Head of Digital Media Rights – Formula 1

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to F1’s Director of Media Rights and Content Creation, you will:

  • Lead the development and execution of F1’s global digital media distribution strategy across owned and operated digital platforms, social media, broadcasters and other third-party channels
  • Identify new opportunities within the fast-evolving media landscape, and grow F1’s reach, engagement and revenue through the creative deployment of digital rights
  • Lead the commercial development of F1’s OTT service F1TV, partnering with Product, Delivery and Marketing teams to develop and execute on commercial strategies and partnerships that drive revenue growth and cost efficiencies
  • Work closely with the Heads of Media Rights to align linear and digital strategies in each market, and deliver against digital media requirements in F1’s core rights deals
  • Lead F1’s global commercial relationships with social and digital media platforms, building long-term partnerships that improve reach and engagement, whilst supporting F1’s fast-growing digital advertising business
  • Lead F1’s audio, photography, esports media and sports data businesses, driving growth through new and existing partnerships and innovative business models 
  • Assume full accountability for financial performance, ensuring revenues and expenses are in line with agreed budget targets each year
  • Manage the Digital Media Rights team, working alongside the wider Media Rights team and colleagues in F1’s Product, Delivery, Marketing, Finance and Legal teams

Experience:

  • 10+ years extensive experience combined in digital media business development, media rights distribution strategy and revenue generation
  • 3+ years building and leading deal-oriented teams
  • Proven track record of revenue generation, P&L responsibility and delivering against revenue targets 
  • Bachelor’s Degree minimum 

Knowledge and Skills 

  • Deep understanding of digital media distribution business models 
  • Excellent negotiation skills, strategic and detail oriented to help deliver against F1’s commercial interests
  • A relationship builder that creates win-win partnerships both within and outside the organisation
  • Strategic and detail oriented in long form negotiations to support F1 wider company interests
  • Ability to express and present ideas or facts concisely and precisely through PPT and Excel
  • Comfort with analytics, excel modelling and forecasting
  • Ability to prioritize and handle numerous tasks simultaneously
  • An understanding of F1 and love of sports will be an adva

Director of Strategic Partnerships, Golf – R&A

  • Responsible for the sale of brand partnership (sponsorship) opportunities across The R&A’s portfolio, driven by The Open, Women’s Open (professional championships), amateur championships (e.g., Curtis Cup and Walker Cup) as well as non-tournament assets including digital and media.
  • Deliver against an agreed GTM strategy, unlocking the significant commercial potential of The R&A’s assets, maximising sales, and achieving the revenue targets set, with an ability deliver sophisticated partnerships. Contribute to the ongoing review of the strategy.
  • Requirement to gain a deep understanding of The R&A’s business and strategy, working with individual stakeholders to deliver against strategy and objectives.
  • The ability to understand wider opportunities across The R&A’s portfolio and to help grow traditional and non-traditional partnerships, including digital assets.
  • Forward thinking, creative and always looking for new opportunities to attract new partners and maximise investment for existing partners, to maximise the commercial return to The R&A.
  • Working across and within the IMG and Endeavor network, including the Global Partnerships Team, Sales Operations teams, regional offices as well as functions within the IMG and Endeavor group.
  • Research industries, brands and product categories most relevant to The R&A’s vision and brand pillars, targeting brands with a clearly articulated value proposition that demands attention.
  • Ability to identify research and insights requirements, to provide clear briefs to Endeavor Analytics team and be able to assess and analyse any finding to support outreach, meetings, and negotiations.
  • Build and manage a pipeline of sales opportunities, effectively connecting with senior decision makers from target brands and existing IMG and Endeavor clients.
  • Bring creativity, innovation to the commercial programme and sales process and must be able to adapt and bring new ideas the sales process and be able to articulate this to potential partners.
  • Understand the sponsorship and sport marketplace, changing requirements and needs of partners and brands, adapt the sales process accordingly.
  • Build relationships and support colleagues with developing outreach materials to support delivering success.
  • Work with Golf’s in-house creative team to deliver compelling presentations supported by a thoroughly researched, data driven business case, innovative partnership marketing campaigns and activations. 
  • Prioritise those opportunities which deliver the greatest revenue potential, driving the sales process through the pipeline through to contract, leveraging any and all resources.
  • Will need to maintain strong communication and reporting across the partnership.
  • Will have experience working internationally, with golf experience /knowledge and a strong sales background.
  • Results and performance will be linked to revenue delivered.

Unusual Challenges or Circumstances

  • Regular weekend work where you may be required to travel to events domestically and internationally.
  • Outside of event travel there will be a requirement to travel for meetings as part of the role.
  • Able to commit to periods away from home, primarily in St Andrews, Scotland.

Key Results Areas

  • To successfully grow the commercial revenue streams across sponsorship and partnerships.
  • To deliver the agreed growth target identified as part of IMG’s agreement with the R&A 
  • To foster a positive working relationship with the key principals across The R&A.
  • Demonstrate positive business behaviors.

IMG

IMG, the pioneer in golf, was founded by Mark McCormack in 1960 following a gentleman’s agreement handshake between Mark and Arnold Palmer. This was the start of athlete representation as we know it today.Over the years IMG has extended into numerous sports but its roots are firmly set within Golf and we are proud to have staged over 800 events since 1960.

IMG Golf can help drive business’, brands and shape the game of golf through being embedded in all aspects from Academies through golf course design and management to licensing and Tours. We help to grow the game through developing grass route programmes, leveraging our relationships with players and brands to access and influence new participants and fans to the world of Golf. Creating extraordinary experiences through strategic brand activations, world-class hospitality and corporate golf days, IMG now sits within the Endeavor umbrella, the world’s leading entertainment and media agency.

The R&A

The R&A Playbook

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The R&A are the custodians of the game of Golf outside of North America. They manage more than 40 professional and amateur championships each year, including The Open, The Women’s Open, Curtis Cup and Walker Cup. Their purpose is to make golf more accessible, appealing, and inclusive and to ensure it is thriving 50 years from now.

IMG and The R&A have a relationship that spans more than 50 years, primarily across media rights and distribution, partnerships, and event support. As part of an evolution of the relationship, IMG is building a dedicated strategic partnerships team to deliver even greater success in the future. This role is crucial to delivering that success working on some of the biggest properties in golf and arguably the most exciting time in The R&A’s history.

Your Career at IMG

IMG is highly invested in the career development of its employees. If successful in your role, it should provide you with a steppingstone to the next stage and beyond. Examples of roles that people previously advanced to from the role or the level of this position are Vice President. It is important to note that while most people look at the position of their line manager as the next step, there is significant opportunity for cross-promotion across the many different divisions of the company. This is possible because of the vast scope of our company and will be strongly encouraged.

As a valued employee you will have access to development tools to support your career and personal development with IMG.

Knowledge And Experience

  • Demonstrable relevant experience
  • An extensive network of senior client relationships
  • Demonstrable experience of developing high value, consultative, solution focused marketing programmes for mature and/or niche properties
  • Relevant experience selling technology and sustainability focused propositions an advantage
  • Understanding of Golf is a nice to have, but not a must
  • Capable of thinking creatively with a commercially driven, entrepreneurial mindset
  • Demonstrable experience of building, managing, and prioritising a pipeline to deliver effective results with a personal track record of leveraging referrals, developing leads, and securing meetings with prospective partners to close deals
  • Experience initiating and driving sales
  • Can demonstrate experience of responding to brand needs, producing tailored propositions to suit the needs of individual companies
  • A thorough understanding of the end-to-end sales process and the customer buying process (including awareness of the emotional connections required by brands)
  • Experience in effective storytelling of partnership opportunities to and engagement of senior and c-level executives and targeted companies and brands
  • Proven experience of sales in business, having both initiated and executed mid to high value sales in either a B2B or B2C environment
  • Proven track record of successful client relationships and strategic account management/engagement

Skills & Abilities

  • Must have strong written and verbal English language skills.
  • Strong people management skills and ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
  • Working knowledge of MS Office software, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to build long lasting working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
  • Ability to self-direct and motivate
  • A strong team player that is flexible dependent on business demand
  • Excellent time management skills, ability to work calmly under pressure whilst meeting deadlines
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise
  • Strong verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills with the confidence to create leads in person and on the phone
  • Strong sales, presentation, and negotiation skills. 
  • Strong decision making and awareness of the need for involvement of legal, finance and senior teams at the appropriate stages
  • Ability to monitor own performance at regular intervals and develop alternative strategies if sales plan/own goals are not being achieved
  • Ability to work in a constantly evolving environment and keep focussed on objectives and bigger picture
  • Handles objections to win trust and business
  • Sells business values and negotiates for success
  • Ability to recognise and overcome attitudes, beliefs and emotional blocks that create resistance to change, which alters level of participation because of an emotional point of view.

Working Conditions 

  • This is a permanent position.
  • This role will be based at Chiswick Park, London.
  • Working hours are 9:00 – 17:00, Monday to Friday 
  • Occasional travel and weekend work may be required

Endeavor is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Partnerships Management – Liverpool FC

We are looking for an individual to join our Partnerships Management team on a full-time permanent basis.

What will you be doing?

  • Support the Partnership Delivery Team with regular and direct interaction of appropriate Partner contacts and building excellent working relationships throughout relevant Partner stakeholders
  • Support on and deliver campaigns and activations for Partners and ensure that the measurement and post-event close out is completed
  • Grow trust and confidence within the Partner`s organisation by understanding the Partners` industry category and their business, marketing, and sponsorship objectives
  • Identify Partner marketing / promotional opportunities through research, creative thinking, and industry-standard campaigns
  • Build strong working relationships within other Club departments
  • Undertake any projects or assignments as required
  • Support and mentor the Interns and Work Experience placements within the Partnership Delivery Team
  • Be a positive, collaborative, and effective member of the Partnership Delivery Team
  • Support the Commercial Partnerships team and having the responsibility for certain LFC Partnership accounts
  • Contribute to match day operations and other partnership events/projects, including campaign planning and other ad hoc projects throughout the season

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for somebody who has a degree in a business-related subject and experience in a Partnership, Sponsorship or Marketing environment/role.

We work at a fast pace, and you will be coordinating and delivering multiple projects at any one time whilst delivering to tight deadlines, so organisation and strong time management skills is key.

The ideal person will have excellent relationship building skills, you are creative, can work well as part of a team and are also comfortable working with external stakeholders. To make this role a success you will need to be able to use your initiative and work independently.

Why should you apply?

This is a full-time permanent role working 35 hours per week Monday to Friday. There may be occasion where weekend work is required. Your main base will be our Head Office in Liverpool City Centre which is close to local bars, shops and restaurants and has great views over the river Mersey.

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme.

You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.

We aspire to be the most inclusive club in world football – providing fair and appropriate opportunities to as many people from different backgrounds as possible, being welcoming and meeting their needs as best we can. We are committed to hiring great people representative of a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, not just because it`s the right thing to do, but because we believe it makes our Club stronger. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment.

Creative Director – Ear to the Ground

What if you could create work at the cutting edge of culture for some of the biggest global brands in gaming, sports and esports?

This is a chance to turn world-beating insight into visually stunning campaigns seen by millions. You will be part of a growing creative department at a multi award winning, independent agency that invests in talent and believes in big ideas.

This role is suited to a strategic and socially minded creative with a real entrepreneurial spirit as the agency is looking for somebody to help further grow our creative presence in the US. This is the perfect role for a culturally connected and ambitious creative looking for an exciting new challenge.

THE AGENCY

Ear to the Ground is a global creative agency that uses sports, esports and gaming to build culturally powerful brands. Understanding the future of fandom is central to our proposition.

Our entire agency process is built on real-time listening with the new breed of fan. We do this by collaborating with our global network of over 11,000 fans. We call this Fan Intelligence®. You can learn more about Fan Intelligence® with a short film here

We pride ourselves on listening better than anyone and our purpose “To Make the World Listen” is fundamental in everything we do.

2021 was our fifth consecutive year of growth, we have long term partnerships with the likes of PlayStation, Sony Electronics, New Balance, and Coca-Cola.

OUR CULTURE… 

Ear to the Ground is a place where people grow, develop and thrive. 

We are proudly independent, not part of a larger conglomerate. At our core, we understand the importance of culture in enabling you to do your best work. Progress is possible for everyone that joins us. We reward ambition, invest in talent, and encourage you to forge your own path.

Our commitment to listening is felt by our own people too; this is an agency where every voice is heard. Supportive, collaborative, social, and inspiring.

THE ROLE…

Job Title: Creative Director

Hub: Creative

Location: Manchester

Responsible for: Art Director

Job Purpose

The Creative Director will bring a mix of marketing expertise and inspirational creativity to take Ear to the Ground’s Creative output to the next level. 

Main Responsibilities and Activities

  • Work closely with Creative Strategists and our Fan Intelligence department to conduct internal and external creative workshops to collaboratively develop insight driven creative campaigns 
  • Bring to life ambitious creative ideas, translating them into compelling print materials, digital experiences and content experiences for visually sophisticated audiences
  • Present, or oversee presentation of final concepts, inspiring our clients to purchase 
  • Be an agency expert in creative market trends, visual communication, and the competitive landscape to inspire everyone in the agency to produce great work
  • Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social media experts, photographers/videographers, and project managers in the strategic development of creative campaign messaging and deliverables.
  • Review and approve art and copy developed by the team, ensuring deliverables that effectively address marketing goals and challenges
  • Build a world class team of internal and external creative resources to ensure that our creative is brilliantly executed 

Skills & Experience

Must have:

  • 10 years of related experience with 7+ years of creative direction in agency or corporate setting
  • A passion for youth culture, specifically in gaming, esports, sport and music. Across the mainstream, next gen and counter-culture. 
  • Would be beneficial to have knowledge of gaming and esports
  • Several years of experience creating marketing/advertising campaigns from developing vision and the message platform to overseeing production
  • Understanding and past experience creating integrated campaigns across all marketing channels from digital, social media, paid media, mobile, but also understand offline and print
  • Proven experience with concept development led by strategic insight
  • Highly skilled with leading a team of creative talent
  • Strong creative vision with an understanding of business objectives
  • Inspirational knowledge of creative marketing

Hours: 
5 days per week with some flexibility required to meet needs of business

Consumer Marketing Campaign Manager – Manchester United

At Manchester United we aim to be the best on and off the pitch – and the quality of our behind-the scenes team sets us apart from the competition.Our people are as committed to the success of the company as the players are to winning trophies. We offer a unique and exciting working environment, excellent training, with recognition and rewards for the part each individual plays. Sounding good so far?

The Purpose

Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) is one of the most successful and popular sports clubs in the world. Manchester United is more than a football club, it’s a global community. And the club’s fan digital products and experiences make up our global home – bringing every goal, every behind-the-scenes exclusive and every fan together.Manchester United is committed to delivering the world’s best end-to-end experience in sports and entertainment to fans across the globe regardless of location or touchpoint. As Consumer Marketing Campaign Manager, you will have the fan at the heart of everything you do. You will play a pivotal role in driving awareness and consideration of our fan products and experiences, bringing fans closer to the action than ever before. You will have experience in transforming digital through storytelling based on an in-depth understanding of our fans and audiences.

The Role

Working closely with the Senior Consumer Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for developing and delivering marketing campaigns and initiatives across our fan products and experiences, including the Manchester United App, MUTV, manutd.com, membership, ticketing and hospitality, ecommerce and much more.You will lead creative execution, channel planning, delivery and evaluation of our marketing campaigns and activity, working with and influencing other teams including CRM, content, social, editorial and product owners.Working as part of an internal agency, you will also collaborate with colleagues across the club, building strong relationships with data & analytics, commercial partnerships, ecommerce, product and technology.

Key ResponsibilitiesAudience development and insights

  • Identify and understand key fan insights, advocating an audience first approach and delivering full funnel marketing campaigns and initiatives to deliver our world class products and experiences directly to our fans, globally and locally.

High performance and effective campaign management

  • Develop, tailor and execute global and local marketing campaigns to create demand generation and conversation across fan products and experience. 
  • Design and project manage effective, multi-channel campaigns using the full marketing mix.
  • Work closely with product and trading teams to develop always-on marketing communications globally and locally to support seasonal targets.
  • Working closely with the Senior Marketing Consumer Manager, creative and content teams (internally or externally), you will create and deliver strong narratives and stories to drive engagement in the club’s consumer products and experiences.
  • Lead on messaging across the marketing channel mix, working closely with CRM, content, editorial, social and other teams to deliver consistency across the full consumer journey and funnel. 
  • Lead on imagery style and capture based on fan positioning and product messaging across all marketing and content assets. 
  • Day-to-day, lead on content marketing to amplify editorial and social stories driving fan engagement across our owned and operated platforms to drive engagement and growth outcomes.
  • Elevate and inspire the output of our internal and external partners (creative agency and production partners) to ensure campaigns meet a high-level of creativity and innovation.
  • Manage the development and production of campaign assets including digital, print and in-stadium activations and experiences.
  • Work with product and content teams to manage and optimise marketing app and web pages and messages across all owned and operated digital platforms, adhering to best practice and SEO to ensure club products are discoverable.

Measurement and evaluation

  • You will ensure that all marketing campaigns and initiatives are insight-led and data driven, taking on findings from previous campaigns to constantly improve and responsible for the research and evaluation.
  • Measure and monitor return on investment, creating recommendations for leadership and sharing lessons learnt with other teams and colleagues.
  • Lead on real-time campaign reporting and analysis to aid real-time decision making with leadership and senior managers.
  • Conduct digital product reviews on a regular basis to look at search terms, traffic sources, seasonality of search trends, page engagement and SEO.

The Person:

  • Strong understanding of marketing and communications principles, coupled with a commercial drive and the ability to create and deliver high-value marketing activities that deliver return on investment.
  • Strategic and creative thinking with the ability to use market data and customer insight to develop plans.
  • An ability to run multiple campaigns and projects at once and to handle the creative process end to end.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and a consistent track record on collaboration and influence upwards and across a campaign team, showing the ability to delegate, empower and develop.
  • An ability to track/monitor metrics across channels to determine effectiveness and make strategic recommendations.
  • Strong copywriting and editing skills, especially across digital and social.
  • Strong presentation skills and able to present to senior management.
  • Your own ideas about what makes a great marketing campaign
  • Good business sense
  • Experience in copywriting for digital and social platforms.
  • Ability to work under pressure and to tight timescales.

If you would like to join the team and be part of our mission, to win the United way, please submit your application by Thursday 6th October 2022 Manchester United endeavour to respond to all job applications, however, please consider that we receive a high volume of applications, and this may not always possible. Due to this post being in regulated activity, the potential employee may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check at the appropriate level.Manchester United FC & Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer and recognises the importance of safeguarding children and adults at risk in our workplace.Manchester United FC & Group positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application and perform at your best, please do not hesitate to contact us to make a request; we are here to help.It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK-based job who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to you before applying for any of our roles.

Marketing Manager – Ear to the Ground

What could you achieve at an agency with a genuinely game-changing offering that is creating demand from all major brands in sport, esports and gaming?

You could join a fast-growing team that is responsible for building and maintaining Ear to the Ground’s award-winning reputation within the international marketplace.

Help us continue our recent momentum by leading the charge on our pillar marketing activities to drive conversations and create opportunities with world class brands who want to lead culture. This is a unique chance for an experienced manager to take their next step in their career and be part of a growing independent agency.

THE AGENCY

Ear to the Ground is a global creative agency that uses sports, esports and gaming to build culturally powerful brands. Understanding the future of fandom is central to our proposition. Our entire agency process is built on real-time listening with the new breed of fan. We do this by collaborating with our global network of over 11,000 fans. We call this Fan Intelligence®. You can learn more about Fan Intelligence® with a short film here

We pride ourselves on listening better than anyone and our purpose “To Make the World Listen” is fundamental in everything we do. 2021 was our fifth consecutive year of growth, we have long term partnerships with the likes of PlayStation, Sony Electronics, New Balance, and Coca-Cola.

OUR CULTURE…

Ear to the Ground is a place where people grow, develop and thrive.

We are proudly independent, not part of a larger conglomerate. At our core, we understand the importance of culture in enabling you to do your best work. Progress is possible for everyone that joins us. We reward ambition, invest in talent, and encourage you to forge your own path. Our commitment to listening is felt by our own people too; this is an agency where every voice is heard. Supportive, collaborative, social, and inspiring.

You will benefit from our ‘Work From Anywhere’ policy and we encourage applications from candidates anywhere in the UK. Our HQ is in Manchester, which you should expect to travel to at least once a month for meetings and events; but otherwise you have the flexibility to work wherever suits you best.

THE ROLE…

Job Title: Marketing Project Manager

Department: Marketing and New Business

Location: Manchester – Hybrid working policy – min 1 day per week in the office

Organisation Structure

Reports to: Marketing and New Business Director

JOB PURPOSE…

As Marketing Project Manager you will be central to the promotion and growth of the

agency with expert Project Management skills, and a wide knowledge of Marketing theory and practice. With a minimum of 5 years’ experience you will lead in the delivery of Ear to the Ground’s Marketing campaigns, offering end-to-end Project Management of our initiatives to ensure we are driving fame, word of mouth and commercial growth for the business. 

You will take ownership of our marketing calendar, working with internal and external

stakeholders to drive cross-functional projects which leverage our Fan Intelligence®

offering, whilst ensuring that all our outputs hit our company objectives and KPI’s

You will play brand guardian when it comes to delivering our marketing initiatives which will include promoting our award winning campaigns and elevating our Fan Intelligence® offering via live, social and digital formats. You will play a key role in supporting our New business team to create initiatives and assets to inspire new business, and you will work closely with our wider team to lead on our awards process.

Main Responsibilities and Activities…

As Marketing Project Manager you will take on the following responsibilities:

  • Work with Key stakeholders to develop a marketing calender, and own the delivery of this.
  • Deliver best in class end to end project management across a wide range of marketing projects. From optimising team operations & process to leading major campaigns & promotions with hard deadlines.
  • Develop project plans and secure budgets, ensuring projects are delivered on brief, on time & on budget with clear milestone planning.
  • Work with key stakeholders internally to gather all the tools needed for our marketing initiatives, ensuring you are planning and booking in resources efficiently.
  • Manage more junior members of the marketing team to ensure work is done efficiently, and to a high standard.
  • Play a lead role in the delivery of our Social campaigns – leading on the planning and delivery of our day to day social assets and nurturing our online community to help identify any growth opportunities.
  • Play brand guardian for all our external marketing comms ensuring all our assets align to our company proposition and objectives.
  • Work with external partners to support on the delivery of our PR, digital and web activity.
  • Work with internal stakeholders across Client Services and Creative to deliver the agency’s award process.
  • Support the New Business function of the team with the creation of specific marketing collateral and content.

Skills & Experience

We’re looking for:

  • A minimum of five years’ experience working within an agency or brand side
  • Excellent project management skills with experience of managing internal and external stakeholders to deliver success (essential).
  • Knowledge of managing comms campaigns (including social) of regional and /or global accounts, preferably B2B.
  • Excellent written, communication and presentation skills.
  • Excellent organisation skills – An ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high pressure, ever changing environment. With a structured way of working in order to deliver to deadlines.
  • Strong communication & interpersonal skills.
  • Good knowledge of functionality and marketing strategy of Twitter, LinkedIn,
  • Instagram, YouTube channel. Interest in TikTok and new emerging channels would be a plus.
  • Understanding and experience of how to pull an award entry together.
  • Strong cultural curiosity and understanding of current trends in sport, gaming and esports.

CEO – British Wheelchair Basketball

The new CEO will be BWB’s leader, representative and one of its ambassadors, acting as the primary contact for the Board, its partners, and stakeholders. Responsible for setting the culture and pace across the organisation, they will have overall responsibility for the strategic direction and daily operations of BWB across participation and high-performance and ensure the organisation has a sound financial position from which to continue its growth.

The role of the CEO will be to stabilise this new position and turn the transformation of the last few years into ‘business as usual’, providing both guidance and headroom for the strong team beneath them and capitalise on the Commonwealth Games legacy as the team works to maximise elite performance success and enable sustained participation growth. As such, they will focus on embedding the agreed strategy and gains made over the past few years.

The successful candidate may or may not have a background in sport but either way will bring an understanding of what it means to be a high-performing organisation. They will appreciate the unique position of BWB as an organisation with an equal focus on performance and participation, understanding that the sport is reliant on its club network and membership to maximise participants.

Commercial Insights Manager – The Premier League

About the job

Application Deadline: 13 October 2022


Department: Commerical


Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time


Location: London, UK


Description


The Premier League’s Commercial team is looking for a Commercial Insights Manager to provide clear and actionable insight that supports the Premier League’s strategic goals and informs decision-making across the organisation.


The Premier League is moving into an exciting strategic phase, and decisions and processes depend on the quality of insight we can drive. The Commercial Insights Manager will play an important role in helping to shape the next stage of growth.


The right candidate will have a track record of excellent research and analytical skills and proficiency in interpreting data and producing impactful reports to educate and inspire.


The role


Working alongside the Head of Commercial Insights, the Commercial Insights Manager will help deliver a best-in-class research and insight programme covering fans, strategy, broadcast, digital, marketing, reputation, and commercial partnership campaigns.


This insight will be used to advise all areas of the organisation. From informing various fan-facing decisions, international fan engagement, broadcast rights negotiations and supporting commercial sales, to contributing to the Premier League’s position on a wide range of public policy issues, the right candidate will work across a diverse set of projects and have excellent exposure to all areas of the business.


Key Responsibilities Include

  • Manage, maintain, and help facilitate the development of the Premier League’s research and insight programme.
  • Advise on programme developments, and commission and manage the delivery of new research projects as required.
  • Develop management processes and resources that inform and educate key stakeholders by presenting relevant facts, figures and insight from all areas of the Premier League’s research programme.
  • Advise on outcomes supported by the programme, such as fan engagement strategies, enhancing relationships with the Premier League’s partners and Premier League campaign development.
  • Provide a wide range of research and insight to support the Commercial team, from working with appointed agencies to gather market intelligence to conducting bespoke studies and exploring new areas of commercial growth.
  • Work with colleagues across the Broadcast, Business Intelligence and Strategy teams to pull together holistic insights.


Requirements For The Role

  • Strong academic background with several years’ experience in a research role.
  • Confident researcher with experience in designing and executing quantitative and qualitative research elements.
  • Excellent project manager with a track record of delivering research projects independently from start to finish.
  • Brilliant collaborator, able to get the most out of a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders at all levels to deliver high-quality work.
  • Strong analytical skillset and ability to manage and systematically assess research data and identify interesting trends and patterns.
  • Excellent writing skills, with experience of communicating with senior stakeholders.
  • Microsoft Office skills (high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint).


Nice-to-haves for the role

  • Experience in sport or a related industry.
  • Some understanding of data visualisation tools, in particular Qlik Sense.
  • Any understanding of statistical software platforms to analyse data.


Benefits


Our competitive range of benefits includes:

  • Private medical insurance
  • Permanent health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Subsidised gym membership
  • Health screenings
  • Mental health support
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Pension scheme
  • Discounts with commercial partners
  • Access to match day tickets


The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All appointments will be made based on merit.Our commitment to safeguarding includes implementing robust safer recruitment procedures to assess the suitability of individuals applying for roles that involve work with children and adults who are or may be at risk of harm.

Major Events Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Consultancy Support – UK Sport

Major Events Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Consultancy Support

UK Sport’s purpose is to lead high-performance sport to enable extraordinary moments that enrich lives, and aims to work collaboratively with partners to deliver its mission to create the greatest decade of extraordinary moments; reaching, inspiring and uniting the nation.

As part of UK Sport’s Strategic Plan for 2021-31, our ambitions are focused on three areas – Keep winning and win well, Grow a thriving sporting system and Inspire positive change. Major Events play an integral part to delivering these ambitions, especially when focusing on inspiring positive change, where they offer a unique platform for impact across many areas.

In accordance with this ambition, the UK Sport major events unit has been leading a development workstream to build the diversity and inclusivity of its funded major events, to ensure that major events are for all.

Our work spans across various aspects of major events (e.g. workforce, spectators, accessibility) and looks to consider inclusion across age, disability, ethnic or national origin, family circumstance, sex, gender identity, marital status, nationality, political or religious beliefs, race, socio-economic background and sexual orientation.

UK Sport is seeking an individual or appropriately experienced agency to provide advice and assistance with with this workstream across a two-month period from October-December 2022.

Value of contract: up to £10,000 inclusive of VAT and expenses

Closing date: 26 September 2022

Closing time: 12pm (Midday)

Contract start date: 3 October 2022

Contract end date: 2 December 2022

Partnership Communications Manager – Mercedes F1

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Partnership Communications Manager to join the Team, reporting into the Head of Partner and Event Communications.

As an established communications professional, you will have previous experience in Sport Partner Management or Communications functions and will be part of a group that act as expert consultants to the Partnership Activation team in the areas of Communications, Team brand standards and Team tone of voice.

You will have a strong technical understanding of the sport and the ability to translate a partnership narrative in to a compelling and relevant campaign or activation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work collaboratively with the F1 and Esports Partnership Activation Teams and the Merchandising and Licensing Team to bring communications and brand compliance guidance to the process of asset delivery and activation
  • Support the approvals process of Partner output, ensuring adherence/alignment to the Team’s brand standards
  • Assist the Partnership Activation Team with the provision of creative solutions for activations, content creation, campaigns, whilst ensuring the appropriate balance with Team and other Partner output
  • Develop engaging narratives to assist Partners in telling their stories, from delivering on existing messaging to co-developing a narrative, and being able to recognise authentic synergies between Partner and Team 
  • Lead the digital integration of Partner content and activations on the Team’s platforms, ensuring all internal stakeholders are engaged and output is maximised
  • Work with the Social team to improve the integration of Team merchandise on Team channels, as well as identifying opportunities in this area
  • Work with the Head of Digital to measure and report Partner-specific performance metrics from content output on the Team’s platforms, and provide insights to the Partnerships team to drive implementation improvement
  • Act as the F1 technical specialist for the Partner Communications function, and using this knowledge to find authentic technical stories for Partners to leverage
  • Lead the writing and editorial responsibilities for the Partner Communications function, including:
  • Development and creation of written case studies
  • Leading all new Partnership announcements, including writing of press releases, FAQs, backgrounders
  • Support with Partner newsletter editorial requirements
  • Create messaging briefings for Team representatives ahead of in-person Partner appearances and content creation
  • Support with Partner media activity, including provision of media contacts, briefing of media, proactive Team output to media and attendance at Partner activations as appropriate to manage media activity
  • Support with effective and successful onboarding of new partners, ensuring clear understanding of Team tone of voice, brand values and brand standards

Candidate Profile

  • First-class organisational and time management skills with a sound attention to detail
  • Ability to work in consulting and supporting role to other departments and team members
  • Experience of creative storytelling and writing
  • Excellent inter-personal skills and strong team mind-set
  • Ideally a German speaker, languages an advantage
  • High level of Formula One knowledge and enthusiasm
  • Flexibility in working hours and approach is required along with the ability to work under minimum supervision with a “can do” team attitude

Benefits

We demand the best from our people. So it’s only right we reward them with the best benefits. That’s why we offer a competitive package, including: a generous bonus, life assurance, private medical cover, Mercedes company car lease scheme, 25 days holiday, on-site gym and subsidised restaurant facilities.