Russell Blackman is Managing Director of Big Issue Media, part of The Big Issue Group, the social enterprise that has been helping people earn a living since 1991. He leads the Big Issue’s media, content and commercial partnerships, working with brands that want their investment to create real, lasting change.
Russell has been at the Big Issue for over ten years, and his career in brand building, digital media and publishing spans more than two decades. Before joining the Big Issue, he was Publishing Director at Dennis Publishing.
Through the partnership with giffgaff and Formula E’s Better Futures Fund, the Big Issue is helping young job seekers into work through its specialist recruitment service, Big Issue Recruit. Russell believes partnerships like this work best when every partner brings what they’re genuinely good at, and when impact is designed to outlast the campaign.
