Helen Richards

Helen Richards is currently the Head of Airtime Management at Channel 5. Prior to this, they worked for Sky as a Commercial Operations Manager from August 2007 to November 2016. In this role, they were responsible for coordinating the training and development of executives and assistants, managing the PDP process, and coordinating channel launches. Helen was also on call on a weekly basis to provide 24 hour assistance to the Transmission department. In addition, they sourced break and programme patterns for multiple channels and reconciled asruns to ensure advertisers were billed correctly. Helen has extensive experience across all channel genres, having worked across channel groups throughout each calendar year.

Helen Richards has a bachelor's degree in film and English studies from the University of East Anglia. Helen also has a certificate in digital marketing from Circus Street. Prior to that, they completed their A-levels at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, where they studied English literature, art, history, and general studies. Helen also has 12 GCSEs from Flegg High School.

Their manager is David Lynn, Director. They are on a team with James Tatam - Vice President - Commercial, Digital & Operations / Director, Rachel Defriez - News Editor at Channel 5, and Paula Fitzgerald - Channel Manager.