Owain Rowlands

Current

• Interactive Television Services Operations Manager at UKTV

Past

• Senior Producer at Euro RSCG Circle
• Deputy Editor at Independent Television News (ITN) Interactive
• Senior Producer at BBC Wales / Radio Five

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Education

• King's College London, U. of London

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Owain Rowlands’s Experience

• Interactive Television Services Operations Manager

  UKTV

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2004 — Present (5 years)

  • Defining and deploying the creative, technical and commercial objectives of UKTV's current red button service on the Sky digital satellite platform
  • Working with channel, agency and new media teams to develop strategic, creative and technical propositions to support campaigns and events across all channels
  • Management of internal creative team, third party development agency, return path/telephony and broadcast play-out providers
  • Ensuring services’ performance against commercial targets and working with UKTV sales house to create, pitch and deliver interactive sponsorship campaigns
  • Member of UKTV team developing the creative and technical proposition for VOD (Cable, Direct to consumer)
  • Establishing business process and production process for the UKTV website portfolio.
  • Working with Head of New Media and UKTV channels to define and deliver website strategy across portfolio of UKTV websites including development of social networking proposition

• Senior Producer

  Euro RSCG Circle

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 1999 — August 2004 (4 years 11 months)

  Four years experience at digital marketing agency Euro RSCG Circle / EHS Brann working on agency’s big brands including Volvo, Guinness, Budweiser, HSBC. Experience included:
  - Production management of website and digital marketing campaigns, from pitch and commissioning (briefing) to planning and delivery
  - Managing UK and international clients, and third party agencies including Volvo, Peugeot, HSBC, Budweiser, Guinness, Autotrader, British Tourist Authority, National Car Rental and AITC.
  - Line management of the agency 9-strong producer team
  - Team management of account teams (sales, marketing services, creative and technical)
  - Resource management (including studio manager for creative services)
  - Commercial management of projects and accounts profitability
  - Copywriting experience on Guinness, Budweiser, Peugeot, British Tourist Authority, National Car Rental etc

• Deputy Editor

  Independent Television News (ITN) Interactive

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  June 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 4 months)

  Two years editorial experience within ITN Interactive including:
  - Responsibility for setting editorial agenda
  - Interactive reporter on Channel 5 lunchtime news live and IRN
  - Interactive representative at weekly ITN senior editorial meetings
  - Commissioning and managing third party content
  - Set--up ITN interactive sports servicing negotiated third party contracts

• Senior Producer

  BBC Wales / Radio Five

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  April 1993 — June 1997 (4 years 3 months)

  Four years editorial-production experience at BBC Radio including:
  - Editorial, research, programme making and live studio production experience as a senior producer
  - Recording and editing radio programmes; scripting shows; researching; creating and presenting arts and entertainment packages
  - BBC Wales Drama script reader

Owain Rowlands’s Education

• King's College London, U. of London

  BA Hons , English , 1988 — 1992

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