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RIGHTSHOLDERS
Director, Ticketing & Hospitality, LIV Golf
The Director of Ticketing & Hospitality will work with the SVP, Ticketing & Hospitality in leading business development strategy, building effective relationships across all LIV Events and partners to yield revenue across all channels. This role will look out for trends and be ready to act to capitalise on them. They will ensure that sales reporting is shared and understood by key stakeholders to ensure that information flows effectively, by using and leading CRM hygiene and BI tools. They’ll work in close connection with our ticketing partners to ensure hospitality and ticketing strategy is exercised across all channels.
Partner Services Executive, Arsenal FC
In this exciting role, you’ll be building fantastic relationships with our commercial partners, working with them to maximise all partnership opportunities and to provide a best in class customer service.
Senior Partnerships Manager, SailGP
Reporting to the Head of Partnerships, the Senior Partnerships Manager is to provide senior leadership to their allocated partners (which will include owning responsibility for at least one major global League partner), lead on the development and delivery of Partner wide projects / initiatives, work with a commercially driven mindset, as well as lead on relationship management for wider internal and external wider dependent stakeholders.
Senior Creative Designer, Professional Triathletes Organisation
As the Senior Designer you will be passionate about all things creative, drawing inspiration from a wide array of influences and confidently applying your skills and experience to make your mark within your field. The role has a unique opportunity to work across the whole of the PTO, whether it’s head-turning bespoke campaigns, new business pitches or functional design across all company needs. You’re a talented conceptual thinker who can adapt and collaborate with the Content and wider PTO teams to maintain and develop the content strategy.
Player, Influencer & Partner Marketing, National Basketball Association (NBA)
Based in London or Madrid, this position will work across all business units on the design, planning and implementation of fan-facing assets to help drive revenue and assist in the delivery of the overall strategy with players and influencers to achieve short, long and midterm business objectives.
Senior Partnership Marketing Manager MENA, City Football Group
Working closely with the Head of Partnership Marketing, the Senior Partnership Marketing Manager, MENA will be responsible for managing and maximising a segment of City Football Marketing’s (CFM) growing portfolio of partners, with a focus on, but not limited to, MENA.
E-Commerce CRM & Campaign Manager, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team
Reporting to the Senior E-Commerce Manager, you’ll manage all post e-commerce sale retention activity within a Lifetime Value Framework, that you will help build.
Partnerships Manager, International Tennis Federation
The Partnerships Manager will be responsible for managing the delivery of key ITF Partnerships with focus on achieving exceptional satisfaction rates. There will also be a requirement to play an important role in sales processes – helping to secure new partners, supporting with renewals and upsells.
Head of Local Academy Scouting, Chelsea Football Club
We are looking for a new senior position, Head of Local Academy Scouting. The role will support the Head of Local Recruitment and manage staff to identify, monitor, report and secure the best local talents.
Health & Wellbeing Lead, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
The role will be pivotal in ensuring compliance with national standards, clinical and good practice and any legal requirements. This role will also be responsible for ensuring the Club can respond to changes in Premier League, FA and Government policy.
Head of Content, British Basketball League
Reporting to the Chief Content Officer, you will execute and develop the editorial narrative across all platforms across the BBL. You will help hire and grow a team of content creators for the league, and you will need to oversee multiple projects and be able to prioritise and be reactive while keeping an eye on the long-term ambitions of the team.
Women’s National Coach Developer, The Football Association
You will be an integral member of the team, the Women’s National Coach Developer will drive Coach Development in the senior women’s game, specifically supporting high-performing coaches working within the Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL) & Women’s Championship (WC). Aligned with this, the role will identify and develop top coaching talent within the women’s professional game academies.
Commercial Partnerships Executive, London Marathon Events
Due to continued business growth, we are now recruiting for a Commercial Partnerships Executive to be part of the Commercial Partnerships team. Reporting into the Commercial Partnerships Senior Manager this role is an excellent opportunity for an individual with a couple of years’ experience seeking a move to a blue-chip rights holder.
BRANDS
Communications Manager, Riot Games
You will work across our MOBA game portfolio, including League of Legends and Wild Rift, collaborating closely with the EMEA Brand team, global publishing and channel marketing teams, local publishing teams, and partners to promote content and campaigns across different platforms.
Senior Brand Creative Strategist, Nike
As a London Brand Creative Strategist, you will build the voice that expresses the heart and soul of the Nike brand, leveraging athletes, communities, products, and services to encourage our consumers through the power of storytelling.
Director Product PR, Group Lotus
This pivotal role for an experienced senior PR professional and storyteller is to lead the global Product PR team, ensuring all external product communications are on strategy, on message and to the highest standards to maximise global media coverage.
Athlete Marketing Manager, Electronic Arts (EA)
As an Athlete Marketing Manager you will build relationships with male and female athletes in key markets for our football (soccer) and racing business. You will understand our EA SPORTS marketing goals and support us in building holistic marketing plans for how and when we engage with football and racing talent.
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Trading Analyst, Sportradar
Due to some exciting growth here at Sportradar we are looking for a Trading Analyst to join our MTS team based in our Central London office. Our MTS (Managed Trading Service) is a liability management service for bookmakers and lotteries for both pre-match and live odds. The service delivers a complete risk management service for all events where our odds are offered. As aTrading Analyst you will be responsible for the daily operation of Sportradar’s rapidly expanding Managed Trading Service (MTS).
Sport Engagement Officer, UK Anti-Doping
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is on a mission to protect clean sport and currently has an exciting opportunity available for you to join us. We’re looking to recruit a Testing Officer, to join the Operations directorate. This role will work within the Testing team, working to plan, deliver and monitor a risk-based, intelligence-led testing programme for Athletes in line with International Standards and the Operations Directorate Operational Plan.
TOM’S TOP JOB
Senior Creative Designer, Professional Triathletes Organisation
On the FEVO Sport Industry Awards 2023 shortlist for sport organisation of the year and best on social, the PTO appear to be doing a lot of things right at the moment. They’re and upstart organisation half-owned by the athletes with big ambitions, and presumably everyone working there is incredibly fit by proxy.
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