Recruitment Roundup: 21 New Opportunities In The Sport Sector

RIGHTSHOLDERS

Strategy Manager, The Jockey Club 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Strategy Manager to join our amazing Commercial team to identify & support delivery of commercial strategic projects and planning to drive long term revenue growth for The Jockey Club, ensuring that we act for the good of British racing in everything we do.

Event Operations Director, World Snooker Tour 

World Snooker Limited is the commercial entity responsible for the commercial exploitation and promotion of professional snooker events and is the custodian of the sport’s commercial rights.

Content & PR Marketing Manager, Ascot

As a member of the Ascot Marketing Team, you’ll be responsible for developing, creating and delivering lifestyle content and PR campaigns to raise awareness and understanding of Ascot Racedays, Royal Ascot and Events at Ascot – the racecourse’s corporate events division. ​As the brand continues to grow its UK business and international audiences, this will be a pivotal role in helping to drive awareness and consideration.

Event Operations Manager, SailGP 

The SailGP Global Operations team is looking for an experienced Event Operations Manager for the Tech Site. The Tech Site is home to all Sailing Teams and Tech Team. This position will support the Global Operations team with all technical site operations for each SailGP event with primary focus on the design of the site and delivery of both owned and locally rented temporary infrastructure. 

Senior Content Producer, London Lions 

The Senior Content Producer will be responsible for creative development and execution of the creative vision for the London Lions. Focusing on both individual and repeated strands of content aligned to the culture around basketball, this role will drive the narrative storytelling of the brand.

Operations Co-Ordinator, 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships 

As we approach the championships, 2023 Cycling World Championships Ltd is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled co-ordinator to join this project as it moves into its operational delivery phase. This is a unique chance to be part of something different that will enhance Scotland’s reputation on a global scale as the perfect stage for events.

Chief of Staff, British Basketball League 

The British Basketball League (BBL) are recruiting an experienced and dynamic Chief of Staff (CoS) to plan, organize and execute critical initiatives in accordance with the strategy as directed by the CEO

Strategic Partnerships Manager, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club 

The Club is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Manager to be the Club’s day-to-day contact with key domestic and international strategic partners that support these relationships and helps enable all parties involved to derive maximum value.

BRANDS

Partnership Activation Manager, Jaguar Land Rover UK 

The Partnerships Activation Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of Jaguar TCS Racing’s and our motorsport commercial rights and best in class partnerships. This includes but is not limited to management, planning, activation and day to day relationships with Official Team Partners of Jaguar TCS Racing. 

Director Brand Management EMEA, Riot Games

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Publishing, EMEA the Director Brand Management, EMEA will be based in Reading (UK), Berlin (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), Istanbul (Türkiye), Paris (France), or Dubai (UAE). You will lead a team of product and brand leads who are dedicated to Riot’s “player first” philosophy and combine portfolio management with an experience for brand building and marketing to ensure we’re delivering great experiences that delight players.

Sales Executive, Tundra Esports 

 Supporting the Senior Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for driving sales. You will have a strong knack for opening doors, identifying targets and going after them, and will establish a critical foundation for our rapidly growing team.

Senior Strategic Key Account Manager, New Balance 

The Strategic Key Account Manager will lead and develop long term sustainable relationships with our Global Strategic Partners, to drive profitable and sustainable market share growth within footwear and apparel in both Lifestyle and Running. You will be responsible for managing a team and providing strategic insight as well as a hands on approach to up-selling New Balance products.

Business Development Lead, Serious Sport Group 

The main purpose of this role is to be a forward-driving individual that will open doors and opportunities in these sports, within schools, clubs, amateur and professional teams, by capitalizing on our unique product offering.

Franchise Senior Producer – EA Sports FC, EA SPORTS 

Our EA Sports FC development family is looking for an accomplished Senior Producer to help us achieve our goals of creating great games that bring joy and outstanding experiences to all of our players, experiences that ignite the emotion of sport and are tailored to their preferences as part of our community

MEDIA

Sales Manager, Footballco

As a Sales Manager – in Footballco’s UK team, with the support of the wider commercial function, you will sell digital opportunities across our premium sports portfolio, including video pre-roll, display/app placements and branded content.

Assistant Producer (Social Video), BBC Sport 

The successful candidates will be expected to make video out of BBC Sport’s biggest rights events – including the likes of the FA Cup, Wimbledon, The Ashes and Six Nations – and/or tell engaging sports news stories via vertical video. 

OTHER

Personal Development Manager, the Professional Cricketers’ Association

As a Personal Development Manager (PDM) you will have responsibility for delivering education and support across all four pillars of our programme to male professional cricketers, county academy players and past players across the North and North Midlands region.

Account Director – Brand Experience, CSM Sport & Entertainment

The role sits within our Brand Experience Division at CSM Live. As the day-to-day client lead, you will direct a team that is responsible for servicing an established and exciting account, with a focus on the planning, delivery and post-campaign analysis of activations across a wide range of cultural and sporting events throughout the year.

Account & Support Manager, Upshot

Having grown rapidly since our launch in 2012, we are looking for a highly motivated person to join our team to deliver the Upshot system and our Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) support to the not-for-profit sector.

Extreme Destinations Development Manager, EXTREME 

As part of the Extreme Destinations development division, you will play a lead strategic and managerial role in driving specific projects forwards from the initial concept stage through design and planning and across the construction and operations. You will be responsible for the collaborative destination planning and development with partner developers, local and national governments, suppliers, and contractors.

Lead Consultant, Kinsey Sears

Kinsey Sears has an opportunity to join our team of widely respected industry experts delivering strategic support, leadership development and executive search services to sports organisations across the globe. Our work includes supporting global and national governing bodies, world events and tournaments, professional clubs, agencies, venues, membership organisations and charities.

TOM’S TOP JOB

Director Brand Management EMEA, Riot Games

It’s based in Reading but don’t let that put you off. If you’re serious about games then this is an incredible opportunity to drive the EMEA brand marketing efforts of a game developer with two of the hottest esport titles in the world – League of Legends and Valorant.

Apply here – good luck!