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:

We are looking for a passionate Strategy Manager to help develop the strategy for the club and run strategic projects. Duties include:

– Run Strategic projects to support business objectives, using a data driven approach 

– This will include elements of: 

o Researching subject matter to get an understanding our landscape 

o Developing Business Cases, working alongside the finance team 

o Developing recommendations

o Creating documentation to support decision making such as ExCo documents 

– Developing a view of the strategic KPIs which we need to deliver against and supporting the tracking and communication of this to senior stakeholders 

– Conduct ad-hoc tasks for ExCo members and Head of Strategy, such as the development of content for external audiences

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

– Strong proven experience working in a strategy role or as a management consultant 

– Excellent problem-solving skills and logical thinking 

– Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and effectively manage multiple internal stakeholders who may have competing priorities

– Ability to plan and manage complex projects, utilising resources appropriately to ensure project deliverables are achieved to time

– Development and presentation of content for/to executive level audiences

What We Offer:

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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.

Leicester City Football Club is seeking a talented and passionate Brand Manager to lead its Brand and Creative team. This is a unique opportunity to shape the Club’s brand and develop innovative and captivating creative content that engages our supporters and stakeholders.

As the Brand Manager, you will play a pivotal role in bringing the Club’s brand, products, and initiatives to life. You will be responsible for leading a team of talented creatives and guiding them to create exceptional creative across a range of platforms, including social media, digital and print that resonates with fans around the world.

If you have a passion for storytelling, an eye for design, and a proven track record of delivering exceptional creative campaigns, we want to hear from you.

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate will have a passion for design and have a creative flair, with an eye for detail. You will have strong management and communication skills allowing you to get the best from your team to deliver the creative requirements of the wider business and to be able to work collaboratively with stakeholders and staff across the Club.

You will have an acute understanding of the latest creative industry trends and innovations and be able to demonstrate how the creative process can help positively shape product ideation and development as well as improving experiences.

About the Role

• Ensure creative direction is implemented within all the creative produced and that it ties into the Club’s brand identity and values.

• Work with the Head of Content and Creative to develop strong creative concepts that maximise the Club’s ability to develop and enhance our brand.

• Work and collaborate with the members of staff across the Club to bring ideas/concepts to life through the application of the creative process.

• Work with senior staff across the business to ensure that the department’s creative request processes are upheld and are continually developed in line with the evolution of the wider business.

• Think beyond the immediate tasks of the department and propose ways in which the creative approach and standards can be applied to enhance and add value to other areas of the business.

• Day-to-day management of the Club’s Brand Department.

Personal Specifications

• Experience of working in a creative environment

• Excellent IT skills (including excellent MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• An understanding of Adobe Creative Suite

• Ability to travel to different sites.

• Possess strong time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines.

• Flexibility approach to long distance work-based travel.

About the Club

Knowing some of the history of Leicester City Football Club helps you appreciate the sense of community, spirit and family for which the Foxes are renowned for.

Formed in 1884, the Club has been in the Premier League since 2014 when the Foxes were promoted as Championship winners. In 2016, Leicester City became Premier League champions. This remarkable achievement qualified them for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the Club’s history, and the Foxes went on to reach the quarter finals of the competition. The Club continues to build on that success and celebrated lifting the prestigious FA Cup in May 2021.

Under the stewardship of King Power and the Club’s CEO Susan Whelan, Leicester City Football Club is deeply committed to the local community and its supporters and continually strives to ensure that every point of engagement with fans is truly world class including the experience on matchdays. Meanwhile, investment in the Club continues, with the 2021 opening of a new state-of-the-art Training Ground in north Leicestershire.

Benefits Package

Leicester City Football Club offers a competitive salary and pension scheme with life assurance to all its permanent employees. Employees are able to benefit from free onsite parking as well as an onsite subsidised staff restaurant. Employees also benefit from up to 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Leicester City Football Club is an equal opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Leicester City Football Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, you may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service and prior to taking up any role.

Suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply, the role will be shut down as soon as a suitable candidate has been sourced.

If you feel you have the qualities and experience we are looking for please apply by sending an application form, along with a covering letter, by email to recruitment@lcfc.co.uk.

To progress your application, candidates must also complete an Equality Monitoring Form; this will be treated in confidence to your application and will aid LCFC in our obligations and commitments to support diversity and inclusion.

Do you want to play a pivotal role in the Partnership Delivery Team at Liverpool FC, supporting the team in delivering best in class service levels, commercial relationships and activations, whilst driving our reputation and engagement with fans globally?

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager to join the Partnership Delivery Team and you will be responsible for ensuring the successful relationship development and renewal of the key partnerships within your portfolio. You will be supported by a team, and you will lead in objective setting, strategic direction, creative development, and delivery of campaign effectiveness. You will be accountable for ensuring key deliverables are achieved to a high standard and that your team prioritises and communicates transparently and effectively.

What will you be doing?

• Overall responsibility for a varied partnerships portfolio, including one Principle partner and multiple secondary partners
• Deliver 360˚ account management: planning, delivery, measurement, reporting and feedback
• Working with your peers to develop strategic plans to further improve the servicing across all partners and their contractual rights
• Ensuring transparency across the Partnership Team of awareness of other partners’ objectives and needs to ensure a harmonious activation calendar and good relationships across the partnership community
• Establish and maintain relationships with allocated Partners and to have strategic overview of all partnership deals with contact strategy devised through all stakeholders including regular and scheduled meetings via phone, video and face-to-face ensuring that contact and meeting notes are developed and distributed
• Maintain regular interaction with Partner contacts and building excellent working relationships with Partners
• Implement creative marketing activation plans driving Return on Investment for Partner investment
• Be accountable for the delivery of reporting for your suite of Partners, ensuring statistics are used to brief the Partner on LFC’s global scale and show results and delivery of Partner KPIs and ensuring the Cost of Sale accounts and appropriate paperwork are maintained by team for allocated Partnerships
• Ensure good transparency across all partner activations ensuring that the Partnership Management Team meet regularly and exchange constructively with Partnership Experience Team
• To oversee the activation of new partnership deals working with the VP of Partnership Delivery, Commercial team, and relevant wider stakeholder team to onboard new partnerships effectively with the correct due diligence
• Establishing and evolving the team’s ways of working and ensuring the team achieve against key deliverables and objectives
• The day-to-day line management of direct reports, providing direction to the team to make sure that the team provide a best-in-class service at all times
• Manage your team ensuring relevant priority setting, resource allocation, travel and reporting against objectives and financial management of Cost of Sale on each partner relationship ensuring the correct training and development of these individuals
• Ensure reporting and cascade of information on partner relationships and activities to and from the Head of Partnerships through regular meetings and status updates
• Maintain up to date knowledge of Partner industries and their competitive market alongside the Insights Team and communicate effectively across peer group, management, and Insights
• Support VP of Partnership Delivery in benchmarking Liverpool FC’s Partnership Management against key sports and entertainment entities
• Build strong relationships and influence with other Club departments
• Where required sit on Working Groups and Steering Committees for wider Club initiatives
• Regularly attend matches, travel to International Events, industry events and attend Partner meetings at a suitable cadence agreed on case-by-case basis with the Head of Partnerships

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who has experience of working in the sports marketing or digital marketing industry with solid account management experience which should include multiple accounts. A good knowledge of industry trends combined with a methodical approach and strong focus on accuracy and quality is also required.

Why should you apply?

This is a full-time permanent role working 35 hours per week, plus additional hours when required on a 5 from 7-day basis. Your main base will be our Head Office in Liverpool City Centre which is close to local bars, shops and restaurants and has great views over the river Mersey. You will also be required to attend matches from time to time and international travel will be required as well.

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme.

You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.

We aspire to be the most inclusive club in world football – providing fair and appropriate opportunities to as many people from different backgrounds as possible, being welcoming and meeting their needs as best we can. We are committed to hiring great people representative of a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, not just because it`s the right thing to do, but because we believe it makes our Club stronger. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment.