Immediate Media Co
Joe Brandl has a diverse range of work experience in the HR field. Their most recent position was as the Chief People Officer at Immediate Media Co., where they were responsible for the overall people strategy, organisational and cultural development. They also played a key role in integrating five acquisitions and building a product and technology team. Prior to that, they held the role of HR Director at Magicalia Ltd, where they managed HR operations for three years. They also served as the European HR Director at VNU Business Media for three years, overseeing HR strategy and transformation initiatives for 3,000 employees across Europe. Before that, they were the HR Director at VNU Business Publications for over a decade, where they developed and executed people strategies.
Jo Brandl completed a General Management Programme at Hult Ashridge in 2001. From 1994 to 1996, they pursued an MSc in Management, Human Resources at London South Bank University. In 1990 to 1991, Jo Brandl obtained their Law Society Finals qualification at BPP Law School. They completed their undergraduate degree in Law LLB Hons from the University of Leeds from 1986 to 1989.
Immediate Media Co
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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.