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Marketing Manager – Professional Darts Corporation

Location: London, cheap UK

Closing date: 20th November 2016

Background

A chance to join the promoters of Britain’s largest indoor sport in the role of Marketing Manager.

You will be tasked with strategic planning and delivery of integrated marketing solutions as well as delivering support for all existing sponsorship and events activity and taking inventory to market to attract new sponsors and partners.

You will have a track record of initiating ground breaking creative campaigns and thinking strategically in order to maximize returns.

Key Responsibilities

Client Management: manage the day-to-day relationship with the PDC’s sponsors, professional viagra ensuring all contractual sponsorship rights are delivered and also working proactively with the sponsors to promote additional ideas and activities
Business Development: assist with research, pills generation of leads and sponsorship sales activity and develop the company’s growing Partners Programme
Marketing Implementation: to be responsible for developing and maintaining marketing strategies to meet agreed company objectives.
Consumer Research: to oversee customer research and market conditions and implement marketing plan alterations as needed.

Skills & Experience Required

Essential:

A degree or similar qualification in a business related subject is desirable
Track record in sponsorship and account management, preferably with a rights holder, club or agency but potentially on the brand side
Proven ability to offer a first-class, professional account management service to commercial partners and to build strong business relationships at all levels
Experience in dealing with, and presenting to, senior-level personnel from major brands
Proactive approach to identifying opportunities, generating leads and producing sale
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi task
A keen eye for detail
Strong communication skills (written and oral)
Self-motivated while also a good team player
A willingness to work evenings, weekend and abroad (event-based)
A passion for sport

Please send your CV and cover letter attached.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Click here to apply

Panasonic becomes Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Gold partner

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have announced Panasonic as a Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Gold Partner.

The addition of Panasonic brings the total number of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Partners to 44.

Panasonic will provide support to the delivery of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori welcomed the new appointment he said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Panasonic Corporation as a Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Gold Partner. Panasonic is a Worldwide Olympic Partner, pharm and supported the Paralympic Games for a total of 16 years beginning with the Nagano 1998 Winter Paralympic Games. Through its various sponsorship activities, allergist Panasonic has accumulated a wealth of experience and expertise in Games-related matters, and we are confident that the company will make a valuable contribution to the success of the Tokyo 2020 Games.”

Kazuhiro Tsuga, President of Panasonic Corporation, commented, “We are very proud to be able to support the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. For16 years, from the Nagano 1998 Winter Paralympic Games, Panasonic was a proud supporter of the Paralympic Games. And in 2014, we became the first Japanese company to become a Worldwide Paralympic Partner of the International Paralympic Committee. Panasonic will continue to support the ParalympicMovement and strive to create an inclusive society for persons with impairments through supporting para-sports, while also offering products and services accessible to everyone, including the elderly and persons with impairments.”

EXCLUSIVES of the Week – 01/08/16

Developing Football Around the World

FIFA is going through, perhaps, its toughest time ever. A scandal removed its last president, courts around the world are combing through its documents, and the newly elected president is fighting ethics charges.

While the antics of the executive committee get the press talking, and have hit FIFA’s reputation hard, FIFA have been trying to get on with their day to day purpose – developing football around the world. FIFA announced in March it will spend nearly $1.5 billion on developing the sport globally- a new record.

Read the full article HERE

5 top tips get more from your brand’s sports sponsorship

There’s no arguing about the fact that there’s huge value in sponsoring sports. Whether it’s the estimated $10 million average annual sales uplift endorsements contribute or the 4.7 billion sets of eyeballs glued to the television coverage of the Barclays Premier League*, the numbers are huge.

But throwing money at sports isn’t a universal panacea for all your marketing challenges, nor can a premium package form your tactical silver bullet if it’s not paired with sound strategy. For every success story, there are a sizeable handful of budget busting failures and missed opportunities

Read the full list HERE.

Sponsorship at Barclays

The landscape of the sponsorship world is increasingly difficult to grasp, with a fine balance in attracting the right audience, increasing business, and spending money on costly endorsements.

Banks are huge players in that market – as they fight to get the edge on their rivals.

But they all face the same challenge: how do you build a sponsorship portfolio that captures personal, business and top level customers? Their needs and interests vary massively.

Find out why HERE.

Bach’s Agenda 2020 Sports Reforms Hit Home Run for Olympic Movement

IOC President Thomas Bach may not know the lyrics or music of Alice Cooper’s rock classic ‘Department of Youth’ in any detail, if at all, but the anthem to youth power could have provided the soundtrack for the IOC session’s historic vote to usher in five new sports events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

In response to the rhetorical question posed in the rock hit of who holds power, Cooper’s chorus emphatically points to young people, the key audience for his rock music albums and concerts, and now especially for the Olympic Movement under the Bach presidency.

The change in direction is much needed and testament to the scale and speed of reform under way in the Bach era.

Read the Expert Column from Michael Pirrie HERE

On the Balancing Beam ahead of Rio 2016

The Rio Games are here, with the sporting world crammed into Rio’s Olympic village, the IOC will be eager to put the turbulent build up behind them.

The Zika virus, Russian doping scandal and security fears, have all overshadowed the Games.

None of which is conductive to a good medal haul. Jane Allen is the CEO of British Gymnastics and told iSportconnect that she tried to kept her squad isolated from the controversy.

Read her comments HERE

Eurosport team up with Tennis Channel for Roland Garros

Eurosport has announced a new agreement with Tennis Channel, buy the only 24-hour television-based multimedia destination dedicated to tennis, ambulance for this year’s Roland Garros, recipe which will see Eurosport enjoy additional tennis content and technical expertise to enhance its coverage of the Grand Slam.

Eurosport will have access to new camera angles, highlights and archive footage and the ability to integrate this content instantaneously during and in-between live match coverage.

Peter Hutton, Eurosport CEO, said: “Tennis Channel has been a true innovator in tennis broadcasting in the US and we are looking forward to integrating new ideas, stories and content into our coverage which will engage and excite our fans in Europe.

As we continue to build enhanced and more locally relevant production, our collaboration with Tennis Channel and having even greater access to compelling content is a hugely exciting opportunity for us.”

Bob Whyley, Tennis Channel Senior Vice President of Production and Executive Producer, said: “Eurosport is one of the best at what they do, and it’s a privilege for Tennis Channel to have the opportunity to work with them. Tennis Channel exists to bring as much tennis as possible to as many fans who want to watch, with high-quality production values that are standard for other sports.

Eurosport, with its wide reach as one of the top providers of the sport in Europe, allows us to expand that mission and help give millions more people a better tennis experience.”

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FIFA Ethics Committee Officially Hand Blatter and Platini 90-Day Suspensions

By Christian Radnedge

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and executive committee member Michel Platini have been banned from football for 90 days by the organisation’s ethics committee.

Secretary General Jerome Valcke is also confirmed to have been suspended for 90 days.

The news was confirmed by the ethics committee after meetings in Switzerland on Thursday chaired by ethics judge Hans Joachim Eckert.

Presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has also been punished by the committee, receiving a six year ban from football for allegations relating to payments he made in the 2018-2022 World Cup bidding process.

The South Korean has also been fined CHF 100,000.

UEFA president Michel Platini had protested the reports he was being investigated and faced a ban in a statement before the decision. In it, he also said he had submitted his paperwork to stand for the FIFA presidency in February.

Blatter’s suspension means he would miss the executive committee meeting in December to set the agenda for the extraordinary elective FIFA congress in February.

Vice President Issa Hayatou is the next most senior FIFA official who would inherit the presidency on an interim basis.

The FIFA Ethics Committee statement said: “The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee chaired by Hans Joachim Eckert has provisionally banned FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, UEFA President and FIFA Vice-President Michel Platini, and FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke (who has already been put on leave by his employer FIFA) for a duration of 90 days.

“The duration of the bans may be extended for an additional period not exceeding 45 days. The former FIFA Vice-President Chung Mong-joon has been banned for six years and fined CHF 100,000. During this time, the above individuals are banned from all football activities on a national and international level. The bans come into force immediately.

“The grounds for these decisions are the investigations that are being carried out by the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee. The chairman of the chamber is Dr Cornel Borbély. The investigation into Joseph S. Blatter is being carried out by Robert Torres, the investigation into Michel Platini by Vanessa Allard.

“The proceedings against the South Korean football official Chung Mong-joon were opened in January 2015 based on findings in the report on the investigation into the bidding process for the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cups.

“He has been found guilty of infringing article 13 (General rules of conduct), article 16 (Confidentiality), article 18 (Duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting), article 41 (Obligation of the parties to collaborate) and article 42 (General obligation to collaborate) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.”

Blatter and Platini have two days to appeal the decision, but will still be suspended until these appeals are heard by FIFA’s appeals committee.

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Japan Sports Minister Steps Down After Failed Olympic Stadium Plans

Japan’s sports minister Hakubun Shimomura has announed his resignation over the cancelled plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium.

Shimomura has confirmed that Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has however, asked him to stay on until a cabinet reshuffle that is planned for next month.

UK-based architect Zaha Hadid’s initial plans for the Olympic Stadium were scrapped in July after costs for the project, which was also due to host the 2019 Rugby World Cup, rose to $2 billion (£1.3bn).

“I have caused great worry and trouble to many of the people over the national stadium problem,” Shimomura said at a post-cabinet meeting news conference on Friday.

“It is true that this has caused much concern and inconvenience.”

Shimomura revealed that he first learnt of the inflation of the stadium costs in April and is willing to repay the money he received during that six month period.

New stadium plans are expected to be revealed by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee in November and a new stadium is now scheduled to be completed by March 2020, a year later than originally planned.

This casts more controversy on the Organising Committee after they also recently scrapped the design for the emblems for the Olympic and Paralympic Games over accusations of plagiarism.

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Digital Media and Technology Masterclass Set For Return to Lausanne in Association with ASOIF

iSportconnect is delighted to announce the Digital Media and Technology Masterclass will be making its return to Lausanne in September, order in association with ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations).

The event will again be held at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne, medicine Switzerland on 28^th September 2015.

The Digital Media and Technology Masterclass was successfully staged in Lausanne in September 2014 and attracted representatives from major sports federations, governing bodies, teams/clubs and brands such as FIFA, UEFA, IOC, AC Milan, Italian Football Federation, UCI, FEI, ISAF, SportAccord, IEC in Sports and many more.

The exclusive, invitation-only Masterclass series is a unique gathering providing sports digital media and technology executives from International Federations the chance to learn from each other.

Delegates will also hear industry insights, join in on discussions and network in an open environment.

The iSportconnect Digital Media and Technology Masterclass debuted in 2014 for delegates to “Get Ahead of the Game” with events in London and Lausanne.

The event will focus on current trends and developments within the industry, with first hand feedback from experts in the sector and discussions on the future of digital and technology within sports.

Date: September 28^th, 2015 (afternoon session, exact timing tbc soon)

Location: Maison du Sport International, Lausanne

Invitation policy: An exclusive invite only event to Heads of Digital Media and Technology from International Federations, Governing Bodies, Teams/Clubs, Brands and other similar positions.

To register your interest please contact Sylvia-Line Lamaro at sylvia-line@isportconnect.com

Partnership opportunities: Our partners benefit from a range of different branding opportunities and introductions to potential clients. Please contact Mike Rocha-Keys at mike@isportconnect.com or call +44(0)20 3239 5400.

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