Independent Chair – British Basketball Federation

Voluntary (plus expenses)

The British Basketball Federation is seeking to appoint an individual with the necessary blend of skills and experience as Board Chair, to guide through a period of growth and development on the path to Paris 2024 and beyond.

The BBF runs GB Basketball in a federated model, under a board of management comprising of an Independent Chair, Independent Directors and representatives of the three member Home Country Associations (HCAs) of Basketball England, basketballscotland and Basketball Wales.

Acting as a driving force the Board Chair will provide the leadership and strategic oversight required to help develop key relationships with partners to gather the resources required to achieve the vision to create a world class elite basketball programme in Great Britain, and to support the overarching strategy for the growth of basketball in England, Scotland and Wales.

Key responsibilities and skills required:

Purpose & Direction: Work closely with the Board to set the appropriate purpose and direction for the sport and the organisation and maximising their contribution to achieving it.

Strategic Guidance: Lead, support and challenge the Board to drive and deliver the British Basketball strategy in accordance with the mission and values.

Governance & Integrity: Ensure British Basketball Federation meets the highest standards of corporate governance, integrity and probity.

Strong Stakeholder Relations: Develop and manage strong collaborative relationships and communication with the Home Country Associations, funding partners, Government, FIBA and other stakeholders / influencers within basketball.

Excellent Partnership Development: Oversee the effectiveness of our basketball networks and how we engage and create consensus to move the game forward in relation to our strategy.

Commercial & Financial Acumen: Approving annual budget, audit reports, and material business decisions; being informed of, and meeting all, legal and fiduciary obligations.

Advocate Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: Ensuring the commitment to a diverse board and workforce that reflects the communities the British Basketball Federation serves.

Operational effectiveness: Chair the board meetings, get the best from the board members and the workforce, creating the conditions for a high performing governing body.

Person specification 

This is an extraordinary opportunity for an individual who is passionate about the success of British Basketball and who ideally has a track record of board management.

Ideally the Board Chair will have the following attributes:

  • Have the necessary strategic vision 
  • Can exercise good, independent judgement 
  • Possesses a strict sense of confidentiality 
  • Is able to think creatively 
  • Will show willingness to speak their mind 
  • Has an understanding of, and accepts the legal duties, obligations and liabilities acting as a Board Chair. 
  • Is able to work effectively as a member of a team 
  • Accountability, openness, honesty and governance 
  • Has excellent leadership skills and prior experience of committee work 
  • Can exercise tact and diplomacy in their work 
  • Possesses good communication and interpersonal skills 
  • Acts with impartiality, fairness and has the ability to respect confidences 
  • Is willing to undergo an Enhanced CRB check 
  • Will show willingness to devote the necessary time (see below) 

Time Commitment 

The Board Chair will be expected to be able to make the following time commitments in order to fulfil their duties:

  • Undergoing Induction training 
  • Monthly board meetings 
  • Attending partnership events 
  • Regular contact with other Board Members, Workforce and other key stakeholders. 

Remuneration

This is a non-salaried position. Travel and other reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.

Location

Nationwide. Meetings may be held throughout the Country.

Term 

Board Chair (and board members) will serve a four-year term to be eligible for re-appointment for one additional term

How to apply 

We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, race, colour, sex, marital status, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, disability or sexual orientation.

To apply, please send CV and covering letter (as one document) demonstrating how you meet the stated criteria and how you will bring the required experience, skills and knowledge to be successful in the role to Daryl Mason of Hartmann Mason on daryl.mason@hartmannmason.com 

If you have further questions or would like to discuss the role please contact Daryl on the above email to arrange a call.

Closing date for applications is 22nd July 2022

Commercial Business Intelligence Manager – Formula 1

Every F1 win is the result of incredible teamwork. Making it happen takes the same level of skill, dedication and teamwork from the Formula 1 team. We’re looking for a Commercial Business Intelligence Manager to join our team, supporting the Commercial Partnerships department through the curation of commercially relevant intelligence and action-oriented insight, which impacts the team’s direction and strategy across the following core areas:

Partner Acquisition:

• Lead on category planning and industry landscaping to steer sales outreach. Identify potential target markets, brands and decision-makers to assist with a proactive, go-to-market approach.

• Help create compelling partnership propositions, based on relevant fan and audience data, to present a relevant, addressable audience and compelling commercial opportunity to prospective sponsors.

• Internal pipeline management and reporting.

• Help deliver long-term category road map and planning for new business and renewals.

• Work with internal stakeholders (e.g., Legal and Finance) to determine partnership exclusivity, rate cards and inventory values.

Partner Servicing:

• Report on partnership performance KPIs and demonstrate tangible return on objectives.

• Input into annual partnership target setting across track side exposure and other metrics.

Ad-hoc:

• Work in partnership with Fan Strategy and Analytics colleagues to curate and derive actionable commercial insight from various audience and fan datasets.

• Keep up to date with and distribute latest consumer/B2B trends and related market research to influence team direction and strategy and highlight new opportunities.

• Work with third party agencies and suppliers to enhance and develop current suite of research.

If you are an experienced Business Intelligence Manager interested to hear more about this exciting opportunity, simply click Apply!

Are you ready to join the people who drive Formula 1?

Partnerships Manager – Sail GP

SailGP is racing redefined. The world’s most exciting racing on-water, SailGP was established in 2018 and is headquartered in London. The annual, global championship Races for a Better Future accelerating change in everything it does.

The fan-centric, inshore racing takes place among the sport’s top athletes in some of the most iconic harbors around the world and offers the sport’s largest monetary prize of $1 million. Rival national teams battle it out in identical supercharged F50 catamarans, engineered for intense racing at electrifying speeds exceeding 60 mph/100 kph.

In 2020, SailGP set a new standard as the first climate positive sports and entertainment property and began delivering actions and innovations that advance the global adoption of clean energy. Underpinning the organization’s purpose-driven agenda is a diversification of the league, with the goal of immediately progressing gender and racial equity and inclusivity.

SailGP is a global organization with defined values that shape the culture of its diverse team: deliver quality, break boundaries, make an impact, stand together, and strike a balance.

Role summary

The Partnerships Manager’s role is to provide first class day-to-day relationship management of global SailGP partners, working with them to develop activation plans, across digital, marcomms and on-event, that support and integrate with their key partnership objectives, whist delivering ROI against contractual obligations.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone that is looking to grow and progress their career in an exciting international organisation, working in a fast-paced, demanding, and dynamic environment where they will work with a wide range of key stakeholders both internally and externally, VIP prospects and brand ambassadors.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Maintain master rights and benefits matrix for SailGP partners. Track partnership assets and deliverables through ongoing reporting and reconciliation
  • Manage the implementation of key partnership deliverables within a strategic timeline for each season working with internal SailGP departments, ensuring all contractual rights and benefits are maximized and delivered
  • Develop detailed strategic activation plans in line with partner’s objectives and SailGP key pillars, working closely with internal SailGP departments
  • Oversee and deliver all partner branding on-event and across digital inventory
  • Lead mid-season partner review meetings, working with commercial team to demonstrate return on partner investment
  • Prepare end of season reports that illustrate partner ROI & ROO
  • Explore on an on-going basis, opportunities to create and deliver further value to SailGP partners where appropriate
  • Manage the requirements and day-to-day requests from SailGP partners.
  • Work with hospitality team on partner guest programs and event requirements – Prepare any partner facing event & hospitality program information and schedules, inc. Partner VIP programs, i.e. Partner C-Suite / brand ambassadors
  • Work with head of partnerships and commercial sales team on renews and upscale opportunities
  • Support on an on-going basis, the commercial team and head of partnerships by supplying them with case studies highlighting how SailGP delivers value to partners
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of the sponsorship marketplace, presents industry trends, best practices in weekly team meetings to maximise related opportunities with SailGP partners
  • Host SailGP partners during and outside of event periods including within the hospitality facility and guest experiences, e.g. tech base tours, on-water experiences
  • Such other duties as reasonably required by SailGP for the successful performance of the role

Background and Skills required

  • Minimum of 3 years relevant rights holder experience within a client-focused environment (preferably in the international sporting industry)
  • Experience managing global level partnerships, achieving YOY ROI & ROO targets
  • Knowledge, insight, and passion for maximising sponsorship rights to deliver industry-leading, fully integrated campaigns
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and partners alike
  • Excellent account and multi-project management skills
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Extremely strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to operate general computer programs, including efficiently using google drive and google applications, Keynote, and other online tools
  • English language fluency required

Attributes

  • Self-reliant, driven, energetic, innovative, creative, and a real passion for delivering excellent partner service
  • Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas
  • Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates
  • Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility
  • Ability to operate both independently and in a collaborative, team environment
  • Ability to work effectively and thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment
  • Works comfortably under pressure and meets tight deadlines
  • A passion for sport and entertainment and sustainability
  • Readiness to travel internationally, 9-10 events in Season 3

Location

  • London, United Kingdom

Operational Account Manager – InCrowd

The Overview

  • A full-time role with a permanent contract
  • A key member of the Account Management team
  • Day-to-day responsibility for managing client relationships and requirements
  • A competitive salary commensurate with your experience will be offered
  • A hybrid working environment with office days based in London

The Role

We are looking for an Account Manager to expand our client Account Management team and be the primary point of contact for several of our key clients across multiple sports vertices.

The person will be required to work with clients to understand their needs and objectives, suggest how they can achieve these using our digital technology products, continually expand the development roadmap for the client and communicate these requirements to our internal development and operational teams to ensure successful delivery.

This role is vital in ensuring our clients achieve value from their investment in InCrowd’s technology and that through this success we are able to add new developments and features, growing each client account.

Through a close working relationship with clients, the candidate will also help feed into the internal product roadmap, utilising feedback and requirements from clients to help ensure our products remain market leading and relevant.

Required Skills and Experience

  • An excellent relationship manager who can communicate effectively with stakeholders of all levels both internally and externally
  • Excellent at planning, organisation and documentation
  • Ability to deal with competing demands in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience in a similar role (account management, project management, business analyst or equivalent)
  • A commercially minded individual
  • Friendly and personable with the ability to build a rapport with people they meet and deal with
  • Confident and articulate when engaging with clients
  • The ability to successfully manage difficult situations and conversations
  • A self-sufficient individual who is happy taking the lead

Desirable Skills and Experience

  • Experience working with digital marketing technologies (e.g. apps, websites, CRM, marketing technologies)
  • 3 years + experience in a similar role
  • Project management or project delivery experience
  • Experience working with high profile brand/rights holder campaigns
  • An understanding of the world of sports sponsorship
  • A passion for sport
  • Experience of working in a fast-paced agency or product business environment delivering for brands or rights holders
  • Understanding of agile working and development teams working in sprints
  • The ability to communicate in other languages, particularly Spanish
  • Experience utilising relevant project and account management software such as Slack, Jira, Forecast, etc.

What will you be doing for InCrowd?

  • Developing and overseeing key relationships and day-to-day client management
  • Working with clients to use our digital technology to help achieve their business objectives
  • Keeping track of client projects and tasks ensuring they are delivered on time and clients are informed accordingly
  • Ensure clients extend their agreements and take advantage of our ever growing suite of digital assets
  • Visiting clients in the UK to build relationships
  • Working with other individuals internally to ensure issues are addressed, client work is delivered and to provide product feedback
  • Reporting into our Commercial Account Director to provide status updates and working collaboratively with other Account Managers to ensure client happiness and business success

What we offer

  • A friendly but challenging working environment
  • A great work-life balance. We have moved to the new normal where we offer the option to work from home or other quiet environments, but combined with the opportunity to come together for collaboration, team building and social events
  • Company benefits include 25 days holiday, pension contributions, cycle and transport schemes, working from home support schemes and provision of quality technical equipment.
  • Support for additional training and education

We are a group of highly skilled individuals with a healthy, friendly, creative and relaxed environment. There are often sporting and team events you can join if you wish and we like to nurture and support each other – research groups, training and conference budgets are part of our culture.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

Up for the challenge?

Our recruitment process will focus primarily on your values and energy for the role. We are looking for someone to help develop a key part of our organisation and progress within our company. 

Please send your CV to jobs@incrowdsports.com

Strategic Account Manager – InCrowd

The Overview

  • A full-time role with a permanent contract
  • A key member of the Account Management team
  • Day-to-day responsibility for managing client relationships and requirements
  • A competitive salary commensurate with your experience will be offered
  • A hybrid working environment with office days based in London

The Role

We are looking for an Account Manager to expand our client Account Management team and be the primary point of contact for several of our key clients across multiple sports vertices.

The person will be required to work directly with clients to understand their needs and objectives, suggest how they can achieve these using our digital technology products and continually expand the development roadmap for the client, whilst exploring new growth opportunities.

This role is vital in ensuring our clients see value from their investment in InCrowd’s technology and services, and that through this success we are able to continually develop the accounts.

Through a close working relationship with clients, the candidate will also help feed into the internal product roadmap, utilising feedback and requirements from clients to help ensure our products remain market leading and relevant

Required Skills and Experience

  • An excellent relationship manager who can communicate effectively with stakeholders of all levels both internally and externally
  • A commercially minded individual, who looks to seek out new business opportunities
  • Highly organised and intuitive individual who enjoys problem solving
  • Ability to deal with competing demands in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience in a similar role (account management, digital project manager, digital marketing manager) within Sport or DIgital
  • Friendly and personable with the ability to build a rapport with people they meet and deal with
  • Confident and articulate when engaging with clients
  • The ability to successfully manage difficult situations and conversations
  • A self-sufficient individual who is happy taking the lead

Desirable Skills and Experience

  • Experience working with digital marketing technologies (e.g. apps, websites, CRM, marketing technologies) and data
  • 3 years + experience in a similar role
  • Project management or project delivery experience
  • Experience working with high profile brand/rights holder campaigns
  • An understanding of the world of sports sponsorship and business
  • A passion for sport
  • Experience of working in a fast-paced agency or product business environment delivering for brands or rights holders
  • Understanding of agile working and development teams working in sprints
  • Experience utilising relevant project and account management software such as Slack, Jira, Forecast, etc.

What will you be doing for InCrowd?

  • Developing and overseeing key relationships and day-to-day client management
  • Working with clients to use our digital and data technology to help achieve their business objectives
  • Responsibilities:
    • Oversee the commercial success of specified accounts, ensuring we deliver value for clients, whilst also delivering value back to our business.
    • Acting as the conduit between the client and internal Project and Delivery team in building out digital enhancement road maps and specifications
    • Manage the day to day running of specified accounts, ensuring contractual commitments are adhered to, new opportunities are uncovered and ultimately the client becomes an InCrowd ambassador
  • Guiding on best practice activation, engagement and fanbase growth initiatives to help achieve the clients objectives (e.g. across memberships, video streaming or ticketing)
  • Produce relevant, timely reports for both the client and Account Directors, highlighting performance of InCrowd in supporting the clients commercial objectives and making recommendations
  • Support new business in pitch presentations, costings and providing case studies of successful account metrics
  • Keeping track of client projects and tasks ensuring they are delivered on time and clients are informed accordingly
  • Ensure clients extend their agreements and take advantage of our ever growing suite of digital assets
  • Visiting clients across the UK (and abroad where needed) to build relationships
  • Reporting into our Commercial Account Director to provide status updates and working collaboratively with other Account Managers to ensure client happiness and business success

What we offer

InCrowd offers a healthy, friendly and creative environment. We are proud of our culture and excited about the next steps for the company.

We also offer:

  • Company benefits.
  • Access to high profile sports events
  • Support for additional training and education.
  • Social events throughout the year both in person and online
  • Opportunity for significant career progression in a fast-developing team.
  • Hybrid work offering

We are a group of highly skilled individuals with a healthy, friendly, creative and relaxed environment. There are often sporting and team events you can join if you wish and we like to nurture and support each other – research groups, training and conference budgets are part of our culture.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

Up for the challenge?

Send us your CV and something that shows us why you’re perfect for the role. This can be anything; a covering email, a video or perhaps a case study of previous work….. we want to find out more about you.

Contact us now at jobs@incrowdsports.com

Content Manager England Football – Seven League

An exciting opportunity in The FA, you will lead on content strategy, planning and execution for the England Football brand and key grassroots programmes. You will be tasked with developing compelling content strands and campaigns that best tell the story of England Football, in line with the Commercial and Marketing department’s wider strategy.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

  • Oversee content strategy across England Football’s owned and operated channels
  • Manage agency and vendor relationships to guarantee delivery of best-in-class content execution
  • Contribute to a cross-platform content strategy that is aligned to national team’s strategic goals and positioning
  • Collaborate with The FA’s Content section to develop a seamless execution
  • Support The FA’s communications team by ensuring social media output is closely aligned with agreed external messaging
  • Support commercial and marketing objectives by driving the creation of industry-leading and audience-first campaigns and content formats that deliver the mutual aims of The FA and its partners
  • Provide regular and detailed insights into the performance of England Football’s social media content to the rest of the business, driving an evolving strategic approach

Brand

  • Support the England Football brand team on the development of marketing plans for England Football & key grassroots programmes that deliver against the strategic objectives working with internal & external agency teams.
  • Work collaboratively with the Grassroots Football division ensuring the planning and execution of projects are reaching mutual goals for England Football.
  • Be the guardian for England Football brand across all owned and operated channels, ensuring look, feel and TOV remains consistent to brand guidelines.
  • Brief and deliver marketing materials (such as digital, social media assets) required to effectively support campaigns – creating high quality elements for all relevant channels in a timely manner.
  • Be responsible for the budget management of each content initiatives content & agency relationship ensuring delivery within budget.
  • Executes additional tasks as required to meet FA Group changing priorities
  • Other duties that are within the scope of the role may be required.

Knowledge and Experience

  • Developed owned and operated content strategies for large scale channels
  • Strong evidence of creating engaging, entertaining and informative content
  • Experienced in the management of agencies and suppliers
  • Clear understanding of the social media landscape
  • Previous experience in a professional sports environment
  • Knowledge of social media analytics, including key metrics and how to use them to measure performance
  • Ability to produce and share short-, medium- and long-term content plans

Skills and Abilities

  • Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
  • Strong influencing skills that can be used to good effective both internally and externally.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Experience of working for a brand or publisher
  • An understanding of the grassroots game
  • Strong understanding of paid social media advertising
  • Proficient user of image-editing software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop)
  • Proficient user of video-editing software (e.g. Adobe Premiere Pro)
  • Hard working, flexible and adaptable
  • Strong work initiative with a ‘can do’ attitude
  • Customer-focused approach
  • The ability to learn new skills quickly and share knowledge
  • A commitment to continual professional development
  • An interest in all forms of digital media

Working Conditions 

  • This is a fixed term contract to the 30th June 2023
  • This role will be based at Wembley Stadium
  • Working hours are 9:00 – 18:00, Monday to Friday
  • May be required to attend and travel to other locations for meetings etc
  • Unsocial hours may be required dictated as and when by the demands of the business schedule
  • Adapting to use of new systems and technology where appropriate

IMG Media

On behalf of more than 200 clients across sports and entertainment, IMG negotiates media rights and produces and arranges for distribution of sports and entertainment content to major global broadcasters and platforms. Our content originates from entertainment companies, major sports leagues, sporting events and more.

Opportunities Statement

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

Executive Support Manager – England Netball

This is a critical new role to support our CEO and Executive Team, to deliver our ambitious Adventure strategy. As Executive Support Manager you will: 

  • Provide proactive executive support to our CEO, Executive Team and Board
  • Line manage and provide secondary cover for our Business Support Manager who is responsible for providing operations support for the wider organisation 
  • Build excellent working relationships with colleagues across the business and key external stakeholders
  • Establish efficient processes and reporting
  • Contribute to and lead special projects across various areas of the organisation

If you have excellent organisational, and communication skills and a proven record of supporting senior executives to operate optimally we want to hear from you!

Partnerships Manager – EFL

The English Football League (EFL) is the largest single body of professional clubs in European football and is responsible for administering and regulating the Sky Bet EFL, Sky Bet Play-Offs, Carabao Cup and Papa John’s Trophy competitions.

Formed in 1888, the EFL is the world’s original and oldest league football competition. It has 72 member clubs, each of which embodies the unique heritage, pride and passion of the communities they represent.

The impact of EFL clubs goes far beyond and is more important than football and 90 minutes on a match day. EFL clubs actively engage, 365 days a year with the communities that surround and support them.

Job Purpose

To manage and develop existing partner relationships for the EFL, including proactively driving agreements through a strong understanding of individual partners’ markets and business objectives, maximising the value of association with the EFL and its member clubs.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to ‘own’, manage and develop the EFL’s relationships with a number of key commercial partners. The role will include delivering on the following responsibilities to a high standard:

Commercial Partner Rights Delivery

  • Effectively manage, organise and administer the delivery of all contractual rights for designated Official Partners, Official Licensees and/or Official Supporters as required
  • Actively support other EFL departments in fully integrating partners as required
  • Work collaboratively with all EFL Clubs to deliver designated partner rights as required
  • Budget responsibility for designated partnership delivery REPORTING
  • Agree clear and realistic objectives, KPIs and reporting requirements with designated partners
  • Prepare high standard partner reports to report on the above

Internal and External Relationship Management

  • Ensure EFL colleagues and departments understand relevant matters related to designated partner accounts on an ongoing basis, including support required from each department
  • Develop knowledge of the wider EFL business
  • Facilitate relationships and communication between the EFL and designated partner businesses at all levels
  • Proactively drive partnership agreements through building a strong understanding of individual partners’ markets and business objectives

Person Specification Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following Knowledge, Skills and Attributes that are essential to the role.

Knowledge & Understanding

  • Excellent understanding of sponsorship rights agreements
  • Consumer, brand and sponsorship trends in the UK and international marketplace
  • The range of partnership rights, assets and initiatives offered by the EFL and other sports and entertainment rights holders
  • The sports and/or entertainment industry as a brand marketing platform (direct
  • experience working in the sports industry is advantageous but not essential)

Person Specification Desirable & Advantageous

  • The following Knowledge, Skills and Attributes, although not essential, would be advantageous.
  • An understanding of the EFL and its 72 member clubs
  • A love of sport (especially football)
  • Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office tools (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
  • Experience in a similar role in a sports or entertainment rights-owner, agency or brand
  • University degree in Business or related subject

Timeline

  • Closing date – Thu 21st July
  • Interviews – w/c 25th July and w/c 1st August

Social Media Lead, Tennis – LiveWire Sport

LiveWire Sport is a multi award-winning content agency based in London. Our clients include Premier League, Wimbledon, World Rugby, The England & Wales Cricket Board, ATP Media, Eurosport, International Paralympic Committee and Team GB among many others. 

In February 2022, we joined forces with data-driven sports marketing agency Two Circles to rewire sports, taking the company’s headcount across five international offices to 450+. 

Our content services include strategy, consultancy, creative and video production, digital marketing campaigns, and full management and commercialisation of digital and social media platforms.

Although the company has grown considerably in recent years, we still retain our original start-up values from 2011 when we were founded. Fun, creative freedom and regular deadlines contribute to a busy, vibrant and sociable co-working office environment.

WHAT’S MISSING

We are looking for a Social Media Lead to help us deliver the sport of tennis in new, exciting and innovative ways across social media.

With an illustrious list of tennis clients, we need a creative thinker to oversee a range of content deliverables both during and outside of live events.

The ideal candidate will have a dual passion for tennis and social media, with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of platforms and emerging digital trends.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The roles and responsibilities of the Tennis Social Media lead include the following:

– Ideate and execute real-time and planned social media output across social media platforms

– Bring creative and original thinking to our tennis content services, ideating and developing content to cut-through busy new feeds

– Work with our Creative Studio to brief, direct and manage a diverse range of social-first content projects, from graphic design to video edits

– Cultivate and engage global tennis audiences through industry-leading community management

– Publish to social media channels, as required

– Produce short-form and longer social-first video edits

– Stay on the pulse of sports news, popular culture and current trends, and their relevance to tennis

WHAT YOU NEED

– At least three years’ experience working in a social media content role, ideally for an agency, sports rightsholder or media organisation

– First-class editorial judgement

– A proven track record of creative and innovative thinking

– Knowledge and experience of multiple social media platform, including TikTok

– Obsessive knowledge of tennis

– Understanding and awareness of social media analytics, especially in helping to guide content strategy

– Ability to lead and set an example for others

– Excellent written and verbal English skills

– Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure

– Must be able to work weekends, as well as evenings, and be flexible about working patterns

– Experience of using Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro, particularly around optimising content for social platforms

WHAT WE OFFER

– A competitive salary (based on experience) 

– Attractive and flexible benefits package including: 50% off monthly mobile phone bills, 22 days of leave a year, monthly wellbeing contribution and more

– Scope to work at live sporting events depending on client campaigns, briefs and activations

Please email your CV, examples of your work and your salary expectations to recruitment@twocircles.com. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Global Brand Partnerships Director – Footballco

Footballco is a global, football focused, digital platform – supercharged by new PE capital from TPG – with an ambition to own the non-live football landscape worldwide and become the digital destination for all football fans across the globe. TPG Capital is focused on leveraged buyouts and growth capital, it manages investment funds in venture capital, public equity, growth capital and debt investments and includes Spotify, CAA, VICE and Air BnB as portfolio investments.

Combining some of the leading minds in football, an award winning creative and production function, as well as digital platforms that are loved by 400m fans globally, Footballco aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world’s biggest sport.

With 300 permanent employees across the world, Footballco is a diverse, disruptive, brave, dynamic, agile and fun organisation. With the football fan always front of mind, leveraging a world class tech platform and our track record of being first to market.

An expanding ecosystem of iconic global media brands in football, Footballco already consists of Goal.com, Voetbalzone, Spox, FC player, NXGN & Calciomercato, with further brands and entities being built and acquired moving into 2022. Our ecosystem and data driven approach enables us to serve all types of football fans with content, when they want, where they want and importantly, how they want…..all across the globe, 24/7.

From final whistle to KO, we well on our way to owning the digital football space…and you can be part of it

What’s your new role about?

Summary:

The Global Brand Partnership team at Footballco is responsible for leading the brand direct business and does this by targeting both established and emerging companies in football, building long term relationships with key global brand marketing and media decision makers at these companies and ultimately unlocking new revenue for the company via branded content and media partnerships.

The Global Brand Partnerships Director will be a high-performance commercial executive with a proven track-record of initiating and closing commercial partnerships and be an integral member of the Global Brand Partnerships team.

Working closely with the VP of Global Brand Partnerships, and the wider global sales team, the Global Brand Partnerships Director will be responsible for building executive level relationships with companies that seek to align their brand with the global game, lead on the development of tailored creative solutions for these clients and brokering deals in relation to these, which drive new revenue.

You will be provided with a clear client remit and an annual sales target, which you will be accountable for individually, whilst contributing and playing a role in delivering against the wider objectives & commercial targets of the Global team. This person will also ensure best business practices are adopted and top-class service levels provided, whilst being able to convey and be a key advocate for Footballco’s longer term company vision externally.

We want to work with you to help you to exceed your potential, both in terms of creative output and revenue delivery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

  • Proactively engage with global brands with a view to selling media and branded content propositions for Footballco.
  • Work to deliver Footballco’s global sales target – working towards both an individual and team target.
  • Develop an ongoing pipeline of new media/marketing solution based revenue opportunities for Footballco.
  • Collaborate with global sales team peers and the VP of Global Brand Partnerships to identify new global revenue opportunities and potential clients for Footballco.
  • Cultivate relationships with C-suite and VP level marketers globally and fully understand the brand decision making eco-system including key decision makers at brand, media agency and creative agency.
  • Be able to clearly articulate Footballco’s position within the market and to work with clients through consultative selling to understand how the Footballco proposition can best solve their business challenges and objectives.
  • Work with relevant internal teams, including strategy, creative and editorial to create the optimal sales solutions for brand clients.
  • Ensure customer satisfaction through ongoing communication and relationship management with clients; resolve any issues that may arise post-sale.
  • Act as the market expert and ambassador for Footballco globally with specific clients or global brand categories in mind – working closely with regional market leaders for Footballco to relay relevant insight.
  • Where relevant, attend industry events to educate global marketers and evangelise Footballco’s as the definitive buying point to reach football fans.
  • Work with the leadership team to set revenue KPI’s and communicate accurately on forecasts, pipeline status, and activities related to your targets, categories and areas of focus.

Experience Requirements:

  • Successful track record in a senior global media sales or sport sponsorship role – preferably with experience in football.
  • Sports, media or entertainment background.
  • Knowledge of sports, tech, media and branded content marketing landscape.
  • Strong network of relevant global brand/agency contacts.
  • Previously sold into an extensive network of direct clients and agencies.

Required Skills/Abilities:

  • Able to personally drive revenues and create demand from major brands and their agencies.
  • Articulate and finesse Footballco’s value proposition so that it resonates with global marketers.
  • An exceptional communicator (written and verbal).
  • Able to act as the lead on key agency and client accounts, cultivating relationships with C-suite and VP level marketers.
  • Able to work collaboratively with the support teams within the organisation in order to maximise the potential of the centralised resources available.
  • Highly numerate, organised and an ability to clearly extract a client brief.
  • Be curious to explore beyond traditional media agencies and brand direct conversations, and speak to sport marketing agencies, PR agencies, and creative agencies where appropriate.
  • Have a strong grasp of industry related metrics and foresight to predict future trends to ensure we are ahead of the competition.
  • Take responsibility to feed into package and brand positioning for Footballco products.