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PARTNERS & MEMBERS
Ear To The Ground – Chief Operating Officer / Managing Director
We are seeking an experienced, commercial and strategic COO / MD to play a transformative role in taking us on the next stage of our growth journey. This is a non-client facing internal role that requires significant commercial experience in leading services businesses to substantial growth, demonstrating a proven track record of success.
MATTA – Senior Social Media Strategy Planner
We are looking to recruit a top-flight social media planner to create in-depth strategies for our clients. You will be familiar with techniques for analysing existing audiences and potential new audiences across a variety of social media platforms – TikTok, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Snapchat, X and YouTube.
RIGHTSHOLDERS
PGA Tour – Manager Advertising Strategy & Planning
This position provides media advertising strategies and customer service to PGA TOUR Title Sponsors, Official Marketing Partners, Endemics, and external clients through a global media sales department. Responsibilities focus on the sales operational processing and communication of PGA TOUR owned and operated – as well as partner – cross-platform media campaigns, from upfront proposals and RFP responses to campaign activation, fulfillment, and analysis.
Marylebone Cricket Club – Content Manager
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Content Manager to ensure the continued development of MCC’s digital strategy. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in bringing campaigns to life digitally through innovative content, supporting the wider business with all promotional requests via digital content and acting as the link within the Marcomms team to ensure wider business objectives are being met through our owned channels.
Social media management, digital strategy development and website management will also be part of this role.
LTA – Events Manager – Queen’s
The Event Planning and Delivery Team are responsible for delivering the LTA’s programme of events driving visibility and enjoyment to new and existing audiences.
McLaren Racing – Senior Executive, Internal Events
You’ll help deliver the brand experience at the McLaren Technology Centre for our key stakeholders, our Partners, the team, and guests. You will be involved in key projects and experiences and help support the rest of the team with the delivery of some truly world-class McLaren brand experiences.
The Goodwood Group – Marketing Manager
In this newly created position, we are looking to recruit a Marketing & Communications Manager, within the Goodwood Art Foundation, a newly established not for profit organisation focussing on the three pillars of Art, Environment and Education.
Formula E – Senior Ticketing Promotion Manager
The Senior Ticketing Promotion Manager will oversee the end-to-end management of ticketing promotion and operations for all FIA Formula E events globally.
Formula 1 – Digital Operations Analyst
We are seeking a self-starting Digital Operations Analyst to join our Operations team to deliver a high-quality customer experience across our digital products. The role will involve supporting operations during race weekends through proactive monitoring, triage and fault resolution with both internal and external teams. You’ll be based in our operational centre in Biggin Hill supporting 8 to 12 race weekends per year (on a rota basis) working to the local time of the race.
England Rugby – Account Executive
Reporting into the Private Suites Team Manager, the Account Executive will play a key role in the management of the Seasonal Private Suite members. Displaying outstanding day to day account management of the membership group and whilst also helping to successfully deliver exceptional client experiences at Major Events at the stadium and a number of private events across the season. All in order to ensure targeted retention rates.
Chelsea FC – Partnership Executive
Chelsea FC are looking for their next Partnership Executive within the Partnerships/Sponsorship team. This role would be supporting the partnership team in their overall objective of delivering world class servicing and strategic partner management.
BRANDS
American Express – Director – Motorsports, Global Sponsorships & Experiential Marketing
The Director in this role will sit on the International vertical within the broader Experiential Marketing team, focusing on American Express motorsport partnerships. They will lead the strategy, activation development, execution and measurement of motorsport partnerships within the portfolio, collaborating with a 360° cross-functional team (internal and external) to launch a fully integrated plan.
Gymshark – Visual Merchandising Manager
Join us as a Visual Merchandising Manager in our central London based team. This role will lead the Central Retail Visual Merchandisers to create VM guidelines and mannequin styling packs for stores globally. No day will be the same, with responsibilities spanning from driving compelling and commercial VM layouts to the planning and execution of VM refreshes, NPDs, campaign launches and key trading periods across all IRL stores & concepts.
On – Lead Marketing Campaigns – Dedicated Running
Lead the development and execution of complex Global Marketing Campaigns focused on Dedicated Running, from briefing to delivery. Ensuring each campaign resonates with our communities and achieves our strategic objectives.
MEDIA
IMG – Producer (Ryder Cup, Branded Content), European Tour Productions
You will be heavily involved in the Ryder Cup when it takes place there next September. And in the meantime, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping our pre-event content portfolio.
IMG’s dedicated Ryder Cup Production Team was formed in 2023 to service the needs of our client Ryder Cup Europe and their partners at the PGA of America.
LiveScore Group – Client and Agency Partner
This is an exciting opportunity for a high performing individual to join as a Client and Agency Partner within our display and programmatic sales team. Reporting into our Head of Partnerships within a pivotal department for the business, this person will be responsible for helping to set and implement the display and programmatic sales strategy from both agency and client direct perspective. The Client & Agency Partner for Display and Programmatic Sales is not only responsible for driving new revenue into the business but also for working with and directing teams that will help to meet this strategy.
OTHER
London Sport – Development Manager
You will play a key role in delivering London Sport’s strategy within identified local places, implementing principles of place-based working whilst ensuring alignment to local need and priorities.
Women In Sport – Insight Manager
Working closely with the Head of Insight and Innovation and in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders you will ensure that Women in Sport sustains and expands its leading-edge insights into understanding the lives of women and girls as they relate to sport, building our evidence base and fuelling our campaigns, communications and advocacy.
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