Audience Growth & Partnerships
* Secure and coordinate acquisition‑focused partnerships and collaborations.
* Support planning and delivery of events and other audience engagement initiatives.
* Integrate audience development opportunities into planning early.
Travel Requirement
This role will require travel to our London office.
Requirements
* Proven experience in subscriptions or membership‑driven businesses and a good understanding of delivering these propositions.
* Digitally fluent – understands product, technology and platform considerations and how they affect delivery.
* Comfortable with dashboards and confident using data to interpret performance and inform decisions.
* Experience working across editorial, product, marketing or growth teams and within publishing and media brands.
* Ability to influence and drive action in a matrix organisation.
* Proactive, adaptable, highly organised and delivery‑focused.
* Strong commercial awareness and analytical mindset, comfortable with P&L and revenue management/forecasting.
Benefits
* A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival.
* Supportive well‑being initiatives and benefits, talks & workshops, and Mental Health First Aiders & Champions.
* 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Offices closed between Christmas and New Year’s in addition to the annual entitlement.
* Tailored training and development through our in‑house learning platform and LinkedIn Learning.
* A progressive and transparent culture focused on your development.
* Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide policies for pregnancy loss, fertility and carers.
* Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance.
* A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces.
People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is important to us. We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We will never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. We are also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.
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