Recruitment Roundup: Liverpool, Socios, Greenfly

RIGHTSHOLDERS

Lead Academy Sports Scientist – Brentford Football Club

Reporting to the Head of Academy Medical and Sports Science (HoAMSS), lead a team of Sports Science staff in the design, delivery and continual evaluation all areas of physical and athletic development within the Academy, adopting an age/training history specific approach.

Creative Director – Liverpool Football Club

We are looking for an individual with an extensive experience of developing and executing major global marketing campaigns for blue chip brands to join our team as Creative Director – for Liverpool FC’s partnerships business. In this role, you will lead the Partnerships Creative Team through the next phase of its evolution and extend the team’s remit further across the creative disciplines, creating a function that injects ideas, innovation and marketing campaign expertise into every stage of the partner journey.

Content Producer, Women’s Professional Game – The Football Association

Our Content Producer will plan, produce and distribute industry-leading content to maximise the growth of the Barclays Women’s Super League, Barclays Women’s Championship and The FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup across all owned and operated channels. Delivery will be in part through our incumbent social media agencies – therefore we are looking for someone who can both lead, inspire and manage agencies whilst also bringing their own creative ideas to the role.

Education & Player Care Officer – Birmingham City FC

Birmingham City Football Club is actively seeking an Education & Player Care Officer to offer high-standard support for all PGA players across Education and other off-field areas. It is essential that the Professional Game Academy is a Dual Career environment that addresses the holistic needs of players and supports them equally in their football, education and future career aspirations. You will communicate and promote the Academy culture creating a ‘High Performing’ environment for the development of young players.

Global Licensing Manager – Newcastle United Football Club

This is an exciting time at Newcastle United and we are looking for talented individuals to help us on our journey. To help us deliver on our ambitious plans we have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Licensing Manager to lead our licensing function. Joining a busy and friendly team, you will be an experienced licensing professional with proven experience developing and executing a licensing strategy, preferably within the sports or entertainment industry.

Deputy Director of Participation and Events – British Triathlon Federation

British Triathlon and Triathlon England are seeking to attract an exceptional leader, collaborator, and sport sector professional to the newly created position of Deputy Director of Participation and Events. The individual will play a crucial role in the overall leadership of the Development Directorate as well as take specific strategic and operational ownership and oversight for our participation and events portfolios.

WXV Operations Manager – World Rugby

World Rugby wishes to appoint an Operations Manager, based in Dublin, reporting to the Head of Women’s Competitions. The Operations Manager will be responsible for the delivery of WXV along with the delivery of women’s international test matches. The Operations Manager work with internal and external stakeholders to drive standards of delivery and ensure key performance indicators are met. The role will include office based operational planning as well as on site delivery venue visits, tournaments and events, which will require adjusted hours and weekend work. The Operations Manager will have a proven track record of leading and planning large sports events.

Commercial Partnerships Manager – British Cycling

You will be responsible for the proactive account management of British Cycling’s commercial partnerships, working closely with partners, to execute and deliver bold, stand-out activations that deliver proven value to our partner network. Key responsibilities will include:

Social Impact Manager – Formula E

To own, lead and deliver our ‘Social Progress’ strategy, including the development and progression of Formula E’s social impact, D,E& I and philanthropy programme’s.

Senior External Relations Manager – Arsenal

We are looking for a Senior External Relations Manager to devise and oversee our communications and engagement with local stakeholders and our formalised supporter groups. You will play a vital role in maximising communication opportunities and transforming our relationship with local stakeholders, working cross departmentally to ensure we show up consistently with an agreed narrative and club objectives which align with those of our key stakeholders. Your work will be vital in supporting our overarching communications objective of ‘showing the world what we stand for.’

BRANDS

Senior Manager, Growth Strategy – Sports, EMEA – 2K

We are looking for a high performing Senior Growth Manager to use raw data and translate business analysis into useful insights to run the business and increase profitability of 2K’s key sports franchises.

TECH

Associate Director – YouGov Sport

YouGov Sports’ group seeks an experienced analytical leader with an enthusiasm for working directly with clients as an Associate Director. In this role, you will play a critical part in conducting media research, drawing insights to support the evaluation of sponsorships across the global sports industry in a reliable and efficient manner. The role will be leading a growing team of Senior Analysts, Analyst and Junior Analysts.

Events Manager – Socios.com

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Events Manager with a “can-do” attitude to define and deliver our external conference and events programme. The Events Manager will be tasked with researching and securing participation at key events across the sports and blockchain event calendar, and will be responsible for negotiating quotes and agreements with vendors, assisting with event marketing, monitoring timeframes and budgets, networking and delivering on brief objectives.

Head of Business Development (EMEA) – Greenfly

Greenfly is looking to hire a Head of Business Development for the EMEA region to support our rapid growth. Our enterprise SaaS platform enables the world’s biggest sports and media organizations to capture, organize and share digital media across departments as well as with athletes and broadcasters.

MEDIA

Sports Content & Community Manager – JOE Media Group (UK)

JOE is looking for an experienced Sports Content & Community Manager to join JOE’s original content team and help manage and maintain our rugby, football and fight sports accounts. Someone with a creative mind, a proven ability to create content that hits and exceeds targets, and a brilliant understanding of the social landscape.

OTHER

Senior Analyst – Spectacle Partners

We are seeking a Senior Analyst to join our team. In this role, you underpin everything we do. As strategic reputation advisors we always base our guidance to client partners on insight from audiences that matter to them and the marketplaces or arenas in which they operate.

Director of University Sport – University of Surrey

Reporting directly to the University Chief Operating Officer, you will be responsible for the operational and strategic leadership of the Surrey Sports Park business. In addition, you will be accountable to Surrey Sports Park board, balancing these demands with those of the University. You will be responsible for overseeing and evolving the overall sports delivery programme, ensuring it remains an integral part of the Surrey student experience, from the elite sports to physical wellbeing activities. You will lead on initiating strategic business partnerships to further the Surrey Sports Park strategy alongside nurturing those already in place.

Executive Producer – Whisper

We are looking for a dynamic Executive Producer to join the team at Whisper to work across our growing sport content ranging from Football, Boxing and Esports. The post would suit someone who has experience of working in Sport production or has an innate passion for high-end sports production. You should be able to lead, collaborate and drive a team forward to deliver content that meets Whisper’s values and ethos.

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