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: Celtic Football Club
Position: Mobile App Platform Manager
Location: Glasgow, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 4.8.25 at 5pm
This exciting new role will be responsible for leading the strategic development and overall success of a brand-new official club app. It is a critical new position for the club, responsible for the day-to-day management of the app as they aim to deliver an exceptional experience.
The Mobile App Platform Manager, will oversee the entire lifecycle of the app, from defining the product roadmap, content strategy and managing development to drive user growth and engagement.
You will lead a team of dedicated internal stakeholders and external partners, to ensure their app is high-quality, user-friendly, and aligns perfectly with the club’s goals and their supporters’ needs.
Apply here.
Organisation: Celtic Football Club
Position: App Content Executive
Location: Glasgow, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 4.8.25 at 5pm
They are seeking a dedicated and skilled Content Creator to play a pivotal role in the development of their new club app. This position is central to producing high-quality, engaging content that resonates with their supporters.
This role requires the ability to film and edit, particularly with experience in creating vertical video formats.
The successful candidate must be comfortable working under pressure, embracing challenges, and constantly seeking new ways to tell compelling stories.
Apply here.
Organisation: Stockport County Football Club
Position: Senior Social & Influencer Marketing Manager
Location: Stockport, GB (On-site)
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000
Closing date: 8.8.25 at 5pm
This is an incredible role for a social media expert and football enthusiast. You’ll be instrumental in shaping their digital presence, growing their social media following, and engaging their passionate fanbase. You’ll also be tasked with developing innovative strategies and introducing new content verticals to attract and connect with new audiences – locally in Stockport, across the Northwest, and internationally.
A key part of the role will involve fostering strong relationships with their players and influential figures within and from Stockport, leveraging these connections to support the growth of both the club and the town.
Apply here.
Organisation: Birmingham City Football Club
Position: Head of Marketing
Location: Birmingham, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Birmingham City Football Club is looking for a commercially driven and creative Head of Marketing to lead the Club’s marketing strategy, planning, and execution. This is a senior leadership role that plays a key part in driving commercial outcomes, enhancing fan engagement, and growing brand visibility in key markets across the globe.
You will be responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary marketing team and setting a strategic direction that supports the Club’s commercial goals and long-term vision. This includes delivering high-impact consumer campaigns, B2B marketing to support partnerships and sponsorships, and building a digitally connected fanbase through content, data, and technology.
Reporting to the Chief Fan Experience Officer, you will work closely with the Commercial team to align marketing activity with revenue generation, sponsorship activation, and fan acquisition. With significant investment in people, platforms, and systems, including fan insights and new marketing and AI tools, this is an opportunity to take a growing function to the next level.
Apply here.
Organisation: Unilever
Position: Sports and Entertainment Partnerships Director
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
The Brand Experiences team leads the transformation of Personal Care marketing by designing and deploying Social First Demand Generation. This includes culturally relevant partnerships, digital brand experiences, influencer and creator strategies, and a content infrastructure powered by talent and technology.
As part of this transformation, Sports and Entertainment partnerships are critical levers to build brand relevance, cultural resonance, and business impact. These partnerships offer a powerful platform to connect with consumers through passion points and shared values.
Responsibilities
- Define and deploy the global strategy for sports and entertainment partnerships across Personal Care.
- Lead manage and execute flagship partnerships such as FIFA and other global sports and entertainment platforms to their commercial targets, in our partnership with markets
- Identify, negotiate and activate new partnership opportunities across music, film, gaming, celebrities, and live events, with end-to-end accountability to in store / retail.
- Collaborate with brand and market teams to integrate partnerships into brand campaigns and experiences.
- Develop and manage relationships with key partners, retail accounts, rights holders, talent, and agencies.
- Create best-in-class social first activation playbooks and toolkits for global and local teams.
- Lead measurement and evaluation of partnership impact on brand and business KPIs.
- Pilot innovative partnership models and scale successful approaches across markets working hand in hand with our Joint Business Partners (Tik Tok, Meta, Google etc).
- Directly manage a small team of experts, with Retail/Customer teams, Procurement, Finance and Legal to manage contracts, rights, and compliance. Partner with market teams on end-to-end execution.
- Train and upskill brand and country teams on partnership strategy and execution.
Apply here.
Organisation: Manchester City Football Club – Women’s Team
Position: Sports Psychologist
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 28.7.25
Develop a psychologically informed system that supports the growth of resilient people perform to their potential.
To provide integrated performance psychology support to MCWFC that promotes stable and high-functioning leadership, positive mental health, effective decision making and performance under pressure. Contribute to efficient talent recruitment and positive transition experiences.
Your Impact
- Provide targeted individual player facing support that promotes performance and/or wellbeing.
- Provide bespoke leadership development and support to the captains/leadership group to promote positive leadership behaviours on and off the pitch.
- Deliver individual and group leadership development to the MDT of coaches and practitioners to support the maintenance of a psychologically informed environment.
- Provide individual support/consultation to football and non-football leaders to create a stable and high-functioning leadership spine.
- Provide education & processes to promote positive wellbeing of players & staff, & facilitate life-skill development
- Work with identified players to have documented, formulation-informed interventions, with proposed measures of efficacy.
- Provide psycho-social insight to influence player & staff recruitment, onboarding & transitions.
- Use evidence-based psycho-social profiling to develop performance.
Apply here.
Organisation: British Cycling
Position: Strategic Lead – Women and Girls
Location: Manchester, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £37,000 per year, dependant on experience
Closing date: 3.8.25
As their Strategic Lead – Women and Girls, you’ll take the lead in developing, managing and delivering products that inspire women and girls to discover the joy of cycling.
You will:
- Lead the development of inclusive and sustainable participation products designed to increase the number of women and girls cycling.
- Use data and insight to identify barriers, inform design and deliver products that meet the needs of women and girls.
- Oversee the end-to-end project management of products – from initial concept right through to national launch.
- Work with internal teams and external partners, communities and stakeholders nationwide to remove barriers (perceived and actual) and deliver products at scale.
- Champion change and be an advocate for equality for women and girls in cycling.
- Monitor progress, report on impact and share stories that demonstrate product successes.
Apply here.
Organisation: Crystal Palace Football Club
Position: Women’s Academy Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 30.7.25
They are looking for an Academy Manager to lead and develop the Female Player Development Pathway at CPFCW through ETC, Academy to 1st Team. You will be for responsible leading the development of a holistic talent system within the club that supports and develops potential in players, coaches, and wider multi-disciplinary staff. The role will work across their development pathway including their Professional Game Academy, Sister Clubs and Emerging Talent Centre.
Apply here.
Organisation: Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
Position: Digital Marketing Executive
Location: Wolverhampton, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 30.7.25
A great opportunity has arisen to work as part of the insights and infrastructure team as a Digital Marketing Executive.
You will ensure all Wolves digital platforms and marketing is accurate, timely and optimised, helping the club to grow, engage and monetise its digital audience whilst working closely with our CRM and Data Executive to deliver digital marketing campaigns, supporting departments across the club.
Apply here.
Organisation: England Rugby
Position: Premium Sales & Membership Executive
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: £30,000 – £32,000 per year
Closing date: 23.7.25
The Rugby Football Union is looking for an experienced Membership Account Executive, who will play a key role in account management of Debenture members and contributing to the sale and renewal of England Rugby Debenture products as well as supporting the wider Premium sales team when required.
Reporting into the Debenture Memberships Manager, the role holder will be integral to growing and developing the Debenture membership product, enhancing the member experience.
Working closely with the Debenture sales team, across renewal campaigns and increasing membership retention, as well as implementing the Debenture membership benefits programme.
Apply here.
Organisation: McLaren Racing
Position: Head of Partner Communications
Location: Woking, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
- The McLaren Racing Corporate Communications Team works across all racing series and oversees all partner, licensing, brand and sustainability comms as well as influencer engagement. The team is also responsible for the executive speaking programme and presence at key industry events including The World Economic Forum in Davos, Cannes Lions, SWSX and New York Climate Week.
- This role oversees communications for our partners and sponsors including Mastercard, Google, OKX, DP World, Allwyn, NEOM, Jack Daniels, Hilton and Monster. It is responsible for the planning and execution of partner communications, in support of the business’ wider strategic commercial objectives and to deliver value and impact for both our sponsors and McLaren Racing.
- The role works closely with other key teams within the business e.g., the partnerships team, digital and social and the wider commercial team – to help deliver impactful comms and activations.
Apply here.
Organisation: Manchester City Football Club
Position: Head of Personalised Marketing
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 25.7.25
The Head of Personalised Marketing leads a team of cross-channel marketers to acquire, nurture and retain Man City fans. You will define, deliver and optimise the Club’s database growth with personalised marketing strategies., This role will act as the business lead in acquiring, developing and utilising first party data in fan-facing marketing activity, in order to maximise the commercial impact of the Club’s data-driven approach.
You will have full responsibility for the management and delivery of campaigns across key performance marketing channels, including email, SMS, mobile messaging, and personalised web content, as well as managing the future development of interactive content and logged-in fan experiences, with the strategic goal of maximising engagement and referral revenue through the Club’s owned and operated channels and platforms.
You will work closely with the Product and Fan Journey teams to deliver an efficient omni-channel fan acquisition strategy, ensuring Club channels are used in the most effective way to promote relevant products and experiences, while improving the integrated fan experience across multiple communication touchpoints. You will also liaise with other stakeholders across Media and Marketing and the wider business, including Partnerships, Media, Supporter Services and CITC, to ensure the most important content and messages are reaching the most relevant fans on the most suitable channels to drive maximum impact.
Working closely with the Technology and Fan Experience Analytics & Insights teams, the Head of Personalised Marketing will also identify opportunities for new channels and tools to create integrated and personalised fan communication experiences, ensuring maximum engagement with high priority audiences and segments across City’s global fanbase.
You will be responsible for managing the budget for growing and engaging our database, as well as owning relationships with specialist consultants, agencies and technical platforms required to deliver innovative and high performing personalised marketing tactics.
The role holder will ensure a data-driven approach to decision making throughout, defining and measuring business-critical KPIs to help support delivery of the Club’s ambitious growth targets.
Apply here.
Organisation: Formula E
Position: YouTube Channel Manager
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 22.7.25
In this new role, the YouTube Channel Manager will super-charge their content and thrill their subscribers with innovative and engaging content, making Formula E a leader in YouTube content within the sports industry.
Reporting to the Senior Social Media Manger, you will be instrumental in managing the day-to-day management of their YouTube channel, working with freelancers and agencies to execute against their strategy.
Apply here.
Organisation: Manchester United Football Club
Position: Player Wellbeing Officer – Women’s Football – 1 year fixed term contract
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 25.7.25
Manchester United Football Club aims to produce a Women’s First Team that succeeds, entertains, innovates and inspires. To achieve this we need to recruit, train and play to win.
The purpose of this role is to contribute to a winning women’s first team by ensuring players have high quality access to psycho social support so players can focus on their performance without negative distraction.
Apply here.
Organisation: Castore
Position: Sports Marketing Manager
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 25.7.25
Responsible for the overall relationship of allocated assets, with a focus on driving revenue growth & maximising brand value for Castore. As the lead for your allocated assets, you’ll own the relationships with their partners key stakeholders & be the internal driving force at Castore bringing all departments together to deliver success against their objectives.
As part of this role, you’ll be working with the wider business to explore new business opportunities & retail growth for your assets, take ownership for club critical paths & kit deliveries, as well supporting their Brand team in maximising our contractual marketing rights to help build their brand profile and positioning within the market.
The Sports Marketing Manager will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to foster relationships at all levels of the organisation, along with ex excellent organisational attributes to ensure all relevant internal and external departments are held accountable.
Ultimately, the Sports Marketing Manager will support the Head of Partnerships – Football and the wider team to deliver against our commercial & brand objectives. They’re looking for a dynamic individual who will bring energy & ambition to the team.
Apply here.
Organisation: Brentford Football Club
Position: International Marketing Executive
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 25.7.25
They are looking for an enthusiastic, personable and highly organised individual to join their Marketing team in an entry-level role focused on building Brentford FC’s global fanbase. This role is ideal for someone with a strong interest in marketing, fan engagement and international football fandom.
The successful candidate will support international marketing projects, assist in developing relationships with fan groups across the globe, and play a hands-on role in delivering exceptional matchday experiences for international supporters.
This is a growth-focused role with opportunities to build expertise and take on increasing responsibility over time, including ownership of specific projects and engagement with dedicated fan groups.
Apply here.
Organisation: Aston Villa Football Club
Position: Head of Performance
Location: Birmingham, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: Actively reviewing applicants so be quick
Aston Villa Football Club is seeking a Head of Performance to lead the performance services for the Women’s First Team. This is an opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking environment, working closely with players, coaches, and specialists to deliver world-class support in a growing area of the game.
In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing and delivering a high-performance strategy that supports success in domestic and European competitions. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary team focused on all aspects of physical preparation, injury prevention, rehabilitation, and player wellbeing.
You’ll be embedded within the team environment, working both on and off the pitch to integrate performance practices into daily routines. From setting departmental direction to ensuring seamless player transitions between Academy, Club, and country, you’ll be central to how performance support drives both individual and collective progress.
The role also includes managing performance monitoring systems, budgets, and compliance with relevant standards, while promoting collaboration across departments and championing continuous improvement through innovation and research.
Apply here.
Organisation: Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Position: Commercial Partnerships Manager
Location: Birmingham, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
As Commercial Partnerships Manager, you will lead the delivery of partnership rights, build strong brand relationships, and collaborate across teams to create impactful activations. This role is an opportunity to shape how Birmingham Phoenix engages with partners, supports commercial growth, and delivers meaningful connections between brands and cricket fans.
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Organisation: EFL (English Football League)
Position: Partnerships Manager
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: Actively reviewing applicants
They have an opportunity for a high-performing individual to join the team as a Partnerships Manager and play a key role in delivering partnerships for the EFL .
The EFL offers a unique opportunity to work with some of the biggest sporting competitions, sponsorship properties and commercial partnerships in the market. They are looking for an individual who has a background in managing and delivering partnership activations in sport.
The role will be responsible for leading and developing existing partner relationships for the EFL, including proactively driving partnership agreements through a strong understanding of individual partners markets and business objectives, maximising the value of association with the EFL and its member clubs.
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Organisation: Lancashire Cricket Club
Position: Club Relations Executive
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
As a Club Relations Executive, you will play a vital role in their team, contributing to the success and growth of our club.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with club members, partners, and stakeholders
- Develop and implement strategies to enhance the overall club experience
- Coordinate events, meetings, and activities to engage the club community
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless communication and operations
- Provide exceptional customer service and support to club members
- Track and report on key performance metrics related to club engagement
Apply here.
Organisation: Birmingham City Football Club
Position: Football Media Manager
Location: Birmingham, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
They are seeking a Football Media Manager to take the lead on all media operations relating to the First Team and play a key role in shaping how the Club is seen and heard across the world.
This role is central to delivering first-class football media relations, managing matchday operations, and enhancing the Club’s growing reputation in football and wider culture. You’ll be the key interface between the Club and external media, ensuring professional delivery, strong messaging, and strategic media engagement.
Apply here.
Organisation: Chelsea Football Club
Position: Corporate Partnerships Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
To develop, manage and grow innovative strategies to engage corporate partners to support the Foundation’s mission and deliver a new and sustainable income.
- Collaborate with the Head of Philanthropic Partnerships to develop and implement a strategic corporate partnerships plan, setting clear objectives and sustainable revenue targets to support the Foundation’s mission.
- Partner with the Programs, Fundraising, and Club Partnership teams to gain knowledge and understanding of funding priorities, crafting compelling cases for support aligned with the Foundation’s mission.
- Lead and manage corporate engagement by cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding relationships through face-to-face meetings and strategic outreach, building a robust and sustainable corporate partnerships pipeline.
- Develop the Foundation’s proactive corporate prospecting strategy, aiming to strengthen the value and scope of partnerships.
- Work closely with the CEO and Head of Philanthropic Partnerships to brief them on prospective partnerships and prepare them for meetings and events.
- Work closely with the Club’s Partnerships team to engage existing Club partners in the Foundation’s work, while strategically influencing prospective partners to align their partnerships with the Foundation’s social impact goals.
- Collaborate with the Legal team to draft, review, and finalize partnership agreements, ensuring all contracts accurately reflect agreed terms and protect the interests of both the Foundation and its partners.
- Ensure timely and meaningful communication with partners, including regular impact reports demonstrating how their contributions advance the Foundation’s mission.
- Responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date CRM records, ensuring seamless data management and effective relationship tracking.
- Provide additional support to the Fundraising team as and when required.
Apply here.
That’s it for our Sport Jobs Round-up this week, good luck to everyone applying.
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