Time Inc’s Creative Media Director, Matt Downs, Announced As Director Of Agency Sales
Telegraph Media Groups Head Of Tech Partnerships, John Burke, Announced As Head Of Tech Partnerships
Future plc announced that Matt Downs and John Burke would be joining their senior commercial sales team as Director of Agency Sales and Head of Tech Partnership respectively.
Matt Downs joins Future from Time Inc where he held the position of Group Creative Media Director. As Director of Agency Sales, Matt will be responsible for all aspects of agency relationships and trading.
With a wealth of experience spanning 19 years, 16 of which were at Time Inc., he held multiple senior positions, as well as serving on the Time Inc. advertising board for the past six years. Matt launched their 3rd party content marketing and production service, and in 2015 his award winning team won Gold CMA Award for Campaign of the Year – Public Sector for The Army, and Silver for the Under £250k category at the British Media Awards for Superdrugs ‘Hero Hunters’ campaign.
Matt Downs says, “I’m so excited to be joining the senior team at Future as, although it’s a plc and already has highly trusted and market leading brands, it has the mentality and culture of a digital start-up. This means a fast moving, agile environment that facilitates exciting, innovative and engaging solutions for all our commercial partners – it’s exactly where I want to be”
John Burke joins Future from The Telegraph Media Group where he held the position of Head of Tech Partnerships. In this newly created role for Future, John will be responsible for creating and growing partnerships between their market leading tech portfolio and the world’s most exciting tech brands.
John has been central to the development of long term commercial partnerships between the Telegraph and technology brands. Previous to working at TMG, John has worked in creative solutions for media owners such as Dennis, Nat Mags and Haymarket developing content partnerships in brands such as PC Pro, iGizmo, Stuff and What Hi Fi Sound & Vision. In 2015 John was central to the team that was awarded the Certificate of Excellence for Media Partnerships for the ‘Philips Innovation and You’ campaign.
John Burke says, “ I am thrilled to be joining Future at such an exciting time in their evolution. With its portfolio of the trusted technology brands and a truly global presence, I am looking forward to being able to offer both clients and agencies valuable insight into how to unlock the true potential of their commercial partnerships with us.
Clare Dove, Commercial Sales Director, at Future, says, “We are delighted that Matt and John have joined us at this extremely exciting time. Both bring a huge wealth of experience to the team that will undoubtedly help expand Future’s growth and help us maintain our position as the UK’s leader in tech publishing.”
Both Matt and John start with immediate effect.
About Future:
Future plc is an international media group and leading digital business, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR). Future has operations in the UK, US and Australia creating publications, apps, websites and events.
Future holds market-leading positions in Technology, Games, Music, Film, Photography and the Creative & Design sector. Future attracts more than 50 million monthly users globally to our websites, which include techradar.com, GamesRadar.com and musicradar.com.
Future sold more than 14 million magazines last year. Our most well-known brands include T3, Total Film, Edge, MacFormat and Xbox: The Official Magazine.
Future, and its portfolio, reaches over 15 million people on social media. Future has over 200 licensing & syndication agreements in 89 countries worldwide, and exports over 55 titles.
