An anonymous user submitted the following question to me via my Admonymous:
Hey,
I see for the Head of Video role there is a need for significant time to be spent in London. I am disabled and a wheelchair user that is exceptionally interested in the position, but wondered how much time would be needed and what support would possible be available? I live in the Cotswolds currently, and I love the area and lifestyle that offers so would prefer not to move away from here if at all possible. My biggest issue is I do not currently have a wheelchair that makes me entirely independent, I am unable to get it in and out of my car, and public transport is very hit and miss when it comes to accessibility (even when pre-booking!).
Thanks for answering as best you can (I know without specifics and detailed discussion it is hard to give a firm response.)
I’ll leave my response in a reply to this comment.
Thanks for your question and for giving some detail on your situation!
It’s not a hard requirement that the Head of Video be able to spend time in London (though we do prefer it for the same reason we prefer all our staff to be in London — so that they can both absorb and contribute to team culture!).
There is an additional complication about videos, which is that if we’re making videos, we’ll likely need to film them and/or record audio in some particular location. So, it is a requirement that the Head of Video would be able to arrange that happening...somehow!
I’d guess that a Head of Video would want to be physically present for filming, at least some of the time, which would mean that they’d need to arrange it to happen in a location that is accessible to them and to whoever else would be involved in the filming.
I guess it might be hard to do that in the Cotswolds (?) since you might need to arrange travel to the Cotswolds for a bunch of people, but definitely not impossible!
I hope that gives you some more context on how location might constrain applicants to the role, & please feel free to ask followups on Admonymous if anything is unclear!
An anonymous user submitted the following question to me via my Admonymous:
I’ll leave my response in a reply to this comment.
Thanks for your question and for giving some detail on your situation!
It’s not a hard requirement that the Head of Video be able to spend time in London (though we do prefer it for the same reason we prefer all our staff to be in London — so that they can both absorb and contribute to team culture!).
There is an additional complication about videos, which is that if we’re making videos, we’ll likely need to film them and/or record audio in some particular location. So, it is a requirement that the Head of Video would be able to arrange that happening...somehow!
I’d guess that a Head of Video would want to be physically present for filming, at least some of the time, which would mean that they’d need to arrange it to happen in a location that is accessible to them and to whoever else would be involved in the filming.
I guess it might be hard to do that in the Cotswolds (?) since you might need to arrange travel to the Cotswolds for a bunch of people, but definitely not impossible!
I hope that gives you some more context on how location might constrain applicants to the role, & please feel free to ask followups on Admonymous if anything is unclear!