Head of New Business and Marketing (Sport) – Fifty Digital
Fifty Digital
Fifty Digital is a multi-award winning creative and social media agency specialising in sponsorship and sport.
Partnering with a wide range of sports brands, governing bodies, teams and rights holders, we build emotional connections through storytelling in sponsorship and sport. We are defined by having a highly interactive, open way of working – we have a fast-moving, fast-working, and collaborative culture.
Our partner roster includes; FIFA World Cup 2022, Ferrari Formula One Team, The Football Association, The NBA, Heineken Champions Cup, The British & Irish Lions, Shell, The NFL, W Series, Qatar Airways, England Football, Volleyball World, LiveScore and Cristiano Ronaldo to name a few.
We are looking for a Head of New Business and Marketing professional with experience in global agency marketing, reputation building, driving pitches and generating new business.
Role and responsibilities:
- Reporting to the Managing Director, create, own and deliver the strategy for new business
- Provide strategic oversight and ownership of the end to end agency pitch processes, continuing to raise standards and consistency
- Passionate about the building the Fifty Digital brand, adding value at every stage of the pitch process and celebrating the great work and wins we deliver.
- Providing thought leadership on client, business and sector challenges and opportunities
- Increasing external awareness of the agency brand internally and externally through partners, press, media, client community, intermediaries
- Establishing the fee for pitches with the finance team and Leadership Team
- Achieve the ambitious growth targets
- Identifying event opportunities to target prospective clients
- Works closely with the Operations Lead to proactively manage new business team resource
- Partners with the Agency Leadership Team to develop potential client relationships built on trust, open dialogue and mutual respect
- Line management of Senior Business Development Manager and Business Development Coordinator
About you:
- Extensive experience working in an agency environment or similar
- Ability to inspire and motivate teams through positivity and an unrivalled depth of knowledge of the potential client’s business
- Communicates effectively in verbal and written form, professionally and in a transparent manner
- Entrepreneurial approach, identifies new opportunities and areas of commercial growth for the agency and its clients
- Champions the agencies capabilities and connects these with our potential clients’ needs
- Thrives working in a collaborative and fast paced environment
- Appetite for continuous improvement and learning
- Extensive track record of pitching for and winning new business
- Advanced knowledge of social media platforms, methodologies, measurement and techniques
- Solid understanding of all Sports and the Business of Sport
- Keen interest in emerging trends and technologies
- Potential existing client contact base a plus
- You will embody our Fifty Digital values: Teamship, Passion, Curiosity, Bravery and Openness
Benefits:
- Hybrid working with flexible hours
- 23 days holiday
- Birthday off
- 2 Wellness Days per year
- Agency Christmas close down
- End of quarter events (funded by Fifty)
- Monthly socials
- Paid 4 week sabbatical after 5 years’ service
- Private health insurance (after probation)
- Training and development budget
- Discretionary company bonus
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