Recruitment Roundup: Arsenal, Adidas, Ulster Rugby

RIGHTSHOLDERS

Safeguarding and Wellbeing Manager – Newcastle United Football Club

Reporting into the Head of Safeguarding & Welfare, you will ensure our established Academy Safeguarding and Wellbeing department continues to support children to reach their whole person potential by providing effective ‘off-field’ support. As a member of the Academy Management Team, you will be an ‘expert in the room’ who brings to life the Club’s Safeguarding and Wellbeing strategies by developing ‘best in class’ working practices, ensuring compliance with specific industry rules and regulations the rights of children across the Academy. 

Academy Communications Manager – Brentford Football Club

The Academy Communications Manager plays a very important role in the Football Communications department. As well as being the communications lead for our well-established and highly-regarded B Team, there will be oversight of all football communications matters away from the First Team.

Senior Editorial Manager – Arsenal F.C 

We are looking for a Senior Editorial Manager to help shape the strategic output of our editorial and social content and oversee the planning and strategy of our wider editorial vision across our key digital touchpoints. This important role will work very closely with our brand marketing team to deliver the editorial strategy around brand defining moments at the football club. It will also collaborate with our partnerships and partner marketing teams to help shape best-in-class branded content for our commercial partners.

Marketing Manager – Ulster Rugby

This exciting role will involve developing and implementing innovative marketing strategies to drive fan engagement and ticket sales, plus deliver marketing assets and campaign activations for commercial partners.

Corporate Sales Executive – Rangers Football Club

As a Corporate Sales Executive you will be responsible for proactively driving new business for matchday hospitality, matchday VIP experiences and Corporate Hospitality focused events. This role will handle all inbound and outbound sales duties for specific Rangers fixtures and events (via email, phone and face-to-face at matches and club events) and will also include providing reports and date to senior members of the Club on sales performance. 

PR & Communications Manager – Tottenham Hotspur Football Club 

Tottenham Hotspur is recruiting for a new Communications role to further enhance its non-football communications, aligned to strategic objectives across the Club. This role would provide communications resource across several areas including ticketing, commercial partnerships, stadium events, retail, and marketing campaigns. The successful candidate would report directly into the Club’s Head of Public Relations.

EDI Campaigns Manager – England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

This exciting and important role supports our EDI and Communications Team create meaningful work that helps drive and celebrate equity, diversity, and inclusion across the game, aligned to cricket’s ambition to become the most inclusive sport. Focused heavily on campaigns, the successful candidate will create and deliver first-class work aimed at encouraging positive behaviour change through EDI education and storytelling via the Raising The Game platform/brand.

Senior Producer – Formula E

The Senior Producer will lead the in-house video and graphic creation for Formula E owned and operated digital channels, managing a team of editors and a digital designer to deliver best-in-class engaging content, aimed at growing the sport’s fanbase.

Manager, Partnership Solutions – Liverpool Football Club

The Partnership Solutions Team own the development and articulation of Liverpool FC’s partnership proposition. The team act as a group of in-house consultants, attaching themselves to individual conversations with prospective and current partners to craft compelling sales and renewals narratives, taking a lead on the drafting of decks, proposals and business cases that secure new/ongoing investment in the club.

Partnership Manager – Chelsea Football Club   

Chelsea FC are looking for someone to provide world class management of Club Partners; delivering industry-leading service, maintaining excellent relationships and delivering against business objectives, ensuring proactive and positive partnerships

Stadium Director – Wembley Stadium

The Football Association is recruiting for the unique and exciting role of Stadium Director at Wembley Stadium. This is a high-profile leadership role in the organisation, reporting into the Deputy CEO.  You will provide leadership and strategic direction to the Wembley Stadium Management team, ensuring that all events are appropriately and effectively planned and safely delivered.

Sporting Assistant – Motorsport UK

The Sporting department at Motorsport UK plays a key role in facilitating a safe, fair, and fun experience for the motorsport community. This involves ensuring the governance and regulations of the sport are relevant and suitable, as well as reviewing the current landscape of participation, with a view to encouraging greater and sustained enjoyment.

BRANDS

Flagship Marketing Activations Manager – adidas

Reporting into the Senior Marketing Activations Manager, this role is responsible for flawlessly developing and executing consumer-relevant campaigns, promotions, and in-store communication across full prices stores with a key focus on the Global City of London.

Marketing Director, International Emerging Business – Peloton Interactive

The Emerging Business (EB) Marketing Director is responsible for driving awareness, relevance, leads and sales across Emerging Business lines, which include Commercial, Corporate Wellness and Enterprise Partnerships. They will ensure that the Peloton Brand voice is amplified in all sales channels and is consistent with the International and Global EB strategy.

OTHER

Talent Licensing Assistant Manager, Bundesliga – Fanatics

The Talent Licensing Assistant Manager is responsible for assisting in the management of autograph licensing agreements and signings between athletes, celebrities, and Topps. This position will report to the Talent Licensing Manager and will act as the liaison between athletes, celebrities, agencies, and Topps International in the procurement of rights, content, and services for trading card products.

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