Recruitment Roundup: England Golf, Decathalon, Sky Sports

PARTNERS AND MEMBERS

The Wave – Business Development Executive

The Wave, Bristol, are recruiting for a Business Development Executive to expand our customer base and generate revenue for the business through proactive, outbound lead generation. This role will identify new opportunities for revenue generation, create lead generation strategies and execute to achieve business targets.

Senior Sales Executive, Virtual Gaming – Sportradar 

Sportradar, a leading digital international sports business is currently looking to recruit an experienced individual product sales representative to grow our Virtual gaming and Casino sales.

Agency Creative – MATTA 

We are growing rapidly and looking for a talented, highly motivated midweight or senior Copywriter, with an advertising agency background, to join our Creative Team – someone who is well on their way to being a creative force to be reckoned with. 

RIGHTSHOLDERS

CEO Business Manager – The FA

The role of CEO Business Manager is to prioritise and coordinate the workflow that needs to happen to ensure the CEO is well prepared for everything he does. Finding and analysing information, bringing people together, spotting potential problems, anticipating ‘what next’ and seeing the challenges before they occur; all to enable the CEO to make good and timely decisions and allow him to focus on the things that only he can do.

Marketing and Communications Manager – England Golf

The role of the iGolf Marketing and Communications Manager for England Golf encompasses the leadership and management of all marketing and communication activities for England Golf’s iGolf and iPlay applications, with a primary focus on driving connectivity, registrations, and participation in golf.

Marketing Event Executive – Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club

Our goal is to create legendary experiences for all matchday and non-matchday events – so we have a new position within our marketing team which will play the part of organising and delivering world-class match day activation for both our men’s and women’s first team games and non-match day events. You will enhance our fan experience and take it to the next level!

Operations Manager – British Champions Series Ltd

British Champions Series (BCS) is looking for a talented and creative Operations Manager to lead and deliver all operational activity to raise the profile of BCS and British Champions Day (BCD) and enhance the racecourse customer experience. The Operations Manager will be the main liaison, planner and executer for all BCS activations and site delivery. They will also lead the operational activity associated with the Hall of Fame and Club 26. 

Commercial Partnerships Manager – Manchester City Women

This role is responsible for the development of commercial partnership opportunities for MCWFC with an additional focus on Women’s Football within the global City Football Group properties. This role will be pivotal in the continued revenue growth for the Women’s team and identify key categories and best-in-class partners who help to grow our global Women’s Football brand.

Head of Partnership Sales – Saracens Group

We’re looking for an experienced Head of Partnership Sales to lead the partnership sales team and deliver commercial growth through the acquisition of new Club commercial partners, which will require you to build strong relationships with external parties and coordinate the sales process from first contact to successful lead conversion. You will work alongside key internal stakeholders to provide compelling partnership propositions and sales materials that help the Club successfully find and convert leads to increase the value of the commercial partnership portfolio. 

Head of Marketing – Stockport County FC 

Stockport County is looking for a dynamic and experienced Head of Marketing to spearhead the club’s growth across all fronts. This pivotal role will be responsible for not only leading and executing a comprehensive marketing strategy, but also shaping the future of the club, including but not limited to boosting fan engagement, driving sales, and maximising revenue opportunities across all departments.

Commercial Partnerships Manager – Harlequins

We are looking for an Account Management specialist with responsibility for maintaining partner relationships that promote retention and loyalty with the Club. This role will be required to not only deliver contractual rights but confidently translate partner objectives into both short and seasonal, meaningful campaigns.

Delivery Manager – LTA

We are seeking dedicated, experienced, and highly credible Delivery Managers to facilitate the implementation of our tennis and padel participation strategy. As a Delivery Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading the delivery of strategic plans and activities at a local level, working across all tennis delivery channels, ensuring a joined-up approach to maximise impact, with a focus on growing and diversifying the player base

Procurement Manager – World Rugby

We’re looking for a Procurement Manager to join our LOC and play a leading role in sourcing a wide variety of goods and services required to deliver an outstanding tournament, from a diverse and sustainable supply base.

Head of Tourism & Resorts Sales – Legends Tour

A senior position, the successful candidate will report directly into the CCO, but also works closely with the CEO, CMO and COO. You will be accountable for and lead the development of our Legends Tour Tourism and resorts proposition, in the search for new official tourism and golf resort partners (for both tournaments and advertising/content opportunities to promote their brands) and growth of existing tourism and resort partnerships with the Legends Tour.

Partner Manager – Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team 

A vacancy has arisen for an experienced Partner Manager within the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team. Working within the Partner Activation team, the successful candidate will operate cross functionally within the Marketing Operations Department, with Partner stakeholders and their agencies, being responsible for the planning and management of the global sponsorship activation across our team Partnerships.

Events & Technical Officer – British Triathlon Federation 

As Events and Technical Officer, you will play a key role in building and maintaining relationships with organisations who deliver events and programmes to grow triathlon and swim, bike, run. You will have responsibility for providing support and guidance to a range of stakeholders, as well administrative responsibility for the permitting of triathlon events and accreditation of programmes. 

Partnership Manager –  Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology 

As a member of the Red Bull Technology Partnerships team your responsibilities will include, but not limited to, establishing, and nurturing prosperous technical and powertrain relationships, and providing top-notch support for Partnership activation.

BRANDS

Head of UK Marketplace – Decathlon UK

As our Head of Marketplace, you will lead the Marketplace initiative, supporting our country’s objectives of expanding market share and attracting new customers. Your primary focus will be on nurturing our marketplace ecosystem and driving growth by overseeing business development, seller onboarding, account management, and customer service.

Senior Project Manager – JD Sports Fashion 

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of one or more complex projects aligned to JD’s Transformation portfolio. This portfolio consists of a number of complex projects and programmes designed to deliver substantive change and business benefit across the JD Group in an exciting, fast-paced, global, multi-fascia environment.

Pricing Analyst – New Balance 

New Balance are offering a full time role within Finance that will be at the heart of pricing functions & process. The role will support the Pricing & Analysis team across both finance & product but with particular focus on the management of all aspects of pricing control, specifically selling price mechanics & intercompany cost pricing that supports finance in the preparation of management month end accounts, forecasts & budgets. Training and support will be given, and you will gain a broad knowledge of a European finance department.

Golf Sales Manager – Foresight Sports Europe 

Thanks to the ongoing growth of the business, we are seeking a passionate, driven, talented, organised, and knowledgeable Sales Manager to cover the Scottish region. Reporting to the Sales Director, you will be responsible for sales across Scotland. You will be based in Scotland.

Product Buying & Sourcing Graduate Program – Gymshark

During this first ever Product Buying & Sourcing Graduate Program, your mission will be to learn from our world-class Product Buying and Sourcing functions. These functions work towards maintaining Gymshark’s sustainable supply chain, delivering our Global Sourcing & Buying Strategy and contributing to the success of our product offerings.

Senior Quality Designer – EA Sports FC

EA Southam is looking for a Senior Quality Designer to join our EA Sports FC team. Reporting to the Development director, this is an opportunity to develop new quality practices that aim to improve quality across all teams at EA.

Editor – Fanatics

The editor is responsible for end-to-end editorial process on assigned projects, working closely with brand, design and operations teams to create compelling and innovative trading card and sticker products.

MEDIA

Football Journalist – Sky Sports

An opportunity for aspiring and existing football journalists to join the Sky Sports Digital football team on a fixed-term basis for 12 months, based predominantly from our Osterley campus. 

Business Development Manager – SportsPro

As a Business Development Manager, B2B Event Partnerships you will secure commercial partnerships across SportsPro’s events and digital media portfolio with organisations operating in the sports sector. This is an autonomous role within a commercial team of twelve, reporting into the Commercial Director.

VP Media Rights Sales, Broadcast Partnerships – DAZN

As leader within DAZN’s Broadcast Partnerships division, you will define & implement sales strategies. You will be responsible for coordinating technical delivery & distribution, managing relationships with rightsholder partners and providing internal & external reporting on performance.

Reporter – SportBusiness Media

As a reporter on SportBusiness Media, you will be writing news and analysis articles on sports media deals and trends, from billion-dollar rights agreements to niche deals that all contribute to the flow of money in sport.

OTHER

Sales Associate, Global Sporting Events – SKYMAGIC Drone Shows

This role will form a key part of our sales and business development team’s activities as we look to target opportunities more effectively by sector and geography. Your day-to-day tasks will focus on researching specific sports/events and identifying relevant individuals within those networks with the remit to commission entertainment or brand activations. This could include relevant marketing, PR, or sponsorship agencies.