Immediate Media Co
David Reay has held various roles in HR and People management throughout their career. David started as an HR & Development Manager at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in 2005 before becoming the Head of Learning & Development. From 2009 to 2011, they worked at BAE Systems as the Head of Resourcing & Development and later as the Global Head of Talent & HR Capability. In 2011, they joined RSA as the Group Head of Talent & Acquisition, where they implemented global talent frameworks and strategies. David then joined Sony Music Entertainment in 2012, where they held multiple VP-level positions, including Senior Vice President Human Resources and VP HR for N&E Europe & Africa and Global Organisation Development. Their work at Sony Music involved implementing organization programs and putting people at the center of business imperatives. Following their time at Sony Music, David worked at TikTok as an HR Lead and at Condé Nast as the SVP of People. Currently, they are the Group People Director at Immediate Media Co. In addition to their corporate roles, David also served as a Trustee at Magic Breakfast.
David Reay attended Teesside University from 2000 to 2003, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resource Management and HR.
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Immediate Media Co is the special interest content and platform company, home to over 1,000 people in London, Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester. We own and operate some of the best-loved brands in the UK. And we only focus on special interest markets, engaging over 75 million people globally each month, with world-class content, innovative new products and services and live events. Immediate operates over 70 consumer brands and sells over 51 million magazines each year. With over 1.3 million active subscribers across print and digital, we are the UK’s leading publisher by subscribers. Immediate is the market leader in many of the sectors we operate in, including food, gardening and children’s publishing. Our brands include Radio Times, BBC Good Food, olive, BBC History magazine, BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, Girl Talk, and MadeForMums. We publish BBC Top Gear on behalf of BBC Studios and children’s titles for LEGO and Disney. Immediate Live, our live events business, is the UK’s leading organiser of unmissable consumer events. We create premium events and experiences that connect and inspire our audiences, including BBC Gardeners’ World Live, the Good Food Show, London Art Fair, The Cycle Show, Move It, The Festival of Quilts and the Hampton Court Food Festival. In November 2022, Immediate acquired Nutracheck, the UK’s leading subscription-based weight management and dietary improvement platform and with 350,000 premium subscribers, one of the biggest digital subscription apps in the UK. In January 2022, Immediate was named the UK’s 4th best place to work in the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards 2022 and was the highest ranked media company in the list confirming its position as the leading employer in the sector.