Welcome to the Sport Jobs Round-Up, your go-to source for the latest career opportunities in the world of sport, brought to you by Behind Sport.
Whether you’re an aspiring professional, a seasoned veteran looking for a change, or simply passionate about the industry, we’ve got you covered.
Organisation: SailGP
Position: Social Media Executive (Social, web & CRM)
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Responsibilities:
SailGP is looking for a candidate well versed in the art of social media and with a passion for sports to join its Digital team. Reporting into the Senior Digital Marketing Manager and Snr Digital Editor, the Social Media executive will work closely with the wider team to develop and create engaging social media and editorial content and support the day-to-day delivery of our digital programming across core SailGP platforms.
With several years experience under their belt, the successful candidate will be a motivated team player with the confidence to proactively work on the social media and editorial calendar and in turn collaborate with people across the business to create engaging, fan-first content that aligns with the SailGP growth goals and drives increased fan engagement.
Apply here.
Organisation: Crystal Palace FC
Position: Partnership Sales Executive
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Responsibilities
Crystal Palace Football Club are looking for a target driven and highly motivated Partnership Sales Executive to join the sponsorship team.
With the Club recently securing 10 years in the Premier League and harbouring ambitious plans for commercial growth, this is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to make their mark in the industry.
- Securing sponsorship and advertising deals to help the club reach an ambitious revenue target
- Working with the search and activation team to create bespoke sponsorship / advertising proposals
- Concluding sponsorship / advertising agreements, including negotiation of commercial terms, working alongside the Head of Sponsorship, Chief Commercial Officer and the Club’s legal team
- Connecting with global agencies to position Crystal Palace as the club of choice when agencies ae pitching sponsorship to brands
- Attending appropriate sport industry and sector specific events to network and develop new lead.
Apply here.
Organisation: Sports Marketing Group
Position: Social Media Manager
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Responsibilities
They are looking for an experienced Social Media Manager to work across their small but growing Digital & Creative team. The role will see you working on a range of exciting clients and sporting properties and with the longer term objective of driving results for the Digital & Creative team.
This role is a perfect fit for an ambitious individual and creative thinker. You must have the determination to grasp the opportunity to build, expand and shape the role in the direction you lay out. The role provides a perfect blend of experience across both established and modern sports properties. To begin with, the work would predominantly focus on motorsport.
Apply here.
Organisation: The FA
Position: Commercial Digital Coordinator
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Responsibilities
They have an exciting opportunity for a digital-savvy professional to join their Commercial team. The Commercial Digital Coordinator will support the delivery of the Commercial Digital strategy through programmes and partner activations to increase engagement with FA IP and drive revenue.
Apply here.
Organisation: The FA
Position: Tour Operations Manager – Wembley Stadium
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
They are searching for a Tour Operations Manager to join their Commercial division. The Tour Operations Manager will actively manage the Stadium Tour Operation co-ordinating the day-to-day running of the stadium tour visitor experience. They will oversee all aspects of delivery including front of house, routing, ticketing sales and signage. They will also ensure that tour guides and support staff are in place and are working together to deliver a best-in-class tour experience to visitors at all times.
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Organisation: Manchester United Women
Position: First Team Operations Executive
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
The Operations Assistant will provide high-quality support and assistance with all general day-to-day requirements of Manchester United Women’s FC Team (MUW). Working with the Operations Manager this post holder will be responsible for the administration and support of all aspects of training & matchday operations for which the team competes in, the Barclays Women’s Super League, UEFA competitions, The Women’s FA Cup and League Cup and any friendly matches and tours.At all times, you will be required to perform duties, or additional work, or attend training and/or fixtures outside of normal office hours and/or in different locations either domestically or internationally.
Apply here.
Organisation: SailGP
Position: Ticketing Manager
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
The SailGP Commercial team is looking for a Ticketing Manager who will help plan, manage, and execute all commercial ticketing operations at SailGP events. The Ticketing Manager will be working with internal departments, outside vendors, partners, and local teams to coordinate, plan, build and deliver all SailGP events.
Responsibilities:
- Reports to the Head of Ticketing and works closely with a wide range of other internal operations team members to deliver a holistic SailGP spectator ticketing program.
- Manage content on event pages on SailGP’s website.
- Working across the event build process on our suppliers ticketing platform including seat configurations & inventory management.
- Support the management of access control planning and delivery across all venues.
- Oversee the delivery of all operational components of the ticketing project plan, including working closely with venues and our ticketing provider to develop a detailed venue specific ticketing operations manual for all events.
- Successfully delivering the ticketing operations across all events.
- Acting as the ticketing point of contact during events.
- Working with the Head of Ticketing and Finance department in the reconciliation of all ticket revenues.
- Copy write for event pages and ticketing communications.
- Assist in sourcing concessions and activations for race stadiums.
- Train all onsite staff as it relates to ticketing operations.
- Setup of box office equipment onsite including, but not limited to Scanners, PDQs, Tablets, etc.
- Onsite administrative tasks including, but not limited to ordering wristbands, tokens, etc.
- Manage leasing with external agencies i.e. Official Spectator Boat Suppliers, etc.
Apply here.
Organisation: Arsenal FC
Position: Tour & Museum Operations Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
They are looking for a Tour & Museum Operations Manager. Responsible for the the Stadium Tour route and Museum, this important role will oversee the delivery of key revenue targets, manage a large team of casual and fixed term colleagues and be responsible for the formulation and creation of new experiences for supporters.
Apply here.
Organisation: Tottenham Hotspur
Position: Assistant Groundsperson
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
The club are looking to recruit an Assistant Groundsperson, as part of a large team (including grounds staff, landscapers, mechanics, irrigation and health and safety staff) working on the latest pitch technology with brand new, state of the art machinery.
Your role at the Training Centre will not only include turf care but you will also gain experience working on our in-house renovations and pitch constructions. The Training Centre is used not only by the Club, but it is also an international facility used by national teams. In the past year the facility has hosted England (numerous times), Denmark, and the Italian National team ahead of the Euro final. On occasions, we offer the opportunity to work at our world-class Stadium.
The Grounds Maintenance department offer an excellent staff training programme, the opportunity to join a number of team building activities throughout the year, and you’ll be provided with lunch on site. Our exceptional, modern Grounds Staff welfare facilities include a breakout area and training rooms.
Apply here.
Organisation: The Lawn Tennis Association
Position: Partnerships Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: Up to £45,000
The Partnerships Manager is responsible for managing day-to-day relationships with a portfolio of partners, working closely with them on their activations. The successful candidate must be pro-active, motivated, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to build strong working relationships; they will support the development of partnerships by working collaboratively with different teams across the business. They will ensure the mutual value of the rights is maximised, and ensure partners are supporting the LTA’s vision of Tennis Opened Up.
Apply here.
Organisation: BBC Sport
Position: Football Talent Lead (Content Editor)
Location: Salford, GB (On-site)
Salary: Salary range: £48,981 – £63,072
From Match of the Day, to 5 live Sport and the BBC Sport website, this exciting new position – Football Talent Lead – will play a key role in the senior Football team within BBC Sport with specific responsibility to help manage, identify, develop and retain our on-air broadcasters (“talent”).Reporting to the Head of Football in BBC Sport Productions, they will work closely with the programme and content teams across all platforms (TV, Audio and Digital) to deliver world-class broadcasting talent.They will collaborate with colleagues across BBC Sport, and the wider BBC to maximise the impact of our talent, especially on our core output via digital platforms including BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website.
Main Responsibilities
- To help manage, identify, develop and retain our on-air broadcasting talent in football.
- To work with programme leads in TV, Audio and Digital to maximise the impact of the BBC’s football broadcasters (“talent”) – to ensure they have “digital impact”.
- To lead the cross platform organisation and booking of football talent.
- Will be expected to own, nurture and manage key relationships with talent and their representatives.
- In conjunction with programme and content leads, to collate and offer regular feedback as part of talent development.
- To identify and develop the next generation of football broadcasters for the BBC meeting the organisation’s strategic aims.
- To work closely with BBC Sport communications and publicity to maximise awareness of BBC Football content across our platforms.
Apply here.
Organisation: Sheffield United
Position: Social Media Content Producer
Location: Sheffield, GB (On-site)
Salary: Up to £25,000
Sheffield United Football Club are looking for a Social Content Producer to create and distribute content in line with the Club’s social media strategy, globally across a range of platforms, helping to generate ‘creative and best in class content’ for our existing and new audiences.
From idea conception to content production and distribution, the Social Content Producer will work closely with the wider Content and Marketing team to ensure that all of Sheffield United’s output is of the highest standard.
Apply here.
That’s it for our Sport Jobs Round-up this week, good luck to everyone applying.
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