Business Development Lead – NBA Nigeria

NBA Nigeria is seeking an experienced sales/marketing professional for the New Business Development team. This position plays a key role in generating new sponsorship revenue for NBA Nigeria.

The ideal candidate must be a dynamic team player, with excellent storytelling, communication, and negotiation skills. The successful candidate will be implementing the new business development strategy with a focus on new partnership development – prospecting, pitching, negotiating and securing new marketing partners. The role will require frequent travel throughout the region and will work closely with the Marketing, Media, Events, and other groups to create and drive new revenue streams.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the development and implementation of the business development strategy for NBA Nigeria
  • Build relationships with senior-level decision makers at prospective sponsors, relevant marketing agencies, event management companies, and promoters to generate new partners and other new business opportunities.
  • Manage the sales process from proposal to deal memo submission and contract execution by liaising with other departments (Legal, Finance, etc.)
  • Adapt current NBA marketing programs and create new initiatives tailored to NBA Nigeria
  • Maintain a database of highly valuable targets and opportunities
  • Monitor the activity of other sports and entertainment properties in the region.
  • Prospect, target, pitch and secure NBA Nigeria sponsorship, event and media partnerships.
  • Develop and maximize networking opportunities with potential and existing sponsors and relevant marketing agencies
  • Understand the prospect’s brand DNA and design sales presentations to reflect brand synergies and positioning.
  • Deliver impactful on-brand and on-target partnership programs for new business prospects.
  • Use storytelling to effectively sell-in partnership ideas to new business prospects.
  • Develop, visualize and present customized partnership solutions for prospective sponsors.
  • Facilitate ideation by leading cross-functional brainstorms to inform creative solutions
  • Liaise with colleagues globally across the NBA to uncover business development opportunities.
  • Maintain a strong understanding of industry marketing channels and technologies that clients may utilize in activating an NBA Nigeria sponsorship.

Internal Partnerships:

  • Establish and develop close relationships with all the NBA NY global account teams, ensuring that they are proactively informed about all the NBA NIGERIA plans, initiatives, and projects.
  • Develop and execute a detailed and coherent plan focused on engaging the NBA NY global account teams with exciting and consistent presentations, aiming to get them on board with all the NBA NIGERIA plans, initiatives and projects so those can be considered as key components for all global or regional new partnership opportunities and upsells.
  • Represent the NBA NIGERIA in global pitches and status meetings, providing relevant information and insights about the NBA NIGERIA’s plans, initiatives and projects, while also outlining clearly how current and potential global partners would receive value through those.

Required Skills/Knowledge:

  • Successful track record building business in Nigeria; must have a strong understanding of the market and a network of relationships across all sectors of Nigeria’s marketing and media landscape.
  • Creative storyteller with the ability to sell conceptually.
  • High-level connectivity – client-side and sponsorship/marketing community in general.
  • Ability to attain and exceed targets.
  • This should involve delivering integrated programs that include media, print, interactive and event-based assets.
  • Entrepreneurial approach with a strong understanding of business fundamentals.
  • A track record of securing sponsorship contracts for rights holders in sports.
  • Knowledge of TV and digital sales, merchandising and communications.
  • Ability to develop creative solutions which will meet the objectives of prospective partners.
  • Experience working within a structured corporate environment.
  • Business knowledge – being up to date with business/market/industry trends.
  • A thorough understanding of the sports landscape (basketball and NBA knowledge preferable).
  • Experience working for a high-profile global organization.

Experience Needed:

  • Minimum of 8 years of sales and/or business development experience.
  • Strategic thinker – able to shape, develop and execute the strategy for the NBA Strong persuading and negotiation skills.
  • A credible communicator, adept at operating at the board level.
  • Commercially minded and results-driven.
  • Excellent presentation skills.
  • Ability to work well within a matrixed organization.
  • Corporate Banking experience is an advantage.
  • A passion for sports is preferred.

Educational Background:

  • Required Bachelor’s degree required

Project Manager, Marketing – Formula 1

Planning and Tracking

· Orchestrate planning process across all Marketing areas

· Create and align marketing teams with integrated planning platform, document structures, and tracking

· Schedule process for defining, confirming plans in agreed areas, including overall 2024 Strategy, Brand plan, Content plan, Onboarding plan, Audience Segmentation plans etc

· Crossover with Procurement on major agency and supplier pitch process, including:

o Locking in conformed timelines, plans

o Organising pitches, review and decision stages with procurement

· Maintain and optimise editorial content tracking and planning documents

o Define steps for Creative Media Digital Video production to pick up tracking elements and fully align

· Extend travel planning aligned with project management 

Project Management

· Lead project management on range of major cross-Marketing projects, eg End of Season Awards Event

o Including attendance at select races and offsite events

· Oversee project planning, budget alignment, project structuring and appropriate delivery, reporting

· Define, procure, set up and optimise integrated Project Management Platform

o Used across Marketing and in digital video production

· Set-up platform for Content concept briefing process, including audience segmentation focus

o Plus production project definition, timelines, 

o And integration with output tracking and reporting

Commercial and Finance alignment

· Develop integrated planning process with commercial team around marketing, brand and content alignment with Partners and Licenses

· Align commercial project alignment with shared project management platform 

· Extend integrated budget tracking assets and process with finance across all marketing areas

· Help project manage next season budget planning aligned with integrated strategies 

Location & Hours

· The job will be based at SJM, with occasional attendance in Biggin and at track and F1 Events

· Must be able to work weekends, including race shifts with occasionally late hours. Time off in lieu is given for weekend working.

Global Fan Experience Manager – Chelsea

s a member of the Chelsea team, you will become part of a long and proud history in the heart of iconic west London, which dates to the club’s founding in 1905. Since that time the club has won every major domestic and international trophy, being crowned English, European and world champions in the process.

Chelsea is a club which proudly strives to be the best in everything we do, on and off the pitch, as shown by the further success of our Women’s and Academy sides, as well as the excellent work in the community undertaken by the Chelsea Foundation, while engaging with our many supporters from a wide range of backgrounds at home in the UK and around the world.

If you’re motivated and want to help us win more trophies, you’ve got a place here at Chelsea!

This role will focus on planning and executing full fan experience on match days at Stamford Bridge & Kingsmeadow, being the lead contact and decision maker,.

Duties including but not limited to:

• Driving ideas and innovation to enhance the matchday experience, committed to improving process and experience.

• All club activation pre-match and in bowl (incl. half-time, full time)

• Work closely with the Partnerships team to deliver contractual matchday rights.

• Management of matchday event agency, suppliers, and talent.

• Music strategy for in bowl

• Manage allocated budget, presenting new ideas an innovation for sign off.

• Communicate the schedule of activity to senior management ahead of every match day and events.

Must Haves/qualified by demonstrable experience to the level required:

• Commitment to working weekends & evenings – in line with the fixture schedule, the duties of the post require weekend and evening work to meet the needs of the agreed programme of events.

• Sporting or entertainment tech & AV knowledge alongside creative & production experience

• Extensive experience in fan event management, ideally at a sports or entertainment arena.

• Demonstrable experience in managing and resolving issues in live event environments.

• Experience in the supervision, administration, and organisation of events

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in managing large, high-profile events e.g., sports grounds, music arenas.

• Safeguarding certification

• Events management degree or similar

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: 

At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

Media Intelligence Specialist – International Olympic Committee

As a Media Intelligence Specialist, you will monitor the Olympic Movement in both social and traditional media across geographies and languages. Also, you will provide insights that inform the IOC’s communications and reputation strategy

Main responsibilities

  • Monitor the Olympic Movement in both social and traditional media across regions and languages;
  • Identify and select relevant articles, blogs and social posts covering news on the Olympic Movement;
  • Compile a daily newsletter of relevant news stories and trends to be sent to key stakeholders;
  • Produce analyses, including summaries of key messages, context, tonality, geographical spread, etc.;
  • Alert and brief stakeholders on potential issues and other relevant topics;
  • Deliver news briefings in daily Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department meetings;
  • Assist the teams dealing with stakeholder engagement and crisis communication situations;
  • Prepare deep-dive reports, combining various sources of information, on specific themes or campaigns;
  • Answer information requests about specific topics in a timely manner;
  • Work with other team members to continuously advance methodologies and develop new data sources.

Our requirements

  • University education or equivalent;
  • Experience in media monitoring and corporate communications;
  • Fluency in English, with excellent command of at least one additional language such as French, German, Spanish, Italian required; additional languages would be an asset;
  • Excellent command of the corporate tools and ability to follow the internal user rules (Outlook, etc.).
  • Excellent writing and communication skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment;
  • Understanding of the main social media platforms and how content is measured on them;
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical skills;
  • Ability to interpret data to help inform content production, audience development and business decisions;
  • Clear presentation skills, comfortable briefing senior stakeholders and management;
  • Good knowledge of the global media landscape;
  • Speed and accuracy in carrying out tasks;
  • Work experience in an international, multicultural and multilingual environment;
  • Interest in sport and news from around the world.

Football Innovation & Research Manager – FIFA

More than a job

As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

We are now looking for a Football Innovation & Research Manager that is part of FIFA and supports us on our mission.

These are your key tasks:

• Ownership, management and development of the FIFA Innovation Programme

• Establish a strategy and mechanism for managing requests, identifying promising new avenues and assessing new technology innovations across the Professional Football Division

• Manage the decision-making process that results in the transformation of ideas into concrete innovative initiatives and design validation studies for the empirical assessment of merit

• Ensure impactful outcome, documentation and communication of innovation projects 

• Support the FIFA Research team in structuring, designing and managing multidiscipline research projects 

• Maximise the outcome of research projects through the publication of studies and the assimilation of findings through innovative means

• Promote and represent the technology innovation strategy at selected conferences and events

• Assist the Head of Department and Research team with the overall innovation management process for assessing, deploying and standardising technology globally

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

• Master’s degree or similar higher education in technical studies, e.g. engineering or business studies with a strong focus on research methods

• Previous experience working with innovation in football or another sector with transferable knowledge

• Fluency in English, any other FIFA language (French or Spanish) is an asset

• Passion for technology development in football

• Problem-solving attitude, cultivates an innovation mindset, open to trying new approaches

• Strategic thinker who understands the bigger picture and long-term objectives

• Team player, willing and able to learn from others as well capable of sharing knowledge and experience 

• Sound presentation skills in front of large audiences

• Understanding of the technological landscape in sport and key drivers for FIFA’s technology innovation

• Out-of-the box thinking

• Willingness to travel occasionally

• Readiness for standby duties 

We are FIFA, the global governing body for football.

Our vision is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. The last FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 attracted more then 5 billion viewers and the last FIFA Women’s World Cup in France in 2019 one billion viewers. The opportunities for growth are exciting.

We are a modern organisation with over 850 passionate employees who are Living Football every day. Our headquarters are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we have an office in Paris, plus eleven regional offices from New Zealand to India, Congo, Panama and Paraguay.

You can find more information about us on the FIFA career page and on jobs.FIFA.com.

Director Commercial and Marketing – Rangers FC

Rangers Football Club, formed in 1872, is one of the world’s longest-established and most successful clubs, having won 55 League titles, 34 Scottish Cups, 27 League Cups and the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972. This collection of titles and cups makes Rangers the most successful club in the world, and it is currently the 9th strongest football brand according to the YouGov UK Brand Index.

Playing at the 50,987 seat Ibrox Stadium and benefitting from the world-class 37-acre training facility, the Club has been a dominant force in Scottish football for decades. The Club benefits from a famously loyal support and the high volume of season tickets is the foundation of the top 19 best attendances in Europe. It is estimated that Rangers has a global fanbase of 3.4m, half of which reside in the UK.

Commercially, over the last four years, the club has gone from strength to strength. With a strong partnership portfolio, hospitality developments, the new Edmiston House venue and a global fan base, the club is in a great position to continue this growth.

THE ROLE

The club is now looking to appoint a new Director of Commercial & Marketing to build on these fantastic foundations and further optimise commercial revenue and continue to grow and engage with the club’s global fan base. The Director of Commercial & Marketing will sit on the club’s board, reporting to the CEO, and lead a department of 60 full-time staff.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Maximise commercial revenues, through partnerships, retail, ticket sales, events, hospitality, corporate, soccer academies, digital media and other business activities.
  • Drive Commercial & Marketing activities that seek to grow the global fan base whilst deepening existing supporter engagement.
  • Attract new offers from leading brands for the flagship sponsor positions.
  • Growing commercial partnerships and maximising all corporate sales opportunities.
  • Maximise the potential of the Castore Kit and Retail partnership.
  • Deliver a digital transformation strategy that places data at the heart of business decisions and supporter engagement.
  • Grow the MyGers membership, underpinned by a constant plan for member engagement and supporter feedback.
  • Continue to modernise the Club’s hospitality offering with a focus on the Blue Sky Lounge, ‘Menu by Gordon Ramsay’, and new Sports Bar project.
  • Extend reach of Soccer Academies into key international markets and exploit digital platforms.
  • Drive the commercial success and lead all aspects of Edmiston House and the Club Museum, delivering a robust commercial strategy and continuous matchday, conferences, music, and events activity.
  • Develop the Club’s digital and social media strategy, driving reach and engagement.
  • Manage and support the entire Commercial & Marketing department, to maximise their potential and develop their skills.

THE CANDIDATE

The candidate attributes include:

  • A successful track record of leading commercial revenue streams within a relevant organisation. Ideally, sports but other industries are considered (Media, Entertainment, etc).
  • A track record of securing, developing and growing sponsorship.
  • Proven business development experience from a relevant background – ideally sports but other relevant areas considered.
  • Experience and/or ability to lead a marketing division that focuses on fan engagement, whilst developing the brand and global reach.
  • Experience of developing and maximising retail and licensing activities.
  • Proven experience of leading teams and maximising the performance of individuals
  • Driven by targets and comfortable in a high-pressure commercial environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and stakeholder management ability.

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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Given the nature of the business, this role includes working at both weekends and evenings in accordance with the fixture schedule and events diary.
  • A developed sense of discretion and confidentiality is required.
  • The candidate must keep up to date with new methods and undertake necessary internal or external training sessions in accordance with company policies and procedures.

The Executives in Sport Group are retained on behalf of Rangers FC to appoint a Director of Commercial and Marketing. 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.

Tender for provision of TV services – CAF

The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) is the governing body of African Football and was founded in 1957. The founding members are Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa. With a membership of 54 member associations, the secretariat is based in Egypt.

In line with creating transparency and equal opportunity for all interested suppliers and/or service providers, we are also posting this tender on CAF website and other social media platforms.

We kindly request you to provide us with your technical and financial proposals (by email) for the attached RFP documents, before closing date on* 1st June 2023 at 12:00 p.m. (Cairo Local Time).*

Tender for provision of ticketing services – CAF

The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) is the governing body of African Football and was founded in 1957. The founding members are Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa. With a membership of 54 member associations, the secretariat is based in Egypt.

In line with creating transparency and equal opportunity for all interested suppliers and/or service providers, we are also posting this tender on CAF website and other social media platforms.

We kindly request you to provide us with your technical and financial proposals (by email) for the attached RFP documents, before closing date on

Fan Data Management – WNBA

At the WNBA, we’re passionate about growing and celebrating the game of basketball. Through the intensity of the game and the amazing athletic skill of our players, we deliver excitement to hundreds of millions of fans around the world.As a global sports and media business, the WNBA is so much more. While Basketball Operations runs the league’s on-court activities, other departments manage relationships with television and digital media partners, develop marketing partnerships with some of the world’s most recognizable companies, oversee the licensing of WNBA merchandise, and handle a wide range of responsibilities that drive the WNBA’s success.

The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace. To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.

This position is hybrid, 3 days a week in the NY office.

Position Summary:

This cross-functional position will report to the Global Strategy and Innovation team with the mission to discover, inspire and engage fans around the world. The role’s goal will be to work together with the growing Fan Acquisition and Engagement team at the WNBA who works to enhance the fan experience, improve internal processes to make CRM and digital marketing efforts more efficient, expand the overall WNBA fanbase, and acquire and optimize fan data.The technical program manager will be responsible for the acquisition and governance of WNBA fan data with the goal of maximizing the league’s opportunities to connect directly with, and personalize communications to, their fanbase. This role will lead the direction of quality and standards of fan data by strategically building out the WNBA data infrastructure, making sure the league is able to properly collect and activate upon the league’s new and existing fans. This role requires a high level of technical expertise with a nuanced understanding of our technical platforms (particularly our email service provider, Braze) and data strategy, including coding, API management, and ticket creation. This is a rare opportunity as the solutions you help develop and deploy will have a real and immediate impact on both the league’s fans and internal business operations.

Major Responsibility:

  • Lead day-to-day management of data cleansing, data entry, accuracy, validation, and data integrity
  • Write technical requirements to build compliant, quality-driven incoming data pipelines for new WNBA projects and initiatives, with a focus on data feed ingestion
  • Build out in-depth technical documentation around the WNBA’s core marketing technologies with an emphasis on ensuring data quality
  • Heavy focus on Braze technical integrations (APIs, SDKs) for larger initiatives and lead gen campaigns, as well as continually monitoring integrations that were previously built
  • Serve as subject matter expert on fan data in Braze including profile fields, attributes, events, etc.
  • Draft data requests for various deals, implement into contracts, then ensure critical legal and business rules are met within all user-level data integrations across web, app, OTT, and data warehouse properties
  • Handle DSAR/GDPR/CCPA privacy implementation issues, working closely with league’s privacy lawyers
  • Develop a deep understanding of the WNBA’s fan marketing initiatives and priorities, in order to best understand what categories of fan data and data streams to prioritize

Required Skills/Knowledge: 

  • 5+ years of experience in a stakeholder and/or analytically driven role (Data analyst, Technical product manager, Engineer, etc.)
  • Experience working with web/app MarTech vendors (Particularly Braze)
  • General prior coding experience in any language
  • Experience working with SQL databases and APIs
  • Experience particularly in working in JIRA OR other project management software
  • Comfort with ambiguity in data and experience in working with partners to optimize third-party data streams
  • Excellent critical thinking with creative solutions to overcome challenges and meet business requirements
  • Detail-oriented, extremely organized with ability to manage projects from inception through execution
  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams
  • Knowledge and passion for the league

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required

Salary:

  • Salary Range for this role is $85,000 to $115,000

The NBA does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other third parties. Any unsolicited resume sent to the NBA will be considered NBA property, and the NBA will not pay a fee should it hire the subject of any unsolicited resume.

The NBA considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

About The WNBA

The WNBA is a bold, progressive basketball league that stands for the power of women.  Featuring 12 teams, the W is a unique sports property that combines competition and entertainment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion and social responsibility.  Through its world-class athletes, the in-game fan experience, TV and digital broadcasts, digital and social content and community outreach programs, the league celebrates and elevates the game of basketball and the culture around it.

Live Content Correspondent – NFL

The Live Content Correspondent is part of the Live Content Correspondent (LCC) program at the NFL that places creative and social media-minded Videographers and Photographers in every NFL market to capture content for NFL stakeholders as needed, 365 days a year.

Summary/Objective

This role requires a candidate who has a passion for football, advanced videography and/or photography skills, editing skills and extensive experience capturing sports/live content.

Each LCC will capture video and/or photo content using their own camera equipment. Content will be shared across the NFL Media ecosystem.

The main responsibilities of the LCC will be to capture high-quality videos and images at NFL and Club games (in-market), events and select activations.

We are hiring LCCs in select NFL markets .

During the season, you will work all home games and may work non-gameday events. Depending on performance and availability, you may have the opportunity to work at NFL and Club events in the off-season.

This is a part-time non exempt position that will report to the NFL Live Content Correspondent team. To work as an LCC you must have a flexible schedule that will allow you to shoot NFL events as needed.

Along with your resume, please submit a copy of your portfolio showing off previous sports videography and/or work.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Capture and edit best-in-class video and/or photo content from games and events you are assigned to cover. 
  • Share quality content quickly and efficiently during live events and games. 
  • Fulfill requests and meet deadlines that come in from various NFL stakeholders. 
  • Communicate with NFL contacts in a timely fashion to receive instructions and other key information. 
  • Share a recap of your work with supervisors following the conclusion of each event, and quickly upload your content into our archive. 
  • Work together with other content creators during events and shoots. 

Qualifications

  • Experience capturing sports photo or video content for a professional sports team or college/university. 
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience. 
  • Portfolio of prior sports video/photography content required. 
  • Must own a high-quality DSLR camera (or similar) and various lenses. 
  • Experience creating meaningful and robust social content using Snapchat and Instagram Stories. 
  • Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a high-energy environment. 
  • Ability to maintain attention to detail and an ability to produce high-quality, accurate work within designated deadlines. 
  • Must have an extremely high level of professionalism when working any and all events. 
  • Passionate football fan, knowledgeable about football. 

Supervisory Responsibility

N/A

Physical Demands

Long periods of standing outside/ carrying equipment up to 25lbs

Travel

Varies by market, up to 25%

Expected Hours Of Work

8 Hours per home market game day, Various hours outside of gameday