Recruitment Roundup: Tko, Powerleague, BBC Sport

PARTNERS AND MEMBERS

Head of Strategy – Gemba

We have an incredible opportunity for a Head of Strategy to drive, shape and grow our Strategy division in Europe and the Middle East, responsible for leading an array of projects with some of the most cutting-edge clients in the in the industry, as well as growing the business development pipeline.

Sponsorship Operations Executive – Two Circles

A Sponsorship Operations Executive at Two Circles works within the Rights Management Operations team, implementing project plans across our diverse portfolio of clients. The role has a range of duties which includes overseeing the quality and commercial relevance of marketing materials, communicating with internal functions, managing, and building relationships with external suppliers, budgeting, auditing of materials and tracking stock movement.

RIGHTSHOLDERS

Senior Marketing Manager, England Teams – The FA

This role is at the heart of The FA’s purpose, carrying the privilege and responsibility to ensure that the England Teams help make a difference to people’s lives and wider society while delivering on the business objectives of the organisation. At a hugely exciting time for the England Teams, consistently reaching the latter stages of major tournaments on the pitch and with brand sentiment at an all-time high off the pitch, we are looking for a Senior Marketing Manager to work across our Women’s, Men’s and Para teams. 

Senior Product Manager – LIV Golf

As the Senior Product Lead, you will be responsible for crafting the strategy and vision for LIV’s core digital products including League website, Teams websites, League Mobile App and OTT.

Chief Executive Officer – Scottish Hockey

We’re looking for a strong, inclusive, leader who can think strategically and connect this operationally.  While you don’t need hockey experience, you will need a strong understanding of the broader sporting and political landscape and challenges they present – alongside the relationship-building skills, horizon-scanning, commercial acumen, and leadership style to tackle these.

Senior Commercial Partnerships Manager – London Marathon Events

The Senior Commercial Partnerships Manager will be responsible for the direct management of several commercial partners across our portfolio of events, delivering premium world-class activation campaigns along with developing and mentoring other members of the Commercial Partnerships team.

Social Media Coordinator – TKO

UFC boasts one of the most powerful social media followings in all professional sports, with a social ecosystem of over 260 million fans worldwide. The Social Media Coordinator is responsible for day-to-day execution of social media activities across all UFC accounts in EMEA, creating timely, accurate, and relevant content for fight fans before, during, and after UFC events. This position manages the posting process, from concept to approval and manages the execution.

eSports Partnership Executive – World Sailing

This individual will work closely with the Head of Partnerships, along with working collaboratively across the entire organisation. It is a role that requires the ability to build effective relationships internally and externally with a broad range of stakeholders.

Partnerships Executive – BLAST

This role would be centred around delivering rights for commercial partners across multiple games titles and tournament series. You will be part of a team responsible for ensuring the contractual rights are delivered for our partners (including broadcast assets, content, physical activations at arena events), building strong client relationships and constantly seeking ways to improve and elevate the way in which we service our partners.

Education Officer – Manchester United  

To deliver and support the Education programmes across our Academy age ranges with specific responsibilities at post 16 and for qualifications in Sport. You will be part of a team of staff responsible for designing, supporting, and delivering outstanding formal and informal education opportunities for Manchester United Academy players.

Junior Designer – Chelsea Football Club 

This role will be responsible for supporting the preparation of sales outreach and presentations to drive new business commercial revenue or for the retention of existing revenue. The primary activities will consist of supporting the design team on image collation and art working. 

Premium Experience Manager – Formula E

As an integral part of the broader Ticketing & Premium Experience Team within the Commercial function, this role is dedicated to driving the overall success of Formula E’s Premium Experiences, encompassing EMOTION CLUB, Race Suites, Electric Lounge, and VIP Side Events. From conceptualisation to execution, you will lead the development and management of premium experiences across various international markets.

Senior Community Content and Communications Executive – Badminton England

This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of Badminton England’s new 10-year strategy launched in September 2023. The role will be crucial in shaping and implementing a creative and transformational community content strategy that will be integral in engaging our existing badminton community and growing our connected audience, celebrating and promoting the badminton community and improving their quality of experience and driving additional revenues into the sport.

Head of Growth – Norwich City Community Sports Foundation

An essential part of our Senior Leadership Team, the Head of Growth is responsible for managing our funding and partnership team, driving revenue growth, and expanding our network of supporters and collaborators. 

Programme Manager – Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology 

We are looking for a Programme Manager to join the Programme Management Group who are a vital part of Red Bull Powertrains, responsible for managing the successful delivery of F1 Powertrain Programmes to achieve technical, timing and cost targets.

Consumer Ticket Sales Manager – World Rugby 

In this role as Consumer Ticket Sales Manager, you will be responsible for implementing the Ticketing Sales Strategy for RWC 2025 set by World Rugby Events and Media across all B2C sales channels. You will coordinate the sales process of over 300k tickets, across 8 venues. You will have meticulous planning skills, be an excellent communicator and be capable of managing both internal and external stakeholders to deliver on World Rugby’s and the LOC’s audience and revenue objectives. 

Rugby Union Programme Coordinator – British Universities & Colleges Sport

As part of the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) partnership with British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS), this role will provide support to the University Partnerships function of the RFU, focusing on; communications with stakeholders in the sector, administratively supporting the running of the BUCS Super Rugby (BSR) and Women’s National League (WNL) competitions, Coordinating the BSR and WNL Championship Finals alongside the BUCS Sevens events programme and providing data and insight on all levels of BUCS Rugby Union activity in the sector.

Senior Community Content and Communications Executive – Badminton England

This is an exciting opportunity to support the delivery of Badminton England’s new 10-year strategy launched in September 2023. The role will be crucial in shaping and implementing a creative and transformational community content strategy that will be integral in engaging our existing badminton community and growing our connected audience, celebrating and promoting the badminton community and improving their quality of experience and driving additional revenues into the sport.

Digital Platforms & Campaigns Manager – Wimbledon

We’re looking for a Digital Platforms & Campaigns Manager to manage, implement and drive Wimbledon’s digital communications campaigns strategy across Wimbledon’s digital platforms.

Head of Brand – Williams Racing

We are looking for an inspired Head of Brand who will be responsible for spearheading our brand evolution, fostering lasting affiliations and building equity in the hearts of our audience. You’ll be a key member of our leadership team, working closely with our creative, commercial and communications teams to ensure our marketing efforts are aligned with our overall business objectives.

Social Media Manager – Williams Racing

This is a key role as we look to grow our content team at Williams Racing at an extremely exciting time. As we continuously strive ambitiously to improve on-track our standards need to be visibly reflected within our output on social media. Our focus is particularly on vertical-reliant platforms including, but not limited to, Instagram, X and TikTok. We are also looking for an impressive creative individual to drive engagement to our owned and operated digital channels (Web and app).

Programme Lead – British Horseracing Authority

You will need to demonstrate a successful track record in the design and delivery of education, training and development change programmes, and within the sports or equine sectors would be an advantage. You will be creative and passionate and able to build credible effective relationships.

BRANDS

EMEA Key Account Mgr – Fanatics 

Reporting to the EMEA Sales Manager, the EMEA Key Account Manager (KAM) will provide unparalleled account management to our most influential accounts across the EMEA region. Our selection of Key/MVP Accounts is significant to our growth and therefore this role is pivotal in order to maximize the opportunities presented to us. Key/MVP Accounts will be the likes of (but not exclusive to):

Partnership Specialist UK –  Veo Technologies 

The Partnership Specialist position is where you will oversee and maintain the current partnership portfolio across the UK in football. Partners include Premier League academies, National Governing Bodies, Leagues, County FAs, and agencies and service providers. 

MEDIA

Journalism Researcher – BBC Sport

BBC Sport is looking for ambitious and creative journalism researchers to join our team for what is going to be a fantastically busy summer of sport!

Commentary Coordinator – Warner Bros. Discovery 

The Live Commentary Coordinator is responsible for following agreed procedures, meeting client expectations, and ensuring that the Live Commentary requirements are adhered to during linear and digital live broadcasts and productions. The Live Commentary Coordinator will work as a bridge of communication between the Local European Regions, the London Hub and the Paris Hub.

Social Media Executive – Racing Post

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Social Media team. We are seeking someone passionate about horse racing who also possesses a good understanding of wider sports, alongside proficiency in Premiere Pro and Photoshop. This role will involve joining us to enhance our organic social channels by capturing and amplifying sporting sentiment to drive engagement

OTHER

HR Manager – The Sports Consultancy

Our ongoing growth, particularly in the US and MENA region, has prompted the need to recruit a strategically focused HR Manager into our leadership team to provide direction for our people agenda. As a newly created, standalone HR role, you have the opportunity to shape the role through close collaboration with the rest of our leadership team.

Lecturer in Sports Business & Marketing – UCFB

UCFB is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Sports Business & Marketing to teach on a programme of study and to maintain teaching/learning standards to deliver an excellent student experience.

Analyst, Sport – YouGov

We are looking for a talented Analyst for the YouGov Sport media team who brings strong analytical skills, balanced with robust project management and first-class communication skills.

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Sports Media Production – Bath Spa University

You will join a small team of academics teaching our new flagship course BA (Honours) Sports Media Production and associated film and television practice-based programmes. We are looking for someone who is exceptionally motivated with experience in teaching and learning along with a knowledge and experience of working in the sports media industry. The successful candidate will design and deliver undergraduate teaching, provide an excellent student-focused learning experience and will also contribute to enterprise, collaborations, management and administration. A willingness to work evenings/ weekends where necessary to cover sporting fixtures is a requirement.

Ticketing Training Manager – AXS Europe 

The Training Manager is a critical part of the AXS team. You will often be one of the first AXS people that new starters and new clients meet, and the delivery of their initial training is crucial in them forming a positive opinion of AXS, our products and our people. You’ll also tell people about new products and product updates, through training and maintaining up-to-date documentation and release notes.

Partnerships Manager – Powerleague

As our Partnerships Manager, you will be the catalyst for new business opportunities, aiming to increase our commercial revenue through strategic and innovative partnerships. This position offers a golden opportunity for those with initial sales experience seeking to elevate their career with enhanced responsibilities and closer exposure to senior management.