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title: "Head of Content"
company: "Lab54"
job_type: "Full Time"
location: "London, United Kingdom"
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posted: "2026-08-10"
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apply_url: "https://lab54.factorialhr.com/job_posting/head-of-content-294278"
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# Head of Content

**Company:** Lab54

**Location:** London, United Kingdom

**Job type:** Full Time

**Posted:** 2026-08-10

**Apply:** [https://lab54.factorialhr.com/job_posting/head-of-content-294278](https://lab54.factorialhr.com/job_posting/head-of-content-294278)

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# Head of Content:

## **About Lab54**

Lab54 is a content-led events and production company driven by the motto:

[ **Anywhere But A Club.** ]

We specialise in creating high-impact experiences in unexpected locations, capturing moments and turning them into viral content.

With a combined global audience of over 425,000 across platforms, Lab54 sits at the intersection of party culture and lifestyle, bridging the gap between real-life and online.

We collaborate closely with brands, record labels, and artists to craft culturally relevant moments to our community and beyond.

## Role Overview

The Head of Content is a hands-on leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering the brand’s editorial output across all channels. In a small company, this role blends strategy with execution - you’ll set the vision, but also actively create, edit, and publish content.

You’ll play a key role in defining the voice and cultural relevance of a music media brand operating in a space similar to Mixmag and Boiler Room, with a strong focus on electronic music, artists, and culture.

# **Responsibilities**

### **Content Strategy:**

- Own and deliver a lean, high-impact content strategy across web, social, and video
- Prioritise content that drives engagement over volume
- Quickly react to trends, releases, and cultural moments

### **Content Management:**

- Write, edit, and publish content regularly (announcements, features, interviews)
- Commission freelancers and contributors
- Shape and maintain a clear, consistent brand voice
- Oversee all content output (e.g., DJ sets, interviews, short-form clips)
- Identify low-cost, high-impact formats suitable for social led content team
- Manage client relationships from a content standpoint

### **Team Leadership:**

- Manage the team (social, design, editorial, content, global freelancers)
- Set weekly priorities and content schedules
- Mentor junior team members while staying close to project health
- Build and manage the entire department to allow for exponential growth including hiring.

### **Social & Audience Growth:**

- Directly oversee social channels (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube)
- Work closely with the social media manager to test formats and grow reach
- Use analytics tools to report on, build out and refine our output (feeding into content strategy decisions)

### **Video & Content Formats:**

- Oversee and contribute to video output (e.g., DJ sets, interviews, short-form clips)
- Identify low-cost, high-impact formats suitable for a small team
- Be comfortable appearing on camera if needed

### **Commercial Collaboration:**

- Work closely with sales/partnership teams on branded content
- Help pitch and shape campaigns that fit the brand
- Balance editorial credibility with commercial needs

### **Operational Ownership:**

- Manage content calendar, workflows, and deadlines
- Ensure efficient use of limited resources (budget, people, time)
- Step in to solve problems quickly—this is not a siloed role

# **Skills & Experience**

### **Essential:**

- Strong editorial background (music/media preferred)
- Deep understanding of electronic music and dance music culture
- Proven ability to do the work as well as lead it
- Experience managing and building teams and large scale projects
- Strong instincts for what performs well on social platforms across all content mediums (inc. live streaming)
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, resource-limited environment

### **Demonstrable Attributes:**

- Multi-skilled: writing, editing, basic video, social publishing
- Entrepreneurial mindset (self-starter, adaptable, proactive)
- Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change
- Strong network in music (artists, PRs, labels)

## **KPIs / Success Measures**

- Audience growth and engagement (especially social-first)
- Consistency and quality of output with a small team
- Ability to deliver standout content moments (viral hits, exclusives)
- Contribution to commercial projects

## **What Makes This Role Different (vs Larger Companies)**

- **Delegation & doing** - you’re in the trenches daily
- **Fast decision making** - minimal layers, direct impact
- **Creative ownership** - strong influence and alignment on brand direction
- **Resource constraints** - success depends on smart prioritisation

## **Ideal Profile**

- Has editorial credibility in music culture
- Can lead a team but also jump on the tools instantly
- Thrives in a startup-style environment
- Understands both culture and content performance
- Can actively direct content that drives virality
- Can build a team, its SOPs and everything that comes with running a whole department
- Can ensure the CEO and MD are not needed from a day to day running of the content department perspective