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: Bradford City AFC
Position: Head of Marketing & CRM
Location: Bradford, GB (On-site)
Salary: £30,000 – £34,000 per annum
Closing date: 03.11.2023
Leading the club’s marketing operation, working closely with the club’s commercial and media departments and overseeing customer relationship management. The successful candidate will take lead on all club campaigns and be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the Bradford City brand.
Apply here.
Organisation: Bradford City AFC
Position: Head of Ticketing & Supporter Services
Location: Bradford, GB (On-site)
Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 per annum
Closing date: 03.11.2023
Overseeing, being accountable for and playing a pivotal role in developing ticketing operations, driving insights from supporter data, and enhancing the supporter experience by assisting CRM operations.
Apply here.
Organisation: Bradford City AFC
Position: Graphic Design Executive (Part time)
Location: Bradford, GB (On-site)
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Closing date: 03.11.2023
Through a creative and innovative approach, maintaining the Bradford City brand while assisting the club’s marketing operation with the creation of graphic content, while collaborating with the commercial and media departments.
Apply here.
Organisation: Little Dot Studios (Emirates FA Cup and Women’s FA Cup)
Position: Junior Producer (6-month FTC)
Contract length: December 2023 – May 2024
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
As a Junior Producer, you will lead the TikTok channels of the Emirates FA Cup and Women’s FA Cup on a six month fixed term contract beginning December 2023 until May 2024.
You will be responsible for planning, producing and creating TikTok-specific content using existing archive content and shooting new talent led features. The role focuses on content ideation, pre-production planning, stakeholder management and community engagement.
The successful candidate should be a TikTok expert and understand the functionality and intricacies of how to play into it’s algorithm to maximise the success of content. In addition an excellent knowledge of Men’s and Women’s football is required across all levels of the pyramid in England.
A good understanding of youth and lifestyle cultural trends and adjacent verticals to football would also be hugely advantageous.
Apply here.
Organisation: Stockport County FC
Position: Events Marketing Executive
Location: Stockport, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 31.10.2023
They are looking for a results-driven and enthusiastic individual to spearhead the sales and marketing efforts for matchday hospitality and the recently revamped Edgeley Park events space at Stockport County Football Club. The individual in this position will play a pivotal role in propelling revenue growth by actively contributing to the success and profitability of our matchday hospitality and events calendar.
Apply here.
Organisation: Brentford FC
Position: Social Content Lead
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: £37,000 – £40,000 per annum
Closing date: 27th October 2023
They have an exciting opportunity for someone with an in-depth knowledge of social media and football, and a passion for digital content to join their social media team.
In this varied role, you will be helping to shape the Club’s social media strategy, producing high performing digital content, and establishing creative best practice and optimisation across the major social platforms, harnessing trends and growing Brentford’s social following.
The successful candidate will work within the content team and report into the Social Media Manager.
Apply here.
Organisation: West Ham United
Position: Marketing Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 14.11.2023
They are looking for a highly creative and organised Marketing Manager to join their team to develop and implement marketing plans and campaigns. The role will report into the Marketing Lead with a focus on the marketing of ticketing and membership products at the club.
The role will have a strong focus on developing both domestic and international markets for fan and revenue growth. They are looking for a candidate who has a passion for the sports industry, as well as relevant experience managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Apply here.
Organisation: New Balance
Position: Account Manager, Running (North)
Location: Warrington, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
The Account Manager, Running (North) will be responsible for developing long term sustainable relationships with Running specialty accounts across the North of England and Scotland. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to maximize all footwear and apparel sales targets across all accounts.
They offer hybrid working and a flexibility to working hours to accommodate for a healthy work life balance. Ideal candidates will be in the office 2 days per week. Regular travel will be involved within this role, applicants must have a full driving licence.
Apply here.
Organisation: McLaren F1
Position: Manager, Partner Communications
Location: Woking, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
- To lead in the planning and execution of partner communications for McLaren Racing, in support of the business’ strategic commercial objectives and to build affinity among the partner network
- To provide a key link in partner campaign and announcement delivery between the communications team and other key teams within the business e.g., the partnerships team, digital and social, licensing, and the wider commercial team within McLaren Racing
Apply here.
Organisation: Forest Green Rovers FC
Position: Club Kit Manager
Location: Nailsworth, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Based between the stadium and training ground you will lead and manage all aspects of the clubs kit department. You will ensure the club has the appropriate systems, consistent processes and alignment across the Men’s, Women’s and Academy teams.
You will have extreme pride in representing the club and providing high-quality apparel and equipment on both training and match days to both players and coaching staff.
Apply here.
Organisation: Formula E
Position: Sporting Communications Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000 per annum
The Sporting Communications Manager is a high-profile role at the forefront of Formula E’s publicity of our races, drivers, teams, partners and host cities.
Essentially, the role aligns media relations with race operations. It is a pivotal position requiring close collaboration with multiple stakeholders and day-to-day working relationships with the FIA; race team PRs plus drivers and Team Principals; event delivery personnel including promoters and partners; sporting and race personnel; and working media including journalists, photographers, camera crews and content creators.
Ultimately, the purpose of the role is to enable working media to access the Championship positively and professionally by creating the best possible conditions, and producing user-friendly content, to deliver favourable media coverage of Formula E.
The candidate must be a team-oriented, collaborative, problem-solver who can work under pressure and scrutiny in a live sporting environment while maintaining supreme professional composure but with a driven, can-do attitude.
Apply here.
Organisation: Tottenham Hotspur
Position: Head of Supporter Engagement
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
The Club is seeking a Head of Fan Engagement to help deliver an industry leading approach to supporter engagement.
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.
Apply here.
Organisation: Taylormade Golf
Position: Regional Marketing Executive (12 month FTC)
Location: Basingstoke, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
They are looking for a marketeer (and ideally a golfer) to join the Trade Marketing team for a period of 12 months from October 2023. Reporting into the Trade Marketing Manager for Continental Europe, the focus of the role will be to ensure the flawless execution of go to market plans and strategic marketing activities with the trade across the UK and Ireland.
Apply here.
That’s it for our Sport Jobs Round-up this week, good luck to everyone applying.
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