Building a Global Content team: Creating a framework for success with James Ainsworth from iManage

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In this week's episode we talk to James Ainsworth, Global Head of Content at iManage. James is also the co-founder of Rules of Engagement, one of Bristol’s longest running content and social networking events. James talks us through framing content for audiences, the value of feedback and incorporating AI with organisation feedback.

We also talk about one of the greatest pieces of content of all time, the Michelin guide and James’s dreaded sausage of death. 

--- What we discuss ---
- (01:25) An introduction to James
- (05:23) The blend - how James got started, cutting through creative and introducing processes 
- (10:38) The trick to prioritising, strategising and organising a team to deliver the best outcome
- (15:05) Making mistakes and managing expectations
- (17:46) To understand good content, you need the right measurements and feedback loops in place
- (28:02) Matt’s bangers - James talks about the Michelin Guide (one of our favourites!) 
- (32:09) Sausage of death - James’ worst content that he has ever come across
- (34:24) Next on The Sausage Factory

--- Connections ---
- James’s LinkedIn 
- James’s Twitter 
- The Rockee site 
- Rockee Twitter
- Rockee LinkedIn 

Creators and Guests

Mark Willis
Host
Mark Willis
Creative director, copywriter, and sausage enthusiast.
Matt Laybourn
Host
Matt Laybourn
Building @rockee_io - the content feedback platform in public 🤘🏻 Next goal is £1k MRR. I'm also a dog dad and damnnnn proud of it 🐶
James Ainsworth
Guest
James Ainsworth
Global Head of Content Marketing at iManage
Lydia Melvin
Editor
Lydia Melvin
The Virtual Assistant for Indie Hackers. Here to help you reach Ramen profitability and then some 🚀 Digital nomad 💻
Building a Global Content team: Creating a framework for success with James Ainsworth from iManage
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