Senior Marketing Executive – Rangers FC

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Rangers Football Club in a role that will help deliver the success of New Edmiston House and support the club’s wider Commercial & Marketing activities.

New Edmiston House is an incredible, state-of-the-art facility that will host a long-awaited club museum, a new two-storey Rangers Store, and a fantastic events space for use on matchdays and beyond, thus enhancing the experience for supporters when they visit Ibrox on match days and increasing footfall on the Ibrox campus on a daily basis.

Reporting to the Head of Brand Marketing & Design and the General Manager of New Edmiston House, the Senior Marketing Executive will be responsible for delivering marketing and digital campaigns across new Edmiston House. Furthermore, the Senior Marketing Executive will support in providing premium experiences across all supporter touchpoints to drive brand awareness, engagement, and commercial revenue for the venue.

The successful candidate will be part of a consumer-focused, diverse team working in a fast-paced environment.

We are seeking a candidate that can display an excellent eye for detail, deploying impactful marketing campaigns and editorial content across all touchpoints.

Additionally, the role will require the implementation of creative briefs and rollout plans whilst managing the end-to-end design process with the in-house design team.

This role will ensure that the supporter experience remains consistently high and that all events are promoted effectively. New Edmiston House will host various events, from supporting match day operations, Club Events, Conferences, Museum and Stadium Tour bookings, and live entertainment, including concerts.

Responsibilities By working with the wider team, ensure that all events within New Edmiston House are fully supported through wide ranging marketing and digital campaigns

  • Develop brand calendars and roll out plans for the entire venue
  • Provide creative briefs to the design team for all New Edmiston House campaigns
  • Engage with the club and third-party promoters to increase the visibility and appeal of events, maximising ticket sales and venue spend whenever possible
  • Liaise with internal departments for any ad hoc events that may be booked into the venue
  • Implement systems to ensure a consistently high standard
  • To exhibit strong, compelling, and coherent presentation skills.
  • To support the Head of Department in the development and guardianship of the Rangers F.C. Brand. Ensure a consistent and appropriate application of brand assets.
  • Take responsibility for the standard of creative output.
  • Manage and supervise multiple projects ensuring resources are allocated according to project needs.
  • Take responsibility for the standard of creative output.
  • Ensure seamless communication of creative team to ensure optimised workflows and processes that identify and eliminate the risk of failure 
  • Develop and maintain a good understanding of Rangers F.C. culture and values and act in the best interests of the club at all times.
  • To act as primary contact for all marketing matters related to New Edmiston House, including operational/activation support where required. 

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Given the nature of the business, this role includes working at both weekends and evening in accordance with the fixture schedule and events diary.
  • A developed sense of discretion and confidentiality is required. 

THE CANDIDATE

The Candidate Attributes Include

  • Ability to articulate concepts and ideas to the wider team or other departments
  • Keen eye for artistic and technical composition, timing, and detail.
  • Experience of managing a creative team
  • Adaptable to an array of creative briefs from all departments across the club
  • Excellent communication and staff management skills. Collaborating, supporting, and motivating others to be part of a happy and effective team.
  • Motivate and inspire the creative team to constantly strive for the bravest creativity
  • Eligibility to work in the UK
  • Excellent design principles.
  • An ability to identify customer demographics in relation to specific events and target marketing accordingly
  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • Familiarity with social digital marketing
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work to deadlines and focused attention to detail
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work flexibly with own initiative and as part of a team.
  • An ability to operate and manage multiple projects concurrently.
  • Able to work flexible and unsocial hours including evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays
  • Take responsibility for the standard of creative output.

EQUALITY & INCLUSION Rangers Football Club is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.Rangers Football Club also welcomes applications from suitably qualified members of the armed forces family.

GENERAL INFORMATION The candidate must keep up to date with new methods and undertake any necessary internal or external training sessions in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures.

Brand Manager – England Rugby

Live and breathe our brand, be part of evolving the England Rugby (ER) brand, associated guidelines and be responsible for managing accurate usage across the business.

• Manage the implementation of a new digital asset management platform for England Rugby key brand assets, utilised by multiple stakeholders.

• Ensure accurate application of brand features across all digital channels.

• Work with partners to maximise England Rugby brand association whilst adhering to guidelines and enhancing ER brand proposition.

• Work with wider team to deliver outstanding creative that champions England Rugby, reaches increasingly youthful and diverse audiences, and stands out in the sports industry.

• Generate key insights via internal teams and external providers to help understand perceptions and measure growth of England Rugby brand appeal.

• Work closely with colleagues in licencing and legal to manage unauthorised use of the ER brand & likeness.

• Work with internal teams and external providers to regularly measure England Rugby brand value & metrics.

• Work with wider team to develop long term appeal of rugby participation via creative campaigns.

• Effective delivery and management of ER associated brand assets in performance leagues including Allianz Premier 15s, Championship Rugby.

• Management and evolution of sub-brands, including ‘Twickenham Stadium’ brand.

• Provide the community game with support and solutions to access branded materials to help grow the game locally.

• Review creative for quality and consistency and manage feedback and the signoff process with key stakeholders as required.

• Ability to integrate and work collaboratively across the other departments within the business.

• Ensure accurate application of brand across all products, merchandise.

• Working with brand lead, explore brand partnerships which align with brand values and objectives.

CEO – British Cycling

Reporting to the Chair and the Board, core responsibilities of the roles will include:

Full responsibility for the delivery of British Cycling’s strategy, business plans and performance. The CEO will be accountable to the Board and all public and commercial funding and delivery partners as appropriate.


Through outstanding leadership, emotional intelligence and a high level of visibility, communicate clear strategic goals and inspire the delivery of world class performance across the organisation in line with business objectives.


Build a financially sustainable, ‘best in class’, consumer focused business through the promotion of membership growth, member participation and member retention.


Secure new commercial partnership funding and develop close and vibrant relationships with appointed partners to maximise brand awareness and revenue return.


Ensure the effective governance of British Cycling, including appropriate management of public funding, compliance to legislation, facilitating and sustaining management processes, and ensuring best practice.
Be the accountable officer for UK Sport and Sport England funding and delivery of performance and participation targets.


Ensure that the core Values of British Cycling are embedded and used to inspire and respect all staff, participants, members and volunteers.

Digital Production Manager – Cricket Australia

We’re looking for a driven Digital Production Manager to join our Digital, Marketing and Communications team.

Reporting to the Managing Editor, you’ll be responsible for leading and managing the delivery of all video content from pre-production to post-production on Cricket Australia’s digital platforms.

This is an amazing opportunity to join a purpose driven organisation. Uniting and inspiring communities through Cricket is our culture, and we’ve never been prouder of the role our people play in making Cricket a sport for all Australians.

About the role

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Overseeing the delivery of world-class editorial and branded video content tailored to specific digital and social media platforms
  • Maintaining quality control and ensuring all digital video content produced by the team adheres to Cricket Australia’s (CA) high standards
  • Understanding emerging digital content trends and their relevance, ensuring these are reflected in CA’s creative direction and production
  • Managing all shoot logistics, including for domestic and international travel
  • Working with the video team to optimise production workflows
  • Managing the digital and strategic content budgets, identifying efficiencies and cost-savings
  • Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Leading, mentoring and inspiring the Digital Production team, including developing our people and continuing to raise the bar in terms of content output and skill levels
  • Being the CA point of contact for strategic content needs and engaging in-house or freelance resources to execute as required
  • Managing ideation and delivery of integrated content for commercial partners and directing the Strategic Content Producer to execute as required
  • Directing and working with the Studio Lead to ensure the studio produces consistently high standard output and optimal footage access, and a robust asset management system is developed to optimise workflows for the Digital Production team

    About you

    You’ll have:
  • 7+ years experience with digital production
  • A strong track record in pre-production and post-production management
  • Knowledge and experience in the technical video and photography processes
  • Experience leading, managing and developing teams
  • An ability to efficiently manage a fast-paced and high-volume workload
  • A proven ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders and prioritise projects appropriately
  • Excellent organisational and project management skills
  • A proven ability to execute to tight deadlines
  • Excellent budget management experience
  • A willingness to travel and work weekends and public holidays when required
  • An appreciation of the implications of working with confidential material

    A working knowledge of the game of cricket and previous experience working in the sporting industry is not essential, but will be highly regarded.

    Sound like you? Let’s do this!

    The work we do across Australian Cricket stretches across the sporting and entertainment industries – which means there are all kinds of opportunities for bright-minded, passionate and friendly people.

    Cricket’s a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that. To deliver the best services and to achieve our vision of being a sport for all Australians, we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQ+ people.

    Vaccinations for our workers provide a key contribution to enabling our summers of cricket, and keeping our players, workers and fans safe. In order to support this, Cricket Australia is mandating vaccinations for all of their employees and will be asking about vaccination status as part of our employment process.

    At Cricket we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone involved in our sport including children.

    Perks!

    We work flexibly and offer extensive employee benefits including a range of discounts from fashion and travel to groceries and electronics! Salary packaging options and discounts with our corporate partners. We also have 5 extra days off a year!

    If you want to learn more about how we play, then apply now – we are looking forward to meeting you!

    Please submit your resume & cover letter outlining your experience meeting the key criteria by 5pm on Friday 2 December.

Head of Communications – MCC

The successful candidate will build and lead the delivery of the Club’s communications strategy across all internal and external channels, to promote MCC and Lord’s proactively and in a positive light. They will manage the communications teams and its support agencies including membership, corporate, public affairs, PR and staff communication functions to ensure effective outputs and a clear return on investment.

The Head of Communications will deliver MCC’s media strategy via strong, effective relationships with senior national, regional and international press across cricket, sport, news and wider consumer and corporate networks. They will Forge and nurture key stakeholder relationships including direct liaison and briefings of the Club’s Principal Officers, Committee and Executive Management Board. They will ensure MCC’s tone of voice is accurately reflected within high-quality written materials across all outputs, enhancing the Club’s reputation across its breadth of communications channels.

MCC is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, national origin, religion, sex, and or other legally protected status. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this in a covering email/letter.

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

  • Substantial experience at a senior level in communications, PR and media, working either in-house or agency.
  • Poven crisis communications experience.
  • Demonstrable leadership and mentoring experience.
  • Excellent written skills / level of literacy.
  • A track record in building effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
  • Well-organised, capable of planning multiple projects and prioritising work to tight deadlines.
  • Responsive and proactive communicator.
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.

Full details can be found within the Job Profile via our Website

VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

SMART

  • We make informed decisions
  • We cut out inefficiency and complexity
  • We ensure that everything we do looks, sounds and feels high quality

ATTENTIVE

  • We are welcoming hosts to people of all cultures and backgrounds
  • We pride ourselves on impeccable manners
  • We work with other organisations for the good of the game

ORIGINAL

  • We set our own high standards
  • We constantly seek out better ways of working
  • We encourage people to be imaginative in their work

Skills and ability testing may form part of the selection process. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the interview/section process, please mention this in a covering email/letter.

Media Relations Manager – Crystal Palace

The Media Relations Manager is primarily responsible for coordinating and managing the delivery of the club’s contracted media requirements for the men’s first-team, as well as securing additional media coverage for the club, its staff and players. On a day-to-day basis, the successful candidate will work with our players to ensure the club meets its contractual media activity. The successful candidate will be supported by our Head of Media Relations, and external comms agency as required.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has passion for sports media, exceptional communication skills and a candidate with experience in building strong relationships in an elite sporting environment. The chosen candidate will possess a tireless work ethic, a ‘can do’ attitude, and have exemplary attention to detail.

You will be responsible for…

The role requires close liaison with media rights holders (such as Sky, BT, Amazon and international broadcasters), the Premier League, national and local media, as well as internal stakeholders to ensure all media appearances paint the club and its players in a positive light, and meets the needs of media partners.

  • Manage and deliver the Premier League media rights contract, fulfilling the obligations of the playing squad with UK and overseas broadcast rights holders, ensuring compliance with all contractual match week media obligations. For illustrative purposes, this includes pre-match interviews in the days leading up to matches, matchday interviews pre- and post- match, as well as less time sensitive feature-length interviews.
  • Managing and delivering matchday media obligations at all home matches ensuring compliance with matchday protocols. In addition, the Media Relations Manager would be expected to work the majority of away matches, although a rota system is currently in operation with colleagues.
  • Manage and deliver, in conjunction with Premier League Productions, non-match related contractual obligations, such as pre- and mid-season media access days, extended interviews, ‘masterclasses’ and ‘behind-the-scenes’ sessions.
  • Develop strong relationships with key personnel at the Premier League, Premier League Productions, and broadcast partners.
  • Identify and manage pro-active, non-contractual media activity to deliver positive PR for players and the club.
  • Research and produce briefing materials ahead of all media activity for players/interviewees.
  • Discuss media opportunities and requirements with players
  • Ensure new and emerging players are aware of media requirements and expectations
  • Develop and maintain a strong relationship with the club’s Player Liaison Manager to co-ordinate additional activity, including community and commercial initiatives – using media opportunities to showcase the wider work of the club.
  • Manage day to day media enquiries, and conduct daily media monitoring alongside the club’s appointed media agency, liaising internally and escalating to the Chairman and Executive team as necessary.
  • Work as part of a wider Marketing & Communications team – attending weekly meetings to discuss and share work streams/creative ideas/campaign planning, supporting marketing and club media initiatives.
  • Oversee the Press Office Administrator (part-time role) in managing the media operations on matchdays, the PL media accreditation system and be responsible for logistics for the manager’s pre-match press conferences. 
  • Lead on media management for the Women’s team at key points of the season. Please note the Media Relations Manager is not required to attend Women’s or Academy matchdays.
  • Distribute club announcements / releases to media database and monitor the media enquiries email account.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as required by line manager
  • Upholding and promoting the Club’s policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities policies and procedures.
  • Plan, support and manage the delivery of learning initiatives that contribute to advancing EDI.
  • Maintaining working environment where diversity is valued, everyone can contribute, and everyday actions ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality.
  • Being proactive and identify opportunities for organisational improvement and support on EDI matters across the club.

You will have…

Essential

  • Minimum of three years press office experience
  • Experience of working with elite athletes or high profile individuals in highly pressurised environments.
  • Excellent knowledge of the media industry/landscape

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a football environment
  • Previous experience of delivering a broadcast media rights contract 
  • Line management experience

You are…

Essential

  • Excellent planner
  • Outstanding attention to detail
  • Effective communicator
  • High level of commitment and flexibility, as often work is required outside of office hours
  • Positive, proactive, ‘can do’ attitude
  • Strong team ethic
  • Able to work under pressure to deliver on tight deadlines

Desirable

  • Bilingual / multilingual: English and French speaking

Crystal Palace Football Club is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare and protection of children and vulnerable people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, the post holder will be subject to any relevant security checks as required.

DTC Marketing Lead – NBA

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2021-22 season featured a record 121 international players from 40 countries.

NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App, NBA ID and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with 2.1 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.

Based in London (UK) or in Madrid (Spain), the DTC Marketing Lead will play a key role to increase the number of subscribers in Europe & Middle East and how we engage, interact, and monetize them.

The selected candidate will have two direct reports.

Major Responsibilities

Lead all the DTC Marketing initiatives in Europe & Middle East across products such as the NBA App, NBA ID and NBA League Pass

  • Coordinate the localization, creation, and delivery of promotional assets for DTC products to be used across owned and operated channels, partners and influencers.
  • Run weekly, monthly and quarterly growth forecast as well as weekly trading performance process
  • Oversee the subscription marketing budget
  • Collaborate with key departments in the region (including Content & Social, Events) and in NY (Marketing, Growth & Media) to build and execute activations to drive subscribers
  • Oversee global data capture initiatives and create local campaigns for fans in EME (e.g., Fantasy)
  • Oversee Email marketing and CRM for the region
  • Manage two direct reports

Required Skills/Knowledge

  • Minimum 7 years of experience in marketing in a Direct-to-Consumer company or OTT.
  • Experience in driving substantial increase of subs / customers for a product.
  • Experience marketing membership products.
  • Experience in Lifecycle marketing.
  • Experience managing teams.
  • Growth mindset.
  • Team player.
  • A good communicator with excellent presentation skills.
  • Ability to work well within a matrix organization. This position requires a lot of cross-departmental collaboration.
  • Fluency in English and other European language is a plus.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Educational Background Required
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Master in Marketing or MBA is a plus

The Executives in Sport Group are retained on behalf of the NBA to appoint a DTC Marketing Lead. All direct applications and CV’s will be forwarded to The Executives in Sport Group.

If this role is of interest, then please press the apply button and include a copy of your CV.

We ask that applicants complete our diversity monitoring form. You are not obliged to answer any of these questions but the more information you supply, the more effective our monitoring will be.

All information supplied is anonymous and will not be viewed by recruiting managers.

Manager Internal Communications – Formula 1

Every F1 win is the result of incredible teamwork. Making it happen takes the same level of skill, dedication and teamwork from the Formula 1 team. We’re looking for a Manager Internal Communications, responsible for all internal communications across the business, across various subject matters, and ensure that all communications are clear, consistent and aligned to strategy.

Reporting into the Head of Communications, you will:

  • Establish an internal communications strategy, including specific timelines, in conjunction with the director of communications and Head of Communications and the wider company – including HR
  • Lead in the collation and drafting of key documents that are of significant importance to colleagues – including gender pay gap reports, ESG activities and major announcements
  • Handle the internal communication response to crisis situations which affect organisational perception and reputation alongside the Director of Comms and Crisis Chair
  • Advise senior executives of developments throughout the organisation, either face to face or through regular written communication

About You

Possessing excellent writing, editing and proof-reading skills, you will be comfortable in using all available communications tools, both digitally and offline. 

You have:

  • Experience within a communications team, in an internal communications role, for a large and fast paced organisation
  • Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills
  • Good interpersonal and relationship-building skills

Join Team Formula 1, make it happen!

Ticketing and Membership Officer – Yorkshire CCC

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of the most successful clubs in the world and is undergoing the most challenging period in its 158-year history. Under new leadership, the Club is committed to learning from the past and recognises the significant change required to make Yorkshire County Cricket Club a place for everyone.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Ticket and Membership Office Manager to join our team, reporting into the Acting Sales and Marketing Director.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds as part of the YCCC’s commitment to recruiting ambitious, talented and diverse individuals who will be vital in helping us deliver our key objectives in the development of contributing to the success of the club in the County.

Reporting to the Sales and Marketing Director your main focus will be:

  • To oversee and manage the team that will deliver all ticketing and membership operations for The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited and be accountable for the delivery of all ticketing sales and operations, including electronically, over the phone and in person.

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  • To ensure that all orders on tickets, memberships and other products offered through the ticket office are printed and fulfilled in a timely manner.

We are seeking candidates with the following experience and skills:

  • Three years or more experience working within a ticketing, membership or customer experience team providing high levels of customer service and support, preferably in a sporting environment.
  • Previous experience of processing and delivery of tickets and memberships for large scale events and overseeing the booking system of an internal venue.
  • Experience of producing in-depth reports, including ticketing, usage data and other insight to help inform marketing activity for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong communication and verbal skills and a natural ability to engage with, motivate and influence a diverse range of people, including groups and individuals
  • An understanding and experience of delivering projects within an equity, diversity and inclusion framework
  • Ability to use your initiative and high levels of problem-solving skills to achieve goals and key objectives to deliver during certain timeframes and against KPI’s
  • Previous experience of delivering a fantastic customer experience in a similar environment.
  • To have previous experience of growing revenues and maximising attendances with a customer orientated attitude and approach.
  • Good knowledge of IT systems, including Microsoft Excel and Word which will allow you to produce in depth reports. 

You should submit your application including a CV and covering letter demonstrating your skills and what makes you a great candidate for the role to vacancies@yorkshireccc.com

The closing receipt for applications is Friday 18th November with interviews and assessments likely to be held during November 2022.

Partnerships Executive – West Ham United

As part of the Club’s trajectory of growth, West Ham United is expanding its Commercial Partnership Management Team. This Partnership Assistant role, reporting to the Senior Partnership Manager, will be crucial in the successful delivery of activations and campaigns for partners of the Club.

The West Ham United Partnerships team carry out a diverse range of activities to ensure the club is fulfilling its obligations to the existing partnership portfolio. As a result, we are looking for a candidate that is truly excited to help our partners achieve their goals. The successful candidate will be required to work irregular hours including weekends and bank holidays.

Working closely with the Senior Partnerships Manager and wider commercial team, the Partnership Assistant will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with the Club’s partners ensuring effective rights delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Management, delivery and tracking of commercial rights
  • Delivery of ticketing and hospitality rights
  • Delivery of matchday assets and obligations
  • Management of fulfilment of merchandise
  • Management of digital and social reporting processes
  • Management of commercial image library
  • Management of partner communication processes
  • General administration duties
  • Management of suppliers and agencies
  • Develop relationships with key internal and external stakeholders as well as senior officials and C-level executives
  • Maintain knowledge of the latest industry standards and activity

Personal Specification

  • Enthusiastic with a strong team ethos and delivers under pressure
  • Positive outlook and looks for solutions when challenged
  • Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility
  • Values and respects others, builds relationships, collaborates
  • Outgoing and interested in brands, marketing and sponsorship
  • Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas

Skills and Experience

  • Ideally, be a graduate (or equivalent) with a strong interest in sports marketing
  • Ideally 12 months of experience, in the form of placements or full-time employment, of relevant sports marketing experience
  • Comfortable with collating, manipulating and presenting data
  • Strong attention to detail, to produce work that is consistently accurate and fit for purpose
  • Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships with colleagues and clients
  • Excellent account and project management skills
  • Excellent Microsoft Office skills – specifically Excel
  • A desire to understand the UK and European football market
  • Self-reliance, drive, energy, innovation, creativity and a strong focus on delivery
  • Able to travel occasionally with regular weekend work

We are committed to the principle of equality and equal opportunities in employment and have been accredited with being Disability Confident Committed. We will actively promote equality and equal opportunities in our business to ensure that individuals receive treatment that is fair and equitable and consistent with their relevant aptitudes, potential skills and abilities. Employees will be recruited and selected, promoted and trained on the basis of objective criteria.