Partnerships Lead – Cricket Australia

Working for Cricket Australia means that you become a part of Australia’s proud history and help us look toward the future as we seek to drive bold, transformative change in digital experiences, grow junior participation, re-imagine the W/BBL, build player connection through storytelling and play our part in developing the game globally.

Our purpose is clear; to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket. Cricket is so much more than just a game; it brings people together and binds us all through our shared experiences.

This is your opportunity to join a purpose led organisation that truly makes a difference to Australians.

About the role

We’re looking for a driven Partnerships Lead to join our Commercial team. This role participates in the Partnerships Team’s efforts to deliver exceptional value to all partners via their association with cricket.

Reporting to the Senior Partnerships Manager, you will lead the management of a portfolio of Partners, ensuring their contractual obligations are delivered successfully through deep relationships and service delivery excellence, maximising commercial returns for all stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Planning, developing and executing the successful year-round management and delivery of a portfolio of key Partner agreements.
  • Delivering excellence in customer service, stakeholder engagement and maximising outcomes through close collaboration and strong contractual management.
  • Connecting the partnerships to the insights; distil the priorities and focus for the team to move forward with their partners on a tactical level that assists in the development and delivery of sponsor marketing plans.
  • Building, nurturing and maintaining strong and effective relations with each Partner, providing excellence in partner servicing and delivery.
  • Collaborating with the broader Commercial team with regards to value creation to retain existing business, ensuring partners needs are met or exceeded.
  • Ensuring partner requirements are aligned to current and future needs leading to advocacy, revenue growth and renewal.

About you

You’ll have:

  • 5+ years’ experience in commercial partnerships role on either rights holder, client, or agency.
  • Superior customer relationship and communication skills.
  • A strong commercial mindset that can look around corners.
  • Strong negotiation, interpersonal and relationship management skills.
  • Highly motivated and self-driven towards delivering exceptional client service.
  • Highly organised, excellent attention to detail and be a strategic commercial and analytical thinker.
  • Proven stakeholder and account management skills.
  • Experience creating and delivering strategic marketing/sponsorship campaigns.
  • Willingness to travel interstate from time to time.

What’s in it for you?

At Cricket Australia we work hard to deliver the season, but we play hard too – Our employees at Cricket are gifted an additional week leave at the end of season! As a CA employee, you will also have to other benefits including:

  • Tickets to the Cricket for you to take your friends and family and experience Australia’s favourite game!
  • A flexible working environment, meaning we strike the balance of what you need and what works for the business (this isn’t limited to remotely working)
  • Discounts from our partners and salary packaging options
  • A multitude of leave types including paid parental leave and volunteer leave

About Cricket

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.

Australian Cricket, including Cricket Australia, is committed to being a child safe organisation and requires all team members to hold a valid Working with Children Check.

Your application

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, Friday 3 February 2023.

B2B Events Senior Sales Manager – Web3 Summit for Sport

Company: Global Web3 Summit for Sport, Entertainment & Gaming

Website: web3summit.sport

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Wimbledon, London (Three days office, two day WFH)

Start Date: As soon as possible

Remuneration: competitive salary, which is dependent on experience, with a lucrative bonus structure

About your company: The Web3 Summit is the meeting place for Sports, Entertainment & Gaming Industries to learn how they can future-proof their businesses using the decentralised internet. Held at the iconic Emirates Stadium in London, the event attracted over 700+ senior executives from some of the world’s largest institutions like FIFA, JP Morgan, Coca-Cola, BMW, NBA, Animoca Brands, Tezos and many more. With 2023 lining up to be bigger and better than ever before, there couldn’t be a better time to join the team and put your stamp on the summit.

About your role:

We are looking for a high-performing B2B Global Conference Sales Manager to help us meet our sponsors & delegates acquisition and revenue growth targets by helping to bring the most innovative companies to the summit. You will be responsible for maximizing our sales potential, crafting sales plans and justifying those to plans to the senior decision-makers across sports, entertainment, gaming and web3 organisations.

Your responsibilities include:

  • Achieving growth and hitting both sponsorship & delegate sales targets 
  • Designing and implementing a strategic events sales plan that expands the company’s customer base and ensures it’s strong presence
  • Own recruiting, objectives setting and performance monitoring of sales representatives
  • Build and promote strong, long-lasting partner/sponsor relationships to understand their needs and objectives within the partnership
  • Present sales, revenue and expenses reports and realistic forecasts to the management team

Requirements and skills

  • Successful previous experience as a b2b conference sales representative or sales manager, consistently meeting or exceeding targets.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization
  • Proven ability to drive the sales process from prospecting to closure
  • Motivated to hit the ground running and drive revenue
  • Strong business sense and industry knowledge

A plus if

  • You have some understanding of the web3 space and how it crosses over into the industries the summit covers.

Media Rights Opportunity – Brazilian Sports Bundle

iSportConnect, in association with Content Arena, presents a new content package, which will add a distinct flair and style to your content portfolio.

These leagues and competitions from Brazil will guarantee you amazing goals and powerful aces, high-level competitiveness as well as international superstars. Whether it’s volleyball, football or futsal – it’s all covered.

Available as a bundle, or standalone.
Schedules:

 Volleyball Superliga (Men and Women’s): Up to 140 live games available per season,
2022-23 and 2023-24 (Oct to May)

 Brazilian Futsal: Up to 200 live games available, Mar to Nov 2023

 Brazilian Catarinense: Up to 80 games available, Jan to Apr 2023

 Brazilian Paranaense: Up to 80 games available, Jan to Apr 2023

 Copa do Nordeste: Around 70 live games available, Jan to Apr 2023 (additional
seasons available)

In addition to live games, delayed rights and highlights also available.

Media Rights Opportunity – Horse Racing, Crown Jewels

iSportConnect, in association with Content Arena, presents media rights to elite horse-racing events.

The Crown Jewels incorporates the best of the sport – high drama, royalty, world class production and sporting excellence in each race as the stars travel the globe to compete in some of the world’s most famous and iconic sporting events.

15 Races in 8 countries across 4 continents, each programme produced to the highest standard by world-leading companies.

Each event is so much more than just a race. Programming captures the elite global fashion, lifestyle, royalty and culture that is unique to each event, attracting hardcore sports and general entertainment fans. Promos, sizzle reels, social media assets, highlights and more content package also available.

Partnerships can be structured around single events (like the ones in January and February), or season-long, incorporating legendary races like the Royal Ascot.


Schedule:
Taking place over 11 months, it ties events like Royal Ascot, the Melbourne Cup and the Breeders’ Cup in an exciting season. The upcoming two events will be:


Pegasus World Cup, Saturday 28th January
 The racing season kicks off in spectacular fashion with two multi-million-dollar
events hosted in the heart of Miami, USA.
 Breath-taking sporting action meets glamour, fashion, celebrity, and music, with
special performances from Kygo and One Republic during the show.
 World-class 90-minute live broadcast produced by NBC, accompanied with a suite of
supporting assets (promos, highlights, sizzle reels)
Saudi Cup, Saturday 25th February
 One of the world’s sporting highlights, all eyes turn to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the
running of the ‘World’s Richest Race’ with US$20 million on the line.
 The finest thoroughbreds from around the world compete in this truly international
event.
 60-minute live bespoke international broadcast produced by IMG, with supporting
content, previews, highlights and more available.
More info:

Head of People Services – Manchester United

At Manchester United our aim is to Win the United Way – and the quality of our behind-the scenes team sets us apart from the competition.Our people are as committed to the success of the company as the players are to winning trophies. We offer a unique and exciting working environment, excellent training, with recognition and rewards for the part each individual plays. Sounding good so far?

The Purpose

To work as a senior People leader, translating the People Strategy into excellent operational delivery in the People Service Centre and through transformation of the HR Information Systems. The Centre will deliver efficient and people-centric services including hire to retire administration: offers, contracts, new starter process, life events, ER case management, reward and benefits, safeguarding and L&D administration.The Role

  • Support the delivery of the People Strategy in providing reliable, efficient, “right first time” services to stakeholders.
  • Lead, inspire and coach the People Services team to provide development opportunities aligned with a career in HR.
  • Embed a high-performance culture of excellence in which colleagues in the Service Centre take ownership for problem resolution with a continual focus on employee experience.
  • Create a procedurally efficient environment in which ingenuity and creativity are encouraged and adopted as cornerstones for continuous improvement.
  • Oversee the delivery of all transactional People Services for the Club.
  • Ownership of the HRIS provider relationship, monitoring the SLA / KPI provision and ongoing service improvement.
  • Develop a working knowledge and understanding of employment in the international territories Manchester United are present in.
  • Actively seek out opportunities to drive improvement to the user (candidate/employee) experience with People Services; drive efficiency and maximise use of technology. Creating compelling business cases for ongoing improvements
  • Work closely with the Head of People, Senior People Partners and centres of expertise to understand local strategies and the impact on demand for People Services as well as resource required for project delivery 
  • Ensure full compliance with Manchester United governance and delegated authorities (eg SOX) and develop internal governance to ensure that all legislative and regulatory compliance is met (e.g. ONS requests for data; IR35 legislation; etc) 
  • Work closely with the Head of Candidate Experience and talent acquisition team to ensure the seamless process between selection and joining 
  • Understand future changes to employment law and work with the Senior People Partner – Digital Experience to ensure the People Advisors develop a deep understanding of future legislative changes and the impact on the Club, setting in place any processes and changes to ensure full compliance and management of risk. 
  • Understand the programme requirements needed to plan and deliver the HR Strategy and deploy resource accordingly. Understand risk and opportunities to each programme and ensure robust project management of each workstream is in place across HR. 

The Person:Operating As Both Leader Of The People Services Function And As a Member Of The Wider Senior People Team, The Head Of People Services Will Be

  • Process and service orientated; continually identifying ways to improve efficiency and end-user experience
  • Able to see beyond process and make complex, commercial decisions where necessary
  • Analytical and comfortable with accurate, time-pressured requests for data/analysis 
  • Highly engaging and coaching leader. Creates an environment where the People Service Centre grows talent for future succession in HR
  • Able to oversee multiple, complex activities and prioritise effectively
  • Able to act as part of the senior HR Leadership team and contribute and challenge on discussions beyond of the Service Centre, for example on broader HR Strategies
  • Externally curious, aware of external best practice and builds up a strong internal and external network
  • Strong influencing, negotiation, and communication skills 
  • They will also have extensive experience of leading relationships with HRIS providers, ideally with implementation of new digital platforms or modules across organisations.

Application Information: If you would like to join the team and be part of our mission, to win the United way, please submit your application by Tuesday 31st January 2023Manchester United endeavour to respond to all job applications, however, please consider that we receive a high volume of applications, and this may not always possible.

We recognise the importance of safeguarding children and adults at risk at Manchester United, as part of this commitment this post is required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check at the appropriate level, as well as full reference history.Manchester United is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to background, ethnicity, race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or other legally protected characteristics. Manchester United Football Club are proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, supporting the armed forces community to transition into careers outside of the armed forces. Manchester United is committed to working with and providing reasonable adjustments for applicants and employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application and perform at your best, please do not hesitate to contact us to make a request; we are here to help.It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK-based job who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to you before applying for any of our roles. Your personal data will be processed on MU’s behalf by Morson.

Senior Media Intelligence Manager – International Olympic Committee

You monitor the Olympic Movement in both social and traditional media across geographies and languages and provide insights that inform the IOC’s communications and reputation strategy. You also provide team leadership and direction for the overall media intelligence strategy and implementation.

Main responsibilities

Provide through leadership and direction for the overall media intelligence strategy and implementation while playing an active role in the daily operations and the delivery of the products.

Daily Operations

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

Team & Strategy

  • Lead the team to identify and support both social and traditional media monitoring needs.
  • Manage the Media Monitoring unit as a competency center for the whole organisation.
  • Work closely with the Media Relations’ team to identify needs and provide optimal support.
  • Increase level of storytelling and deliver clear insights to inform meaningful decision-making.
  • Develop impactful reports and presentations to communicate key information and results.
  • Collaborate with internal technology teams and vendors to deliver tools and system solutions.
  • Enable the IOC to operate at the edge of media intelligence and push the boundaries through continuous innovation to drive knowledge, accuracy and efficiency.
  • Build on the positive and collaborative team culture.
  • Manage and coach the Media Monitoring team (3 direct reports).

Our requirements

  • University education or equivalent.
  • Experience in media intelligence 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 writing and communication skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Thorough 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.

Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is embedded in its DNA and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.

Director NFL+ – NFL

The NFL+ content lead will play a key role in defining the content direction for NFL+, a direct-to-consumer product. This role will work with internal stakeholders to ideate and execute premium football content, both in- and out of season.

An ability to think creatively, a passion for football, solid digital content experience, and knowledge of all aspects of production are important in this role.

This role is in-office and located in Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

  • Ideate and ensure delivery of content tailored to engage, inform, entertain, and retain NFL+ subscribers 
  • Create a content calendar with the goal of keeping subscribers engaged year-round 
  • Work with content producers to keep projects on deadline and on par with quality expectations 
  • Work across key league teams, including Strategy, Events, Product, Marketing, Legal, Talent, and Production 
  • Leverage analytics effectively and creates reports/insights to understand audience preferences and build/adjust content plans accordingly 
  • Has strong working knowledge of the NFL, including current players, storylines, trends and schedules with respect to the NFL season as well as its year-round events 

Salary / Pay Range 

  • This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range 

Required Qualifications

  • Basic Qualifications: 
  • 5-7 years of experience in digital content/production environment 
  • Experience bringing content from initial creative development to distribution 
  • Full schedule availability, including nights, weekends and gameday 
  • Ability to think big around the NFL’s direct-to-consumer offerings 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Has a working knowledge of cinematography, editing and graphics. 
  • Direct-to-consumer experience is a plus 

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics

  • An ability to think creatively 
  • A passion for football 

Physical Demands 

  • N/A 

Travel 

  • Occasional travel required 

Terms /Expected Hours of Work 

  • NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week 
  • Occasional weekend work required

Head of Media Access and Content Delivery – Premier League

The Media Department at the Premier League are looking for a Head of Media Access and Content Delivery to oversee their access and content delivery function.The Head of Media Access and Content Delivery will provide oversight and direction to ensure the Premier League delivers a best-in-class player and manager access framework to all domestic and international broadcasting partners. This will include direct management of the access team to include strategic guidance, leadership on issue resolution and the setting and assessing of clear and measurable objectives. This role will also encompass the day-to-day management (and associated governance procedures) of the relevant sections of the Premier League Rule Book.Furthermore, the Head of Media Access and Content Delivery, will act as a content lead within the Media Department, will work alongside the senior team at Premier League Productions (PLP) to continually improve the quality and breadth of international programming.The Head of Media Access and Content Delivery will constantly be aware of the innovation and development of content strategies to drive improvement in the Premier League offering (both owned and operated and via third parties).This is an exciting opportunity to join an experienced team of broadcasting experts at the Premier League. The role would suit a driven, ambitious and personable candidate, with excellent communications skills and a background in communications, content or media at a Club or sports media company.Who We AreThe Premier League is home to some of the most competitive and compelling football in the world. The League and its Clubs use the power and popularity of the competition to inspire fans, communities and partners in the UK and across the world. The Premier League brings people together from all backgrounds. It is a competition for everyone, everywhere and is available to watch in over 1 billion homes in 189 countries.We have a wide variety of responsibilities. These include organising the competition and its Rule Book as well as managing the centralised broadcast and commercial rights. The work we do in conjunction with the Clubs also goes far beyond the 90 minutes. We support and provide a framework for youth development, we protect the organisation’s intellectual property, support the wider game and community programmes, undertake international development work and liaise with governing bodies and other leagues.Our hybrid-working model also allows you some variety on your place of work, offering you the chance to work from home on some days each week. Where possible, you will attend the office or site visits in line with our company policy. All staff liaise closely with their line manager to manage their time appropriately and according to their work and team requirements.Key Responsibilities

  • Content Development – constantly be aware of the innovation and development of new content/programming strands to drive improvement and engagement in the Premier League offering.
  • Access – work to continually improve all access arrangements made available to rights holders. Further, oversee the delivery of the Section K access programme and the associated reporting.
  • Broadcaster liaison – build and develop excellent working relationships with senior contacts at domestic and international broadcast partners, and PLP. Support on the strategic management of those relationships.
  • Club liaison – act as senior point of contact for Clubs concerning all access and content related elements of the Rule book. Importantly, build, develop and maintain strong relationships with senior Club personnel across communications and content.
  • Oversee the delivery of regular meetings with senior Club contacts, covering shared strategic goals, content sharing, access, and any general broadcast updates and issue resolution.
  • Events – provide access oversight to any relevant Premier League events to include pre-season tournaments, trophy lift, eSports, Hall of Fame, broadcaster briefings and media access days.
  • Activation – work with the Media Sales function to direct the access team on support for international rights holder’s utilisation and promotion across all global territories.
  • Production – account manage the digital clips production facility.

Requirements For The Role

  • Significant experience working in a sports media or Club communications, media or content role. The ideal candidate would have experience in multiple areas.
  • Demonstrable experience of innovative and progressive thinking in previous roles.
  • Experience of managing people in a high-output team.
  • A knowledge of / interest in football / sport and the workings of organisations involved in the industry.
  • Detailed knowledge of either Club communications and media delivery or broadcast content planning and delivery.
  • The ability to work calmly under pressure and a keen, can-do attitude.
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to multitask and prioritise effectively.
  • Be a strong project manager, who can motivate others around them.
  • First-class Microsoft Office skills (especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
  • Excellent attention to detail and deadlines, taking pride in the quality of work produced.

Commercial Digital Manager – England Rugby

The RFU has been undergoing a period of significant change, responding to changes in the external environment whilst adjusting to the demands of a modern governing body. The organisation is currently one year into delivering an exciting strategic plan that hopes to have a transformational impact on Rugby Union. As part of this strategic plan, the RFU has an ambition to become a data-driven, user-centric organisation with market leading digital capabilities that will not only transform the rugby experience for players, volunteers and fans today, but also future proof the RFU for years to come. The Commercial Digital Manager will work to optimise the value of our digital inventory to promote relevant commercial offerings to fans and maximise the value of digital rights for current & new official sponsors. 

Accountabilities: 

Digital activation 

  • Champion the commercial value of our digital eco system to existing and potential partners 
  • Work with retail partner, licensees and current sponsors and our Partnerships team to ensure existing partner digital rights are being maximized 
  • Work closely with Web analytics to review the performance and impact of commercial digital activations 
  • Work with Consumer Engagement team to segment database audiences and understand the commercial value of those audiences 
  • Conceptualize, plan and deliver digital cross-channel commercial assets for official partners and internal commercial stakeholders (e.g. ticketing, retail, memberships). 

Digital rights 

  • Work with internal teams, such as Content, Consumer Engagement and Technology, to create new digital rights and sponsorship packages across the ecosystem and audience base 
  • Support the Business development team in evaluating the value of digital rights and packages for sponsors. 

Branded Content 

  • Be a link between Partnerships and Content teams to ideate and deliver branded content formats for official sponsors. 

Measurement & reporting 

  • Provide partners, licensees and retalier regular reports on digital activity, working with internal teams 
  • Review and regularly assess the commercial value of our digital assets 
  • Support Sales with key performance indicators of digital rights 

Stakeholder management 

  • Forge strong relationships with third party partner platforms such as Ticketmaster, Fanatics and Twickenham Experience. 
  • Act as an ambassador for, and promote the best interests of the RFU, including the promotion of the RFU core values and BACK (Brave, Accountable, Collaborative, Keep improving) culture. 
  • Undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post and the needs of the organisation 

Person Specification 

The skills and attributes outlined in this description are not exhaustive and we welcome candidates who can bring different relevant experiences to the role. 

Qualifications, skills & experience: 

  • Effective communication skills and presentation 
  • Solid digital commercial background 
  • Experience of sports sponsorship a positive 
  • Experience in using analysis tools 
  • Good level of understanding of digital platforms and content 
  • Proactive in problem solving and ensuring the right people are involved 
  • Able to lead meetings with partners 
  • Committed to actively contributing and building an inclusive BACK culture in your role and day to day behaviours. 

Additional Information: 

  • All role holders must maintain an appropriate standard of confidentiality. Any disclosures of confidential information (including personal information kept on computer or other media) made unlawfully outside the proper course of duty will be treated as a serious disciplinary offence 
  • The role description, person specification, job level and job title may be subject to change at the discretion of the RFU and under business developments. Any changes will be communicated to the role holder as appropriate 
  • During your application, we will ask questions about your identity. This information is considered highly confidential and will not be seen by hiring managers. You can find out more about why we ask these questions here. 
  • If you are a trans candidate applying for a job that requires a DBS check, please reach out to recruitment@rfu.com or directly to our safeguarding team (safeguarding@rfu.com) to use the confidential sensitive application route. This will provide applicants with the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate. 
  • Please supply an anonymised CV

Tender for logistics services provider – Special Olympics World Games Berlin

Appointment of a permanent project manager and contact person with experience in the organization and planning of the logistics of comparable major events. Warehouse relocation and warehouse management. Provision of a central warehouse for the interim storage of a wide variety of materials. For more information, please refer to the tender documents. Lot 1 Services of a logistics company for the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023; Lot 2 Central Warehouse “Post Games Time/Resolution (OPTIONAL); Lot 3 Material Handling Equipment (OPTIONAL);