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Head of Guest Booking

United Kingdom, London · Job Posted February 08, 2026
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Job Description

To lead and evolve FlightStory’s guest booking operation across all shows - ensuring we consistently secure culturally relevant, high-impact talent that drives audience engagement and brand growth. This role brings operational leadership, editorial oversight, and team development to the centre of our booking function, enabling strategic focus across the wider content organisation.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead and evolve FlightStory’s guest booking operation across all shows
  • Ensure consistent securing of culturally relevant, high-impact talent that drives audience engagement and brand growth
  • Provide hands-on leadership for the guest booking team, raising ambition, consistency, and delivery across all shows
  • Design and implement a world-class booking strategy that aligns with editorial priorities, brand tone, and audience growth goals
  • Deliver standout guest bookings that elevate existing formats and raise the standard for new show launches

Requirements

  • Proven experience managing, mentoring, and scaling booking or talent teams in fast-paced media environments
  • Strong sense of narrative, cultural relevance, and the role of guest voices in shaping content performance
  • Skilled in implementing structured workflows, clear reporting, and scalable systems to enhance team efficiency
  • Experienced talent booker or producer with a sharp editorial eye and deep understanding of what makes a guest compelling in the digital content space
  • Successfully led teams, worked closely with creators or hosts, and know how to balance the creative with the operational
  • Collaborative, strategic, and known for calm under pressure - able to maintain standards while moving fast
  • Bring energy, rigour, and credibility to the table, and know how to get the best out of your team
  • Used to booking high-profile talent in competitive, fast-moving environments — and know how to make the ask land

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