Recruitment Roundup: Williams, Specialized, Beyond Sport

PARTNERS AND MEMBERS

54 – Event Director

The opportunity exists for a dynamic, motivated and experienced Event Director to join the Performance54 team, to oversee the delivery of major events on behalf of Performance54’s international client portfolio. The role will initially focus on the company’s golf event portfolio (LIV Golf, Aramco Team Series, International Series), and be responsible for all aspects of Event delivery, including, rightsholder, partner and client liaison, budget and project management, production and logistics.

Little Dot Studios – Junior Graphic Designer

Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are an award winning digital content agency and media network who are currently on the lookout for a Junior Graphic Designer to join our B2B Marketing team. This is a fantastic entry level opportunity to kick-start your career in graphic design.

Beyond Sport – Corporate & Foundation Partnerships Manager

Beyond Sport is looking for an entrepreneurial, results and detail-oriented individual capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment to join an international non-profit dedicated to using sport as a lever to create effective solutions to the most complex issues of our time.

RIGHTSHOLDERS

West Ham United – Corporate Communications Manager

Responsible for creating and executing West Ham United’s corporate and public affairs communications strategy, with a strong focus on the stadium and the local community in which the club is based, as well as through a national and international lens.

Premiership Women’s Rugby – Head of Marketing

Reporting to the CEO, the Head of Marketing will spearhead audience growth for Premiership Women’s Rugby. This role involves developing marketing campaigns, managing digital content, and collaborating with a range of key stakeholders to drive fan engagement and visibility for the league, its clubs and players. This is a pivotal moment for the sport ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England in 2025. We are looking for a candidate who is excited by the opportunity to create genuine change.

British Cycling – BCE Operations Director

The focus of the role is to lead the operational delivery of the Tour of Britain events and be a key player in evolving and shaping the strategic direction and future programme of the flagship events portfolio. You will work collaboratively across multiple functions and have responsibility for all operational plans and deliverables.

Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology – Head of Internal Communications

We have an exciting opening for a highly creative and experienced Head of Internal Communications to lead our IC strategy and help build an employee first culture across Red Bull Technology Group. This is a 12-Month Fixed Term Contract (MAT Cover) and the successful candidate will be tasked with continuing to develop our distinct and innovative direction for the IC Team by engaging with senior leaders and actively listening to our employees, while consistently reviewing and improving.

Swansea City Football Club – Head of Media & Communications

The Head of Media and Communications will devise and lead the implementation of a media strategy to better control the narrative presented to external audiences, including supporters, investors, media outlets, and the general public.

McLaren Racing – Manager, Partner Content Planner

The purpose of this role is to lead the end-to-end planning, production, and delivery of best-in-class partner content and campaigns to deliver against our commercial targets. You will use your specialist knowledge to provide consultancy to partner managers, helping them to translate contractual rights into engaging content for McLaren’s global fan base.

Chelsea Football Club – Partnership Marketing Executive

An integral part of the Marketing team, this role is responsible for managing the end-to-end process for delivering the club’s commercial partners’ (sponsors) marketing campaigns across Chelsea FC owned and operated channels. The Marketing Executive will be responsible for the planning, delivery and evaluation of contractual marketing campaigns across digital, social, email, content and match day campaigns.

Williams Racing – Marketing Operations Manager, Esports

The Marketing Operations Manager, Esports will deliver industry-leading marketing support to enable performance at the highest level, while ensuring the company’s values and behaviours are applied consistently across all team activity. Reporting to the Director of Esports, this role will play an integral part in developing the future of the esports business to enhances the Williams brand and reputation in gaming.

World Rugby – Fan Services Manager

As the Fan Services Manager, you will be the Functional Area lead, responsible for ensuring a seamless and engaging experience for all spectators across the fan journey for all venues. You will manage a team of Fan Services Venue Managers and volunteers during the tournament, oversee accessibility and family-friendly provisions and coordinate with various stakeholders to deliver top-tier services to fans attending the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025.

Southampton Football Club – Creative Designer

You will be joining our in-house creative team, working closely with the Brand & Creative Lead to produce work that is seamlessly in-line with Southampton FC’s tone and guidelines. You will be asked to deliver brilliant creative work across the entire club including, but not limited to, marketing campaigns, matchday graphics, environmental design, printed materials and digital advertising.

Burnley Football Club – Head of Marketing

An exciting opportunity has become available for a proactive and driven Head of Marketing at a pivotal time of transition and change for Burnley Football Club. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in a senior role within marketing with an ability to think strategically. You will also need to have a flexible approach to work and be able to work evenings and weekends.

The Kia Oval, Surrey County Cricket Club – Supporter Service Executive

The Supporter Services Executive will field enquiries and offer guidance to customers through email, telephone and match-day interactions. With over 20,000 Members and growing, we sell hundreds of thousands of tickets every year. Working as part of our 12-person Customer Services Team, you will play a vital role helping us deliver the best possible experience and service to our supporters.

Formula 1 – Marketing Manager, Americas

F1 are looking for a Marketing Manager to join a newly structured team who will develop and deliver the market-level activation of the F1 brand in the Americas, forging strong links with the marketing teams of our promoters, media rights holders and global partners, helping them maximise their relationship with F1, ensuring they are aligning with the key messages and brand positioning of the sport in their own communications, and delivering support on F1’s channels where it is possible and appropriate to do so.

Liverpool Football Club – Player Status Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Liverpool FC team as a Player Status Manager. In this role, you’ll be a main point of contact for player administration matters across all age groups, liaising with football’s governing bodies including the Premier League, EFL, FA, FIFA & UEFA.

BRANDS

Sportable – Operations Executive

This exciting, fixed-term contract role will support our European Client Delivery teams during the Autumn Nations Series 2024 tournament. We are looking for individuals with a proven ability to work in fast paced and pressurized environments with high quality decision making, communication and great attention to detail. You will support the validation and reporting of smart ball data from matchdays and training sessions throughout the campaign, such as reports for teams, officials, broadcast and governing bodies.

Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN) – Head of Social

Reporting to the UK Marketing director, this newly created position will have responsibility to lead the social, content and influencer strategy across GPN’s portfolio of brands. With a growth mindset, the key focus will be to define all of the brand’s social strategy and then partner with the marketing team to develop and execute against this. We’re looking for someone that knows social, understands UK culture and is ready to come and do the best work of their lives. We can’t wait for you to join us.

Specialized Bicycle Components – Senior Global Internal Communications Manager

We are searching for a Senior Global Internal Communications Manager to develop communication strategies and deliverables that align with Specialized’s Vision, Mission and strategic priorities. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this position will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and executing to an annual communication calendar as well as ad hoc messaging, executive communications and colleague engagement- ensuring that strategic initiatives across the organization are consistent, professional, clear, and understood, while also promoting our culture and teammate engagement.

AG Barr Group – Head of Brand, Energy, Sports & Functional

The Head of Brand will be responsible for driving and leading brand/s in our portfolio and developing and executing best in class brand strategies that strengthen our equity, increase market share, and maximise revenue for the brand/s and the Barr Soft Drinks portfolio. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of consumer behaviour, strong leadership skills and a proven record of delivering exceptional brand results. This role is highly commercial, with success measured on financial performance in addition to consumer and market measures.

STATSports – Senior Digital Marketing & eCommerce Manager

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Digital Marketing & eCommerce Manager to lead a team of highly experienced Digital Marketers, you will play a critical role in developing our global digital marketing strategy and ensuring related execution across regions and countries.

JD Sports Fashion – Senior Sports Partnership Executive

The purpose of this role is to work with the Sports Partnerships Manager & wider Partnerships team, primarily to support JD’s Sports sponsorship activity, focusing on our commercial football agreements. The role will include augmenting of specific partner activation calendars & executing plans around key activity across all JD and partner channels, ensuring that all marketing rights are utilised effectively and commercial opportunities maximised.

MEDIA

MailOnline – Freelance Social Video Producer, Sport

Mail Sport is seeking a Freelance Social Video Producer to help in the creation of short form and long form video content to be distributed across their social channels. Candidates will source, package and publish videos from our fast-paced London newsroom, and the role will be pivotal in identifying attention-grabbing videos that align with our target audience’s interests on platforms such as Facebook, Reels, TikTok, Instagram, X & YouTube shorts.

OTHER

Icons.com – Marketing Director

Icons Shop Ltd are expanding rapidly and want to hire the world’s best Marketing Director to boost brand awareness, traffic and sales. They will lead an existing marketing, social and web team who are already leaders in their field.