FIFA media rights tenders commence for Sub-Saharan Africa

FIFA has opened two separate tender processes for the media rights to the FIFA World Cup 26™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ in Sub-Saharan Africa.

With qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26 having commenced in Africa this month, entities in Sub-Saharan Africa are now invited to put forward their proposals to obtain the media rights for the tournament, which will be hosted in Canada, Mexico, and the USA. The 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup™ will follow a new format, with a record 104 matches and double the number of knock-out stage matches.

With the tournament expanding to include a record 48 nations in 2026, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will have a guaranteed nine representatives at the next FIFA World Cup. There also remains the possibility of a tenth African side sealing a place at the tournament, with one African nation guaranteed to advance to FIFA intercontinental play-off tournament.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ was the best FIFA World Cup ever for African teams. Morocco made history by becoming the first African nation to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, Senegal advanced to the round of 16, while Cameroon, Ghana, and Tunisia each recorded group stage wins.

Interested parties are also invited to submit their proposals to broadcast the tenth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in 2027. The host(s) of the FIFA World Cup 2027™ will be decided on 17 May 2024 by the FIFA Congress.

African teams made their mark on this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, with three of Africa’s four representatives advancing to the knockout phase and all four winning a match for the first time in history. With the tournament having expanded to feature 32 teams in the group stage from 2023 onwards, African nations will continue to have strong representation at the FIFA Women’s World Cup as women’s football continues to grow.

Entities wishing to participate in either or both of the tender processes can request the invitations to tender (ITTs) by emailing SubSaharaMediaRights@fifa.org.

The bid submission deadline in each case is 11:00 CET on Wednesday, 13 December 2023.

Through the sale of media rights for its tournaments, FIFA generates income which is essential to support and develop football around the world, including through the FIFA Forward Development Programme.

Web Writer – Chelsea FC

About the job

Job Title – Web Writer

Location – Stamford Bridge and Cobham Training Ground

Hours – 6 Month FTC – 35 hours a week (Any 5 of 7)

About Us:

As 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 back 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 are 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!

What We’re Looking For:

Chelsea FC are looking for a Web Writer to help with producing and delivering editorial content for Chelsea FC’s official website and app for our global audience.

Brief description and duties:

  • Produce engaging editorial content for our owned channels – specifically the official website but also the official app – to help shape the story around Chelsea, including our Men’s, Women’s and Academy teams.
  • Contribute to the day-to-day editorial output on the club’s official website and app that is suited for our global audience.
  • Work with the editorial team to provide best-in-class written content, including collaboration with other content teams and departments within the business.
  • Interview Men’s, Women’s and Academy players for wide-ranging content pieces to be published on official Chelsea channels.
  • Report on pre- and post-match manager press conferences, with the focus on reporting the Chelsea news first and accurately.
  • Provide leading coverage of home and away fixtures for the Men’s and Women’s teams, with a club-focused approach to reporting.
  • Produce data-focused written content pieces before and after Men’s and Women’s matches.
  • Create in-depth feature pieces that tell important stories around Chelsea and our respective teams.
  • Identify news stories that could be used as content on Chelsea channels.
  • Proactively seek new opportunities for content across the club’s media output.
  • Deliver on Partner and Commercial campaigns as required.
  • Work Men’s and some Women’s games, both home and away on a rota basis, including some European and global travel where required.

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

  • Degree in a relevant field or NCTJ qualification.
  • Previous experience in professional football media would be preferred.
  • Excellent writing skills.
  • Experience of working effectively within strict deadlines and in a fast-paced media environment, demonstrating strong proof reading and researching skills.
  • Highly-capable writer for a variety of purposes and audiences.
  • Experience in dealing with high-profile personalities.
  • Comprehensive understanding of digital media and a strong knowledge of professional football.
  • Able to deal with sensitive situations tactfully and maintain confidentially at all times.
  • Experience working on cultural and brand campaigns.
  • Ability to work using own initiative and as part of a team.
  • Confident communicator.

Nice to Haves:

  • Previous experience in professional football media would be preferred.

What We Offer:

https://chelseafc.pagetiger.com/benefits2223

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.

Chelsea FC and the Foundation is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups). We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate.

Partnerships Project Manager – Manchester United

About the job
Location: Manchester

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 closely with the Partnerships Director (PD) and Associate Partnerships Director (APD) and the Planning and Performance team, the PPM will be responsible for creating and delivering the partnership marketing plan for several partners, ensuring that activations perform effectively in-line with partnership objectives, delivered on time and within budget. The focus is on understanding partner objectives and campaign execution whilst reporting tangible results, and ensuring contractual rights are utilised.

The Role

Own the responsibility of every aspect of day-to-day partnership delivery (e.g., writing briefs, presentations, emails, status calls, reporting, creative approval, rights delivery, admin etc.)
Clearly define partnership objectives with the partner and ensure that these are understood by the partnerships team.
Plan delivery of the marketing plan, driving high standards of execution and performance.
Management of partners sponsorship rights with the club and ensuring that these rights are fully utilised by the partner.
Management and accountability of partner budgets.
Monitor performance at both campaign and partner level to ensure that acquisition, revenue, and expense targets are met.
Provide monthly timely and insightful reporting on the relevant partner product/brand portfolios.
Ensure timely delivery of compelling and insightful case studies.
Be well tuned into partner industry trends and keep abreast of any relevant legislation, regulatory requirements, and codes of practice as they apply to partner promotions, activations and campaigns.

The Person

Strategic brand experience across a range of blue chip brands/clients.
Successful track record in managing third party business relationships.
Creative and dynamic with sound knowledge of all marketing platforms including digital/social.
Able to influence, persuade, and negotiate at a senior level.
Able to build trusting, strategic and senior relationships with people.
Self-motivated and goal oriented.
Strong team player – maintains energy and momentum within the team.
Able to innovate and lead change.
Commercially astute and strategically sound; analytical, sees the big picture, long term. planning and organisation skills.
Comfortable handling own operational workload.
Passion for detail – impeccable standards. ‘Greatness’ is the essence of Manchester United.
Graduate level education.
Experience working with international, blue-chip brands, partnerships and global markets would be beneficial (but not essential).

If you would like to join the team and be part of our mission, to win the United way, please submit your application by Wednesday 22nd November 2023.

Manchester United endeavour to respond to all job applications, however as we receive a high volume of applications this may not always be 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.

Media Rights Sales: 2024-27 UEFA Europa League/ UEFA Europa Conference League

The media content rights sales process for the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League
and UEFA Europa Super Cup (seasons 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27) will be conducted on a market-by market basis with such media rights being offered on a platform neutral basis and in accordance with the
principles established by the European Commission.

The sales process will usually be effected initially by means of an ‘Invitation to Submit Offer’ (ISO) process
under which qualified media content distributors will be invited to submit offers before the submission
deadline (as indicated in the Schedule A below) for the media rights in their respective territories.

Schedule B lists the relevant territories for which media rights agreements have been signed (including details of the respective partners).


The sales process will be administered on behalf of UEFA by TEAM Marketing, UEFA’s marketing agency
for the exploitation of certain media and commercial rights relating to its club competitions, except in the
United States where the sales process will be administered on behalf of UEFA by Relevent Sports Group.
All enquiries in respect of the acquisition of such rights should therefore be directed to TEAM Marketing at the following e-mail address: info@team.ch.

Further communications and updates shall be provided as and when UEFA commences the media content
rights sales process in respect of any other territories.

RFI For Ticketing and Hospitality System, Mobile Ticketing Deliver Solution and On-Site Ticketing Operations – UEFA

UEFA Ticketing is responsible for the delivery of the ticketing programme for selected UEFA Events (as
defined below) which includes the sales and distribution of tickets for the public, fans of participating clubs or national associations and other UEFA stakeholders. UEFA hospitality is responsible for the sales of the official commercial hospitality programme for selected UEFA Events.

Together, UEFA Ticketing and UEFA Hospitality intend to open a selective tender process and may appoint
service provider(s) to deliver a system used to sell tickets which incorporates all business requirements in
relation to ticketing and hospitality matters (“Ticketing and Hospitality System”) and a secured solution
used to manage and distribute tickets digitally for ticket holders (“Mobile Ticketing Delivery Solution”) at
its discretion. This RFI is an information gathering process in which UEFA Ticketing and UEFA Hospitality
seek to collect information and opinions from the event ticketing industry. This RFI is the first step in
assessing the market. The responses provided may be used as a precursor to a subsequent procurement
process. Respondents successfully passing the RFI phase may advance to the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) phase and be invited to participate in a detailed evaluation process for their proposed Ticketing and Hospitality System and Mobile Ticketing Delivery Solution.

UEFA Ticketing would also like the respondents to share an overview of any on-site ticketing operations
and services available to support UEFA Ticketing with match day delivery. Such operations and services
could include access control management, ticket issue resolution (inside and outside the venue bowl), and mobile ticketing support.

Head of Supporter Engagement – Tottenham Hotspur FC

About the job

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.

Led by the late great Bill Nicholson, the Club became the first in England to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1961, and the first in the UK to win a European Trophy two years later. Spurs has since been home to some of the game’s great entertainers, including Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Gareth Bale, Heung-Min Son, and Harry Kane.

In April 2019, the Club opened an iconic new stadium that sits at the heart of a £1billion sport-led regeneration of North Tottenham. The stadium is the largest football club stadium in London and is a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts, and other major events, plus visitor attractions including Stadium Tours and the Dare Skywalk.

The stadium development scheme has to date created more than 4,000 new jobs for local people, with circa £300m pumped into the local economy each year.

Tottenham Hotspur has:

  • A clear strategy to develop talent from within its Academy, showcased by a strong track record of Academy players graduating to the first-team squad.
  • A £100m state-of-the-art Training Centre that supports the Club’s ambition to attract, develop and retain the best talent.
  • Commercial partnerships with globally recognised brands including AIA Group Limited (AIA), one of the world’s leading providers of life insurance services, and Nike, the world’s leading sports footwear and apparel company.
  • A commitment to minimizing its environmental impact across Club operations, being named as the greenest in the Premier League for the past three years. Tottenham Hotspur is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, committing to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and become net zero carbon by 2040.
  • An award-winning Foundation that is renowned for creating opportunities to help enhance the lives of people in its local community through education, employment, health, and social inclusion programmes.

The Club is seeking a Head of Fan Engagement to help deliver an industry leading approach to supporter engagement.

Due to the nature of the industry and this role you may be required to work outside of normal working hours including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.

JOB PURPOSE:

To deliver an industry leading approach and the highest level of fan engagement and supporter representation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Deliver supporter engagement strategies for supporters of the men’s and women’s teams.
  • Ensure the Club meets and exceeds the compliance requirements of the Premier League’s new Fan Engagement Standard.
  • Oversee the Club’s administration of the Fan Advisory Board, providing a diverse and representative forum that is the primary means for the Club to engage with supporters on strategic issues.
  • Lead on supporter group stakeholder management with Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust, Proud Lilywhites, SpursAbility, SpursREACH, THFC Flags, Tottenham Women Supporters’ Club.
  • Lead on internal stakeholder management for supporter engagement with colleagues from Catering, Communications, Marketing, PR, Safety, Supporter Experience and Ticketing.
  • Lead on external stakeholder management for supporter engagement with the Football Supporters’ Association, Kick It Out, Premier League and UEFA.
  • Drive the Club’s equality, diversity, and inclusion work as a Staff Equality Lead, with particular focus on the Premier League Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Standard.
  • Create and deliver fan campaigns to ensure the best matchday atmosphere in the Premier League.
  • Lead on fan education and behavioral initiatives in partnership with relevant stakeholders and oversee the Club’s Sanctions and Banning policy.
  • Perform the mandatory role of the Supporter Liaison Officer.
  • Manage the Supporter Liaison Executive in the delivery of match focused workstreams and work with them to ensure a team member is a point of liaison at every home and away match.
  • Lead on communications around fan activations and campaigns delivered by the Club.
  • Deliver Club support for key fan events throughout the year including, where relevant, attendance from players, Ambassadors and Board members.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

  • Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas.
  • Values and respects others, builds relationships, collaborates, and is committed to the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
  • Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility.
  • Strong communication (written and verbal) and relationship-building skills.
  • Highly organised, proactive, and self-sufficient with strong attention to detail
  • Capable of dealing with difficult supporter-facing situations with sensitivity and professionalism
  • Supportive of colleagues and eager to contribute to the team’s success.
  • Has a personal understanding and appreciation of supporting a professional football club.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Clear, engaging, and responsive written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to project a professional image and build rapport with supporters and internal and external stakeholders of all seniority levels.
  • Understanding and knowledge of supporter engagement, specifically in relation to the football industry
  • Understanding and knowledge of customer experience principles, particularly in an entertainment venue context
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • IT literate, with excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite

Sports Marketing Analytics Manager – Manchester United

About the job

Location: London

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?

Alliances & Partnerships

Supporting our ambitions on and off the pitch by growing our revenues as a club. Working with businesses and organisations across the world, this team aims to develop and deliver long-term corporate alliances and the most measurably effective partnerships in sport.

The Purpose

The Sports Marketing Analytics Manager will own the robust measurement program that allows the Club to capture and demonstrate industry-leading marketing effectiveness to its global portfolio of commercial Partners.

The Role

  • The role serves as an active advisor to Partnership Directors and the Planning team who are responsible for the success of the Partnerships and ultimately working towards successful renewal outcomes.
  • The role will focus on building measurement solutions that enable partnership objectives to be measured using a variety of third-party and in-house bespoke tools.
  • Advanced analytics and detailed reporting are provided to Partners to showcase success and uncover insights to optimise future activations.
  • Utilising consumer data analysis to identify potential market segments interested in new products or services.
  • The position will be responsible for line managing and elevating the skills of their staff member with a key focus on project delivery efficiency and quality of reporting output.

The Person

  • Previous experience in an analytics role, with a focus on sports marketing, sponsorship, or marketing science.
  • Excellent analytical skills with ability to provide actionable insights from data.
  • Able to lead and mentor a team.
  • Proficiency in managing and analysing data from various sources, including consumer research, social and digital platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with tools such as Qualtrics or similar software for conducting consumer research projects.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.
  • Effective communication and stakeholder management skills to foster collaborative working relationships across the department. and Club more broadly.
  • Proficiency in advanced statistical techniques, including A/B testing, regression, and correlation analysis.
  • Previous experience using Social and digital data reporting platforms with strong familiarity with the associated metrics: SemRush, Adobe Analytics, BrandWatch, Audiense, Salesforce, Blinkfire, Google Ad Manager etc.
  • Ability to synthesise complex analytics into clear, easily digestible reports for non-technical audiences that deliver clear recommendations aligning to department strategies.

Desirable

  • Familiarity with Q Research Software or Displayr
  • In-depth understanding of sports marketing media equivalency metrics and their calculation process; advertising value equivalent (AVE), Nielsen QI or Gross Media Value (GMV) etc.
  • Knowledge of attribution models and revenue impact modelling
  • Data fusion compilation + analysis techniques

If you would like to join the team and be part of our mission, to win the United way, please submit your application by Friday 27th October 2023

Manchester 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.

Social Media Producer – Arsenal F.C

About the job

The Role

We are looking for a Social Media Producer to plan and publish content across our owned and operated social media platforms. You will understand the value and effectiveness of content in order to differentiate us and continually build and engage a large global audience, bringing supporters closer to us through innovative content which aligns to our values.

This job will involve working matchdays and requires a broad range of skills across social media and editorial but, most importantly, a proactive, ‘can-do’ and collaborative attitude is essential.

Who We Are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

  • Engage supporters in a meaningful way on our Men’s, Women’s and Academy social channels, which brings them closer to us and inspires pride and a sense of belonging
  • Be part of an exciting and dynamic team and produce exciting matchday content in and around the game, writing and sub-editing news stories quickly and accurately whilst adhering to our style and tone of voice
  • Be part of planning and executing interviews with players and staff with professionalism and personality for stories and features, producing them in a way that brings our supporters closer to us and gives insight that nobody else can
  • Provide community management support across our social media platforms, with particular attention to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and any other platforms we add to our portfolio to reach, engage and build deeper relationships with our supporters
  • Plan and produce engaging, informative and innovative content for new and existing channels which meet a variety of briefs from across our club
  • Stay across current and emerging trends and be immersed in wider culture to find authentic ways to bring football and fashion, lifestyle, sport, art and music together in an authentic and meaningful way to reach and engage supporters of the game
  • Leverage insights and use analytical tools to understand the value and performance of our content on social media and uncover what our target audience want to see and how they want to engage with us
  • Represent our values across our content and adopt our tone of voice

What We Are Looking For

  • Experience planning and publishing compelling social and digital content for a globally recognised brand
  • Good native understanding of all key social media channels
  • Working knowledge of using analytics and insights tools to inform creative and publishing decisions
  • Confident in writing compelling editorial copy
  • Bursting with new ideas for both existing and emerging social media platforms
  • A high level of knowledge and passion for football and its place in wider culture
  • A team player
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Why choose us

At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

  • An exciting reward and recognition scheme
  • Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
  • Great internal learning and development programmes
  • A flexible hybrid working model
  • Priority access to apply for match tickets
  • A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
  • A leading Employee Assistance Programme
  • Great discounts with some of our Partners

Commercial Director – St Andrews Links

COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
ST ANDREWS LINKS
ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND
£ Excellent + benefits


For more than 600 years, St Andrews Links, much like the game of golf itself, has evolved. Today
more than 230,000 rounds are played over their seven public courses. St Andrews Links Trust
also manages a number of additional facilities including a golf academy, three clubhouses and
four shops. St Andrews Links is a charitable trust; therefore, all profits are reinvested into
protecting and maintaining the world-famous courses and to enhancing the St Andrews
experience for everyone.


As part of an ambition to further increase the funds available to reinvest, St Andrews Links are
now looking to identify a suitable individual to join our small Senior Leadership Team as
Commercial Director. Accountable for the commercial activities of the whole organisation, the
Commercial Director will develop and implement strategies which grow the global renown and
value of the brand, enhance existing commercial relationships, identify new opportunities, and
make recommendations to explore new markets and collaborative partnerships. As a senior
leader, you will lead the Commercial teams and will actively contribute to the Trust’s ability to
deliver on their strategic ambitions by delivering transformational growth in the Trust’s
commercial activities.


THE PERSON


We are looking for an authentic leader, capable of managing and motivating a talented
Commercial team and engaging with an extensive stakeholder group. As a key custodian of the
St Andrews Links brand, you will instinctively protect and maintain their values and be respectful
of the history that has provided St Andrews Links with the unique place and status their brand
holds in the game of golf. This role represents a genuinely unique, once in a career opportunity
to join one of the world’s most unique sporting brands in a senior leadership position, whilst being
directly responsible for implementing a step change in the commercial activities to ensure the
organisation grows and thrives for generations to come.


TO APPLY


McBride Sport have been retained on behalf of St Andrews Links to conduct this search process.
To receive a copy of the candidate pack please email a copy of your CV to


CLOSING DATE
Sunday 22nd October 2023

Senior Content Strategy and Planning Manager – The Premier League

About the job

The Premier League’s digital media channels perform a vital role in helping grow the global reach of our competition, increasing engagement among football fans while supporting our member Clubs, broadcast licensees and commercial partners.

This exciting new role in our digital media team will lead on content strategy and planning across the Premier League’s digital media output on owned and operated channels.

This role will work closely with the Head of Content and Content Delivery team and Premier League Productions’ Digital & Creative team along with external agencies to lead and support on the timely delivery of the content calendar and narrative throughout the year, ensuring that major moments are recognised and delivered with excellence, alongside high quality business as usual output.

This role will also work collaboratively with the Premier League’s Communications, Marketing and Commercial teams on the planning and delivery of key milestones for the wider business to ensure coordinated narrative and optimised engagement.

The ideal candidate will have a content and/or marketing background, and experience of agency management. The right candidate will have an excellent awareness of what the Premier League does both on and off the field, exceptional editorial judgment, meticulous attention to detail and a strong background in digital video content production.

The Role

In this important new role, you will be responsible for content strategy and planning across the Premier League’s digital media output on owned and operated channels.

This role is critical to the delivery of the Premier League’s digital media business and involves, but is not limited to, the following duties:

  • Content planning and governance to ensure content output is maximised across all Premier League owned and operated channels, and of the level, quality and creativity that befits the Premier League
  • Lead the management of the content plan and deliverables for the year, including cross-business deliverables such as campaigns, branded content and editorial milestones
  • To take a lead role in driving forward new projects and campaigns, and new ways of working, including cross-business deliverables and collaboration
  • Act as a key point of contact for the Premier League’s communications, marketing and commercial teams, ensuring that wider business needs are well executed and delivered across the Premier League’s digital media output and channels
  • To provide clear direction, editorial guidance, quality control and analysis and insight across the Premier League’s digital teams, and across ongoing and newly commissioned projects
  • Support the day to day management of the Premier League’s external content agencies, including Premier League Productions
  • Lead on research of new content and creative concepts, including conducting regular audits of output and content gap analyses to identify new opportunities
  • Play a key role in ideating, pitching, packaging, and delivering innovative and informative, cross-platform content ideas
  • Maintain a thorough knowledge of industry trends and innovation, creating effective networks to the long-term benefit of the Premier League
  • Collaborate with broader digital media team on creation of concepts and content publishing plans while evaluating ideal audience consumption and making data-driven decisions
  • Support in the management of the extended content and production team
  • Proactively suggesting editorial contributions and potential commissions that support our wider digital objectives

Requirements for the role

  • Considerable professional experience in digital content strategy development and planning, at agency, production company, or related role
  • Demonstrable passion for creating content to the appropriate audience, and knowledge of those subjects which inform, educate & entertain the audience
  • Specific experience in a planning or coordination role, including agency management, and managing multiple workstreams efficiently with clear deliverables
  • Familiarity with traditional and digital marketing channels, content marketing and distribution platforms and consumer analytics
  • Understanding and appreciation of communications and brand
  • Experience of brand messaging, tone of voice, and content alignment
  • Understanding of SEO, information architecture and usability best practices
  • Ability and experience of leading and supporting a team of editors, writers, designers, and producers to deliver stories to drive business goals
  • Strong creative eye, including an appreciation of brand and creative, to deliver a clear editorial vision for the lifecycle of content across multiple platforms
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to schedule and prioritise multiple work streams effectively
  • Understanding of rights frameworks, copyright and their implications for creating multimedia content
  • A motivated, proactive and ambitious individual with exceptional communication skills
  • Collaborative and open-minded team player with the confidence to deal with senior internal and external figures
  • Excellent and adaptable writing ability
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Ability to demonstrate creative vision and identify innovative solutions

Our commitment to safeguarding includes implementing robust safer recruitment procedures to assess the suitability of individuals applying for roles that involve work with children and adults who are or may be at risk of harm. To apply please visit our careers page and apply with your CV and a cover letter. The closing date for applications is Sunday 1 October 2023.

The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish. We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values. All appointments will be made based on merit; however, we particularly encourage applications from women, people from minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact people@premierleague.com