Head of New Business and Marketing (Sport) – Fifty Digital
Fifty Digital

Fifty Digital is a multi-award winning creative and social media agency specialising in sponsorship and sport.

Partnering with a wide range of sports brands, governing bodies, teams and rights holders, we build emotional connections through storytelling in sponsorship and sport. We are defined by having a highly interactive, open way of working – we have a fast-moving, fast-working, and collaborative culture.

Our partner roster includes; FIFA World Cup 2022, Ferrari Formula One Team, The Football Association, The NBA, Heineken Champions Cup, The British & Irish Lions, Shell, The NFL, W Series, Qatar Airways, England Football, Volleyball World, LiveScore and Cristiano Ronaldo to name a few. 

We are looking for a Head of New Business and Marketing professional with experience in global agency marketing, reputation building, driving pitches and generating new business.

Role and responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Managing Director, create, own and deliver the strategy for new business
• Provide strategic oversight and ownership of the end to end agency pitch processes, continuing to raise standards and consistency 
• Passionate about the building the Fifty Digital brand, adding value at every stage of the pitch process and celebrating the great work and wins we deliver.
• Providing thought leadership on client, business and sector challenges and opportunities
• Increasing external awareness of the agency brand internally and externally through partners, press, media, client community, intermediaries
• Establishing the fee for pitches with the finance team and Leadership Team
• Achieve the ambitious growth targets
• Identifying event opportunities to target prospective clients
• Works closely with the Operations Lead to proactively manage new business team resource
• Partners with the Agency Leadership Team to develop potential client relationships built on trust, open dialogue and mutual respect
• Line management of Senior Business Development Manager and Business Development Coordinator

About you:

• Extensive experience working in an agency environment or similar
• Ability to inspire and motivate teams through positivity and an unrivalled depth of knowledge of the potential client’s business
• Communicates effectively in verbal and written form, professionally and in a transparent manner
• Entrepreneurial approach, identifies new opportunities and areas of commercial growth for the agency and its clients
• Champions the agencies capabilities and connects these with our potential clients’ needs
• Thrives working in a collaborative and fast paced environment
• Appetite for continuous improvement and learning
• Extensive track record of pitching for and winning new business
• Advanced knowledge of social media platforms, methodologies, measurement and techniques
• Solid understanding of all Sports and the Business of Sport
• Keen interest in emerging trends and technologies
• Potential existing client contact base a plus
• You will embody our Fifty Digital values: Teamship, Passion, Curiosity, Bravery and Openness

Benefits:

• Hybrid working with flexible hours
• 23 days holiday
• Birthday off
• 2 Wellness Days per year
• Agency Christmas close down
• End of quarter events (funded by Fifty)
• Monthly socials
• Paid 4 week sabbatical after 5 years’ service
• Private health insurance (after probation)
• Training and development budget
• Discretionary company bonus

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