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: Blackburn Rovers Football Club
Position: Marketing Campaign Manager
Location: Blackburn, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 14.1.25
This full-time Marketing Campaign Manager role at Blackburn Rovers Football Club in Manchester involves overseeing and managing marketing campaigns on-site. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, executing, and managing multi-channel marketing campaigns that engage fans, drive brand awareness, and generate revenue.
Apply here.
Organisation: Aston Martin F1 Team
Position: Internal Communications Executive
Location: Silverstone, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
In this role, you will:
- Support the Head of Internal Communications and People Experience to develop and execute the internal communications strategy aligned to Aston Martin Aramco’s objectives and values.
- Be responsible for the preparation and timely distribution of the Team’s weekly and monthly digital newsletters – including leading editorial meetings, content planning, copywriting and layout.
- Work with key stakeholders across the Team to develop and deliver internal communications plans to support priority projects. A focus on consistent and transparent communication across all levels of the organisation, leveraging a variety of tools and channels.
- Support the Head of Internal Communications and People Experience to deliver Team townhalls and other engagement events and initiatives as required, including scheduling and content preparation, working closely with the internal events team.
- Responsibility for race-related content, including post-race debriefs (in person and digital).
- Support the Head of Internal Communications and People Experience to create compelling content across channels and tools that brings the Team’s mission, achievements and culture to life.
Apply here.
Organisation: Professional Squash Association
Position: Media Assistant
Location: Leeds, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 23.1.25
The Media Assistant will produce written and social media content for WSF primarily, but will also contribute to wider projects across the PSA media team if required. The role will be based at PSA’s head office in Leeds.
The Media Assistant role is ideal for someone with some experience, looking for an entry level into the media world of professional sport.
Apply here.
Organisation: Gymshark
Position: Athlete Marketing Executive
Location: Solihull, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 7.1.25 (TOMORROW)
As an Athlete Marketing Executive International, you’ll be reporting to the Regional Athlete Marketing Manager. Your main role will be managing talent and helping out with the day-to-day activities, while also supporting the Senior Executive in planning and rolling out the regional Partnerships strategy.
If you’re excited about working with athletes and creators, building campaigns, and ensuring everyone has a great experience, this role could be a perfect fit!
Apply here.
Organisation: Silverstone
Position: Motorsport Event Assistant
Location: Silverstone, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
The Motorsport Event Assistant plays a crucial role in the planning and execution of motorsport events, ensuring they run smoothly and efficiently. This position involves coordinating with various departments, managing administrative tasks such as scheduling and budgeting, and providing on-site support during events.
This role will be very hands on and will involve supporting on a range of project and event requirements.
Apply here.
Organisation: The Premier League
Position: Senior Gaming Manager
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 17.1.25
This exciting role in their Digital Media department will support the ongoing growth and development of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) while expanding the Premier League’s portfolio of digital games.
This support will include working closely with relevant people across the business to identify opportunities across gaming genres and platforms, assess and integrate new partners, develop and launch products for key audiences in target markets, maintain FPL’s dominant market position and deliver continued growth in this vital area.
The right candidate will have an understanding of the Premier League’s current gaming portfolio, appreciate its role and wider significance to the Premier League, display strong commercial acumen and meticulous attention to detail, demonstrate awareness and knowledge of gaming trends and have a background in digital games development across multiple formats.
Apply here.
Organisation: McLaren Racing
Position: B2B Sales Specialist
Location: Woking, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
This sales role within the B2B Merchandise Sales Team focuses on delivering exceptional merchandise solutions for a designated client group across various motorsport series. The successful candidate will manage the end-to-end sales process, from initial pitch to delivery, supporting operational, logistical, and administrative aspects as required.
The role also contributes to the activation of partner campaigns, leveraging licensed and custom merchandise to align with client objectives and KPIs.
Apply here.
Organisation: Crystal Palace Football Club
Position: Social Media Executive
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: £26,000 per year
Closing date: 12.1.25
Crystal Palace Football Club is seeking a creative, multi-skilled and well organised social media professional to undertake a key role in the club’s media team.
The successful candidate will, alongside the Social Media Manager, be charged with running the club’s social media output across multiple channels to help meet the club’s objectives of engaging and growing its global fan base as well as meeting the club’s commercial targets.
Every day, the successful applicant will conceive, pitch and deliver innovative content ideas in conjunction with the club’s editorial, video production and graphics team to deliver interesting, accurate, shareable and high-quality club output.
The role will be at the heart of creative content creation, but also is responsible for planning and scheduling posts on a day to day basis – ensuring the needs of colleagues across the club are met.
As a member of the wider Marketing department they will also be tasked with shaping and delivering effective social media campaigns for club departments and external partners. (such as Retail, Ticketing, Memberships, Commercial Partnerships, Premium Hospitality etc).
Apply here.
Organisation: Southampton Football Club
Position: Email Marketing Executive
Location: Southampton, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 8.1.25
As an Email Marketing Executive, you will create and execute targeted email and wider direct marketing communications, leveraging the data they receive from fans. Your role will focus on implementing a variety of strategic email marketing campaigns aimed at engaging with fans and driving revenue across key commercial areas within Southampton Football Club.
Apply here.
Organisation: GB Taekwondo
Position: Head of Athletic Performance
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
They are seeking a high-performance leader to join the team and help to realise the performance potential of GB’s most talented Taekwondo athletes.
Building on the success of the Paris Games, and following a post games review, GB Taekwondo is ready to write the next chapter in its history.
This role will be pivotal in realising GB Taekwondo Medal Targets for major international competitions including the Olympic and Paralympic Games and senior World Championships, qualification of athletes for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and developing and supporting athletes to step onto a major championship podium for the first time.
Apply here.
Organisation: Red Bull Racing
Position: Social Media Executive
Location: Milton Keynes, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 7.1.25
Concentrating on social media, your role will be to assist the team in creating captivating, educational, and enjoyable content for the team’s social platforms in both F1 and Esports. This will involve collaboration with the Social, Content, Communications & Fan Engagement teams.
Your role is pivotal in shaping the team’s online presence and community engagement, your work will directly contribute to the team’s brand image and fanbase growth.
Apply here.
Organisation: Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Position: Director of Operations
Location: Leeds, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 20.1.25
Reporting to The Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s (the Club) Chief Executive Officer, and a key member of the Club’s Executive Team, the Director of Operations will provide leadership and strategy to all aspects of Headingley Cricket Ground operations, including integrated delivery of facilities, venue management, stadium services deliver, ICT and health & safety.
This is a significant juncture for the Club as they seek to leverage the significant recent reforms, to now structure the Club for growth and sustainable success into the future. The Director of Operations will play a critical role in ensuring the Club delivers on its key strategic priorities aligned to the Club’s vision and mission statement whilst, alongside the Executive, help set the cultural tone rooted in the Club’s values framework.
The Director of Operations will define and implement the Operations strategy, budget and structure to ensure the highest standards of stadium operations, whilst maximising commercial opportunities and delivering operational efficiencies.
Apply here.
Organisation: Chelsea Football Club
Position: CRM Lifestyle Marketing Executive
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
JOB FUNCTION: Ensure the club delivers an exceptional level of fan engagement and strong commercial return through the management and implementation of CRM campaigns and data innovation across ticketing, merchandise, stadium tours and memberships.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Planning, creating, testing and executing bespoke and automated CRM campaigns throughout the fan lifecycle.
- Focusing on key lifecycle stages including welcome, upsell, cross-sell and winback.
- Managing and delivering best-in-class CRM experiences across a range of club products and offerings.
- Building, testing and sending campaigns across email, push and in-app (including design, copywriting and A/B testing).
- Segmenting and profiling fan database to improve marketing results, and drive insight and value from fan data.
- Building stronger working relationships and improving communication with multiple stakeholders across commercial, digital and insight teams.
- Working in conjunction with the data team to drive data innovation across all products and campaigns.
- Assisting in the account management of Braze to bring about enhancements to our CRM and marketing capabilities and to resolve any issues.
- Reviewing campaign performance and reporting on results to key stakeholders with actionable insights.
- Working alongside the legal and supporter services team to resolve customer complaints and process any RTBF or SAR requests.
Apply here.
Organisation: Birmingham City Football Club
Position: Head of Content and Production
Location: Birmingham, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
The role will involve adding new content products for commercialisation, such as a podcast series and a WSC matchday product, improving and growing BluesTV, and ideating new products to expand audience reach. The role takes a whole-Club view, managing an editorial calendar loaded with ideas and activities that drive engagement and commercial value
This is a unique opportunity for a forward-thinking individual to create something new that others in sport and entertainment will want to emulate
Apply here.
Organisation: New Balance
Position: Senior Brand & Communications Manager
Location: Warrington, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
They are seeking an experienced and visionary Senior Brand and Communications Manager UK/I to lead the development and execution of brand strategies and communications/PR initiatives.
This role is a blend of strategic leadership and active execution, requiring a leader who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and take an active role in delivering on the brand and media objectives.
They are in an exciting phase of growth for the brand and this role will be instrumental into further shaping the future of the brand and the brand team, enhancing presence across multiple channels and driving engagement with key audiences. The role reports directly to the UK/I Marketing Lead.
Apply here.
That’s it for our Sport Jobs Round-up this week, good luck to everyone applying.
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