Recruitment Roundup: Red Bull, Man Utd, Silverstone

15 Nov 2023 | Tom Love
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RIGHTSHOLDERS

Sustainability Manager – Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

The Sustainability Manager will be responsible for driving and embedding the Club’s sustainability strategy.

Partner Manager – Alpine

As a Partner Manager, you will be a key player in our journey to success, responsible for managing and enhancing our existing partnerships while developing new ones. This role places a strong emphasis on creativity, key performance indicators (KPIs), and cross-functional collaboration.

Head of Climate Action – SailGP

The industry leading Purpose and Impact team is growing and looking for a dynamic, innovative decarbonization lead to manage all carbon targets, disclosures, and reporting. Reporting directly to the Chief Purpose Officer this role will be critical in the SailGP’s purpose delivery moving forward and ensuring sustainable growth.

Head of Partnership Development – Newcastle United Football Club

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Partnership Development to lead the Club’s Partnership Development team to identify and secure high value global partnership deals for of the worlds’ most iconic football clubs, Newcastle United. Reporting to the Director of Partnerships you will also be responsible for developing and maintaining trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders, particularly partner agencies.

Partnerships Project Manager – Manchester United

To work closely with the Partnerships Director (PD) and Associate Partnerships Director (APD) and the Planning and Performance team, the PPM will be responsible for creating and delivering the partnership marketing plan for several partners, ensuring that activations perform effectively in-line with partnership objectives, delivered on time and within budget. The focus is on understanding partner objectives and campaign execution whilst reporting tangible results, and ensuring contractual rights are utilised.

Sponsorship Sales Manager – United Rugby Championship

Working closely with the Commercial Director and alongside the Commercial Insights and Partnerships teams, the new Sponsorship Sales Manager will be required to identify opportunities, think strategically, build relationships, be relentless in their pursuit of opportunities and ultimately deliver new sponsorship revenue for the URC. This role requires a confident, resilient and well-balanced individual who is as comfortable working individually in the pursuit of their goals as working in a thriving and exciting close knit team environment.

Head of Women’s Academy – Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea FC are looking for a Head of Women’s Academy to be responsible for the management of all technical aspects of players development at youth level & the pathway to senior football. To oversee all departments within the academy, ensuring that all aspects are being delivered to the highest standards.

Licensing Executive – West Ham United FC

We are looking for a highly proactive and organised Licensing Executive to join our team and play a key role in the continuing development of the Club’s brand licensing programme. The role will report into the Licensing Lead with a focus on the day-to-day management of several core elements of the licensing programme.

Production Coordinator, Live Content – Manchester City Football Club

The Production Coordinator will provide logistical coordination to the production team across all our live and video content platforms. They will be responsible for assisting the Production Manager in identifying and sourcing appropriate resource and location requirements for all areas of the production process working with stakeholders across the business.

Designer – Manchester United

Working within this fast paced, exciting, and demanding department you’ll collaborate with the wider Brand Team including art directors, designers, motion graphics designers and campaign management. The purpose is to work across a broad range of creative design, from PPT and keynote presentations, to digital design and physical print assets.

Communications Manager, Women’s Programme – Scottish Rugby

Scottish Rugby has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join the Communications team working as part of the Women’s Programme. The role involves delivering internal and external communications for Scottish Rugby, focusing on the promotion of the High Performance dept’s elite women’s programme, with specific focus on Scotland Women national team, women’s programme representative teams, women’s pathway programme activities and support other communications plans related to the organisational Women and Girls’ Strategy.

Events Marketing Manager – PTO

As the Events Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for leading our event marketing efforts, with a strong focus on age group sales for the mass participation element of a number of PTO events across the world. You will be expected to lead our events marketing for the events that you manage (x2-x4 events).

Senior Marketing Manager – PTO

In this key, high-impact role, the Senior Marketing Manager will play a pivotal part in defining and delivering marketing strategies and plans across all internal and external channels, collaborating with an internal team of marketing professionals and also working closely with cross-departmental teams, as well as agencies to drive brand awareness, customer engagement, and revenue growth.

Head of Business Development – Scottish FA

The Scottish FA is looking to recruit a new Head of Business Development within the newly formed Scottish Football Marketing to identify, qualify, and win new Commercial Partnerships across Scottish Football. The job holder will work with the Commercial Director to drive new commercial partnership and sponsorship revenue into Scottish football and support him to develop and deliver a comprehensive, and robust commercial sales strategy for Scottish football, both short and long term.

Head of Digital and Engagement – BUCS

This is a unique opportunity to join the national governing body for higher education (HE) sport on the next step on its digital journey. Our new strategy for 2023 to 2027 has just been launched and we are also recruiting a new CEO to lead the executive to deliver it.

Digital Content Producer – British Swimming

British Swimming is seeking a Digital Content Producer to join our Events, Marketing & Communications team, reporting to the Head of Communications and Marketing, as we head into the excitement of Paralympic and Olympic year in 2024.

MEDIA

Sponsorship Sales Director, Women’s Football – DAZN

We are looking to build a rich and deep blend of commercial partnerships to add value and monetise this mix of owned, operated and 3rd party audience. We are creating an unparalleled platform and looking for the right person to join our team, relish in this unique opportunity and contribute a game changing performance.

Digital Sport Journalist – BBC

We’re looking for someone who has a passion to tell sport stories. From Southampton’s efforts to return to the promised land of the Premier League, via Oxford United’s ambitious plans for the future to how the Pompey faithful are dealing with years in the lower leagues. You’ll be as comfortable in the Pavilion at the Ageas Bowl as you are the stands of Westleigh Park. BBC South needs to be there. You won’t want to be just limited to football and cricket, we need someone who sees the sporting world in all its variety and diversity. Boxing and netball to GAA and speedway there’s a huge array of sports played in the South by people from all demographics – we want someone who will tell the stories of all the people who take part.

BRAND

Culture Marketing Manager – Red Bull

Red Bull UK is recruiting for a Culture Marketing Manager to be based in London, UK. The Red Bull Culture Marketing team builds brand relevance through the execution of programs that give wings to creative communities focused in the playgrounds of music, dance, art, and social innovation. As the Culture Marketing Manager, you will own and manage the culture marketing activity, primarily in the field of music. You will guide the development and execution of innovative marketing projects with the purpose of reaching consumers in the UK and growing the consumption of Red Bull Energy Drink.

Digital Marketing Manager – PureGym

We’re looking for a highly organised Digital Marketing Manager to join us to manage the delivery of offers and campaigns across all digital channels for our gyms in the UK, Denmark, Switzerland and the US. The purpose of the role is to ensure successful delivery of offers and campaigns across all markets, maximising joiners during campaign periods.

Category Manager, Football & Performance Sports – New Balance

Are you passionate about Football and come from a merchandising background? If yes, this is the role for you! As the Category Manager, Football you will be responsible for managing the Football strategy for EMEA, working alongside the Commercial and Marketing Leads to deliver key regional and global business objectives. We are looking for someone with previous experience within a merchandising role who has excellent insight of the Football market. The ideal candidate must be passionate about sport and be able to champion Football internally and externally for New Balance across EMEA alongside other categories within performance sports which including Skate, Basketball and Tennis.

Sponsorship Manager – Sage

This position is a key role within the Brand Management organisation, working to activate our European sponsorship portfolio. You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day management of our sponsorships, including The Hundred, The Hundred Draft, the Guinness Six Nations, and Tik Tok Women’s Six Nations, as well as having the opportunity to provide consultation around potential new partnerships.

OTHER

Volunteers Manager – Silverstone Circuits Ltd

We couldn’t go racing without the support of over 1,500 dedicated Marshal and Race Maker volunteers. Our volunteers teams play an intrinsic and crucial role in delivering a jam-packed calendar of over 40+ world class events. The postholder will lead on the Volunteering policy and strategy, committed to ensuring these principles are in line with Silverstone’s overall long-term objectives and best practice.

Sport Competitions Administrator – The University of Manchester

The University is looking to appoint a Sport Competitions Administrator to support the administration of the performance sport programme. This person will play a key role in the delivery of competitive sport to student athletes at the University of Manchester throughout the year.

Digital Content Manager, FC Pro – Two Circles

We are looking for a talented journalist, with a love of eSports, gaming and football, to write, edit and manage content for the official FC Pro website. You will be bursting with ideas for coverage of the sport and capable of briefing those ideas to a team of writers, or executing yourself. Experience of content management systems is essential, and you will need to know how to prioritise stories on the homepage, and always keep the look and feel of the platform fresh and relevant. Video and image management is also a key part of this role, as well as working closely with our team of developers and our creative content studio.

Freelance Sustainability Manager – Football For Future

We are looking for personable and passionate individuals, with experience managing public project launches and communications, to join our Comms Team as freelance Comms Officers. These people will be responsible for managing the publicity and communications of special FFF projects and partnerships. You will report to FFF’s Comms Manager and co-directors.

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