Recruitment Roundup: Red Bull Racing, Electronic Arts, Ladbible

08 Nov 2023 | Tom Love
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RIGHTSHOLDERS

Relationship Manager, Race Promotion – Formula 1

The Relationship Manager will provide strategic support to help build, maintain and grow existing relationships. They will also help identify and deliver innovative fan engagement activities in conjunction with race promoters as well as governments and host cities. The role will involve working with the Relationship Management and Commercial Development functions within the Race Promotion Team, and internally with other F1 departments to help streamline communication, problem solve and grow fan engagement opportunities. 

Partnership Executive – Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Partnership Executive to join Oracle Red Bull Racing. You will be working within our talented Partnerships team at our Technology Campus in Milton Keynes. This role plays a crucial part in our success on and off the track, by building and maintaining our successful commercial relationships, and delivering world class Partnership activation support.

Senior Video Designer, Partnerships Creative – Liverpool Football Club

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Liverpool FC team as a Senior Video Designer, Partnerships Creative, based in our London office. In this role you will work closely with our Central Team and our Partnerships team to provide innovative and compelling sales materials to drive partnerships.

Senior Manager Diverse Communities – England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) 

We’re recruiting this exciting role to oversee the next phase of our efforts to engage ethnically diverse communities in cricket, focusing on South Asian and Black communities. The role will lead the design of a plan to better engage diverse communities in recreational cricket bringing together, schools, clubs, volunteers and participants.

Client Services Coordinator – PGA TOUR

The International Media Coordinator is responsible for departmental support and coordination to service the PGA TOUR’s 45+ international media partnerships globally. Primary responsibilities include partnership rights management and operational support in EMEA, and supporting the TOUR’s international offices (based in London, Tokyo, and Beijing) with on- going projects. This position provides cross-functional support across Client Services, Content, Sponsor Relations, and International Marketing to deliver on media partner needs and internal initiatives.

Marketing Executive, Ticketing and Membership – Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Reporting into the Marketing Manager – Football, the Marketing Executive will assist with the implementation of marketing initiatives and campaigns to help achieve Club marketing objectives, with a focus on Men’s Ticketing and One Hotspur Memberships.

Senior Data and Insights Manager – The Premier League 

As part of our commitment to use data and insight to inform and underpin policies, strategies, and key workstreams, the Policy and Corporate Affairs department is recruiting a Senior Data and Insights Manager. The successful candidate will support projects, programs, and strategy work across the department, including reporting and evaluation across: fan engagement, safety and security, EDI, sustainability, wider football and community investment, and a range of public affairs/policy matters.

Office Services Assistant – England Rugby 

A hands-on role providing a customer focused, professional front office, concierge, reception, enquiry and back-office support function to the RFU headquarters. This is a busy full time (40hpw) position, working to cover the flexible operational hours of the headquarters venue, including a variety of shift patterns and up to approximately 20 additional event days per annum.

Digital Coordinator – Formula E

A key member of the in-house Formula E digital team, the Digital Coordinator will work closely with our various members of the digital team, focussing predominantly on our owned platforms. You’ll be supporting digital product development from concept to delivery and be responsible for coordinating the workflow between internal stakeholders and our external partners as well as end users. 

Social Media Content Creator – Chelsea Football Club

As Social Media Content Creator for Chelsea Foundation, you will be responsible for content creation for Chelsea Foundation’s social media channels with a particular focus capturing dynamic photography and video content from Chelsea Foundation’s extensive programme of activity. This content will then be used to highlight the work of Chelsea Foundation on external channels such as Instagram, Twitter and ChelseaFC.com. You will also work closely with colleagues to capture content, including those responsible for content creation for the Chelsea FC global social media channels, aligning with the wider social strategy, house style and tone of voice.

BRANDS 

Head of Commercial – Sportsbreaks.com

Reporting into the Managing Director, and part of the senior management team this role is responsible for leading product, pricing and commercial strategy, maximising commercial relationships with key suppliers and for the overall pricing and margin strategy. Drive growth through the development of new and existing propositions, focusing on building value propositions that meet the needs of sports fans. Leading a team of product managers, the applicant must have a passion for developing and managing a team in a fast paced and high-performance environment.

Head of Social Media & Community, Madrid, Spain – Socios.com

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Social Media to join our growing team. We are looking for the right candidate who can manage a multi-language and multi-market social media team while providing strategic and operational leadership to our English-language social content and community. 

Senior Partnerships Executive – Myprotein

Reporting into the Partnerships Manager, you will support the further development of Myprotein’s Partnerships Programme by helping to create and execute a vision set by the Partnerships Manager and support on building strategic plans to deliver results. You will be co-responsible responsible for the partnerships channel, including partner recruitment, onboarding, retention, budget management as well as compliance for the channel.

Senior Sports Partnership Executive – JD Sports Fashion

The purpose of this role is to assist the Sports Partnerships Manager & wider Partnerships team in executing JD’s Sports Partnerships activity. It includes supporting on the servicing of contractual assets, delivering activation calendars & assisting with the planning and activating of key activity across JD & partner channels. It will also include liaison with other teams to understand the support required across the retail and multi-channel estate to assist in maximising and reporting on commercial partner trade opportunities. The role will involve liaising briefing content with JD’s Studio, partners & content providers. It will also involve monitoring competitor and other partner activity.

UK Pro Sports Business Development Manager – Hytro 

We’re looking for a full time Pro Sports Business Development Manager to oversee and lead Hytro’s efforts in this UK across key sports. We’ve already made huge inroads with pro clubs and sporting organisations, and now we’re looking for someone with a proven track record managing pro team accounts to accelerate this progress and manage all of our existing relationships. You will play a key role in the growth of the business and will report directly into the Global Head of Sports. In this fast growing start up there will be opportunities to rapidly move up to a senior position within the company. 

Lifecycle Planner, FC – Electronic Arts (EA) 

The Lifecycle Planner, FC will play an important role on the FC Lifecycle Marketing team by working with the Lifecycle Manager to help design cohesive and seamless player journeys, connecting multiple channels, such as email, in-game, web and mobile, to work together to personalise a player’s experience across EA’s Network. The Lifecycle Planner will focus on EA SPORTS FC, working with teams to implement messaging for the expressed purpose of improving player experiences and driving player progression. Reporting to the Lifecycle Manager. You will be based at EA Guildford on a Hybrid basis.

MEDIA

UK Live Coverage Editor – MailOnline 

MailOnline is looking for a UK Live Coverage Editor to join our team in our London office. We are looking for a self-motivated individual with extensive media experience who thrives in a fast-paced news environment. You will be responsible for covering a wide range of both UK and global topics and be an integral part of our team, covering live events with speed, personality and authority. The ideal candidate will have experience of live blog reporting, a solid understanding of data and will be a key part of implementing our audience growth strategy.

Senior Creative Producer, Sports – LADbible Group

We are looking for a talented and proactive individual who will be planning and running our Sports strand of Original programming, you will also be working to expand our ventures into sponsorship, podcasting and beyond. Our ideal candidate will have a wealth of long and short form online video experience and be able to direct the biggest in sports talent and sports fans. 

Live Sports Reporter – The i Paper 

i is seeking an experienced reporter to drive the sports news agenda with engaging content that adheres to the high standards of our growing output. The role is a critical one at the heart of i’s busy sports operation and requires a multi-tasker with good news judgement, a talent for finding new angles on breaking stories, and possessing excellent writing skills. The right candidate will be analytically informed, target-driven, proactive on social media, have a track record of being a reliable self-starter bursting with ideas, and experience in covering stories quickly and well.

Assistant Sports Editor – MailOnline 

MailOnline Sport is looking for a talented Assistant Editor to work in the department’s senior team. Suitable candidates will be experienced online reporters – ideally with some management experience – with a track record of working under pressure while coordinating a team during major events. They will be expected to edit the sports homepage, lead shifts, maximise breaking news and spot stories that appeal to a huge audience.

OTHER

Client Experience & Communications Manager – TrybWorld 

The Client Experience & Communications Manager will form an integral part of the Live Experiences team to drive the successful delivery of the BSMR live events and other live events or activations such as PWR Hour. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and executing the participant experience and communications strategy and supporting on event operations.

Brand Manager – MATTA

MATTA is growing rapidly and looking for a talented, highly motivated Brand Manager to partner with an exciting new client in the premium sportswear apparel industry. You will be the ‘go to person’ for this new campaign, and integral to the partnership between MATTA, the client and their retailer, and in our smooth and efficient production of high volume creative assets and deliverables that drive sales.  You will establish the processes and channels to ease and facilitate this workflow and communication, and will employ your enthusiasm, diplomacy and excellent communication skills in ensuring all stakeholders are engaged and aligned. 

Operations Manager – Women in Sport

This role needs someone driven and highly organised who thrives under pressure and sustains high standards while managing competing demands. You will have a clear mind, a strong track record in at least one of the key functions of the role and a strong natural aptitude to assimilate new knowledge and be outward looking.  You will be able to build trust at a high level internally and externally.  

Digital Communications Officer – UK Anti-Doping

You will be responsible for building and growing our anti-doping community online and raising awareness and understanding of anti-doing among key audiences, including athletes, their support personnel and stakeholders. You will also assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of communications campaigns and planning tailored social media content and developing new and innovative content. In addition, you will support the internal communications using Viva Engage. 

Head of Commercial – Rugby Players Association

To initiate, develop, and deliver a Commercial strategy that optimises existing income streams and builds new revenue channels for both the RPA and our players. This will require new ways of working and a creative and innovative approach to both identifying new opportunities, and the commercial models that are generated as a result. In doing all of this at the same time protecting and enhancing the reputation of the RPA, and our collective and individual members.

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