Marcus Hawkins joins PhotoRadar from his position as Senior Editor of Future’s Digital Camera magazine. In his new position, Marcus heads the four strong team that creates PhotoRadar.
Having joined Future in 1994, Marcus worked his way through the editorial ranks at the company. Having successfully edited and launched games magazines, he moved to Future’s digital photography portfolio in 2005 to edit Digital Camera. Marcus was promoted to Senior Editor of the title in 2007.
PhotoRadar promises to help enthusiast photographers of all levels improve their skills, as well as delivering news, reviews and daily visual inspiration. Led by Marcus, the team will produce daily content for PhotoRadar whilst aggregating the wealth of existing print and multimedia content from Future’s award-winning Digital Camera and PhotoPlus magazines.
PhotoRadar is the latest online launch from Future, in a stable that includes BikeRadar, GamesRadar, MusicRadar and TechRadar – and now claims to attract over 25m users globally per month.
Matthew Pierce, Group Publisher of Future’s Digital Creative portfolio, said: “PhotoRadar is a major launch for Future and already has a fantastic wealth of user generated content and fresh editorial. Marcus was the natural choice for this strategically important project. His knowledge of the photographic industry and his track-record in creating compelling editorial content will help grow PhotoRadar from strength to strength.”
The PhotoRadar site was built for Future by Kent-based agency Deeson eMedia. The 3 month project saw Deeson eMedia develop PhotoRadar in Drupal – the popular open-source content management group, also favoured by sites including The Onion, The Economist and MTV.
Deeson eMedia continues to work with Future for the ongoing development and Drupal consultancy of PhotoRadar.com.
Tim Deeson, Director of Deeson eMedia, commented: “This was a great opportunity for us to work with one of the UK’s most digitally innovative content companies to demonstrate what Drupal is capable of. The project felt like a collaboration, with each company bringing its respective strengths to produce an excellent result.”
Richard Foster, Future’s Digital Director, added: “PhotoRadar is a major new launch for Future. We are extremely pleased with the site and enjoyed a positive experience working with Deeson eMedia. We’re looking forward to working with Deeson eMedia as we build on the success PhotoRadar has already achieved to-date.”
About Future
Future says: “Future plc is an international special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests. We hold strong market positions in games, film, music, technology, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include T3, Total Film, Digital Camera, Fast Car, Classic Rock, Guitar World, Official Xbox Magazine, Official Playstation Magazine, Nintendo Power, Maximum PC and MacLife. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, techradar.com, and musicradar.com. Future produces over 4 million magazines each month; we attract more than 18 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 25 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. In addition, Future exports, syndicates or licenses its publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the UK's number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.”
About Deeson eMedia
Deeson says: “Deeson eMedia has been creating great web sites and providing insightful consultancy since 2001. Clients include trade unions, pop stars, universities and multi-national companies. We provide both full build and collaborative outsourcing and consultancy services. Deeson eMedia specialise in open source platforms such as Drupal and Magento. We are partners with leading complimentary service providers such as BrightCove, Acquia and DediPower.”
