His promotion comes less than a year after he joined Future from Bauer Media, where he was deputy managing director of its men's lifestyle division. In the new role, Ferguson will oversee a wider portfolio of brands, including T3, Classic Rock and Total Film.
Future has also appointed Haymarket commercial executive Paul Button as publisher of T3, a role that was held by Ferguson.
He previously worked in commercial development at Haymarket's gadget title Stuff, responsible for Stuff TV and the Stuff awards. He also spent eight years at VNU as head of sales.