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: Brentford Football Club
Position: Partnership Account Manager
Location: Brentford, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 24.2.25 (CLOSING TONIGHT)
The Partnership Services team carry out a diverse range of activities and events throughout the calendar to ensure the club is fulfilling its contractual obligations to partners and to ensure that each partner maximises the value of their investment with the Club.
Working closely with the Senior Partnership Account Manager, the successful candidate will play a vital role in the planning and delivery of partner assets and activations and will be responsible for enhancing current and new partner relationships. The position will also involve working with the Premier League and their central commercial partners.
Apply here.
Organisation: The Premier League
Position: Marketing Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 2.3.25
The Premier League is looking to recruit a Marketing Manager to support their efforts to build an instantly recognisable brand and public understanding of the Premier League’s extraordinary contribution to football, as well as drive the marketing plan for existing products, services and events that bring the competition to life for people around the world.
The Marketing Manager will be at the heart of the Premier League business, working with colleagues in all departments to ensure their brand identity is well executed wherever it appears, deliver impactful marketing activity for products and services including the ePremier League and Premier League Hall of Fame, and will therefore help to ensure that the Premier League continues to drive positive brand association and value for the competition and for shareholder clubs.
Apply here.
Organisation: The Premier League
Position: Digital Marketing Executive
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 2.3.25
This exciting role in their Digital Media department will support the ongoing growth and engagement of the Premier League database through owned and operated marketing channels, with a focus on automated fan journeys and digital campaigns via a new multi-channel orchestration strategy.
This support will include working closely with internal and external colleagues and partners to identify and enhance opportunities across the Premier League’s digital marketing portfolio, as well as building out a suite of optimised journeys to enable a true personalised Premier League fan experience.
The right candidate will have an understanding of the Premier League’s current digital marketing offering, appreciate its role in promoting content and products, including Fantasy Premier League, display meticulous attention to detail, demonstrate awareness and knowledge of industry trends and have a proficiency in Adobe Experience Platform.
Apply here.
Organisation: The Jockey Club
Position: Marketing Executive
Location: Newmarket, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 3.3.25
They have a fantastic opportunity for a Marketing Executive to join their team at Newmarket Racecourses owning the customer experience on course including specific activations and raceday theming.
The Marketing Executive – Customer Experience will
- Deliver the planning, execution and on-site management of Newmarket racecourse entertainment including DJ’s, celebrities, bands, style awards etc.
- Create and lead the strategy to put the community at the heart of all they do by creating local awareness and positive community impact
- Website: To ensure that website and app platforms stay fresh and relevant by regularly updating content and customer journeys based on the over-arching strategy and direction.
- Social Media: To produce local-level content as required for use both on local channels and group-wide channels if required & to regularly post pre, on the day and post raceday/event.
- CRM: Utilise CRM channels to communicate with existing customers and add value to their experience via their CRM channels
- Support the development of racecourse and raceday specific marketing strategies and plans covering admissions and hospitality alongside senior marketing team.
- Support racecourse & raceday specific marketing spend plans to optimise ROI.
- Provide on-site marketing support and activities across racedays as required.
- Work closely with the in-house digital team on plans for racedays and generic awareness of various revenue streams
- Brief, approve and execute various creative requirements for racedays across brand & CRM.
Apply here.
Organisation: ASICS EMEA
Position: Activations Specialist
Location: Warrington, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
As their Activation Specialist in the UK & Ireland Marketing team, you will play an important role in building and executing impactful local market activation plans. You’ll connect their brand with athletes, events, and key partners to drive preference, recommendations, and loyalty. You will also work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure all initiatives are integrated and deliver measurable results.
Apply here.
Organisation: Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Position: Loyalty Programme Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 28.2.25
The Club is seeking a Loyalty Programme Manager to lead the design and implementation of a digital and physical loyalty programme across the whole football fan and event attendee ecosystem. The role will need to balance the programme between loyalty, engagement and attendance rewards and create an industry leading offering to our world class fans.
As Loyalty Programme Manager, you will develop and execute strategies that acknowledge, incentivise and reward engagement, attendance and spend across our football, wider sport and event offering. Leading the design and optimisation of a rewards programme, you’ll create meaningful connections between our teams, venues, and events with our most valued fans and customers.
Working with Digital Products, Commercial, Membership, Marketing and Data teams, you will craft personalised engagement initiatives by analysing customer behaviour patterns and engagement metrics to drive repeat engagement/attendance. Managing the technical aspects of the loyalty platform, you’ll ensure seamless integration with ticketing systems, memberships and digital products while overseeing program operations including points structures, reward catalogues, and exclusive member experiences.
Success requires understanding fan psychology, proven loyalty program experience, and the ability to balance member satisfaction with business objectives while creating data-driven strategies that increase customer lifetime value and foster emotional connections with our club.
Apply here.
Organisation: Manchester Basketball
Position: Director of Ticketing / Assistant Marketing Director
Location: Manchester, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 1.4.25
The Director of Ticketing is typically responsible for overseeing all aspects of the ticketing operations for professional basketball games and occasional events. This includes managing the sale, distribution, and customer service related to tickets, ensuring a seamless and efficient process.
The Ticketing Director is responsible for leading and managing all ticketing operations within the organisation. This includes strategising ticket pricing, sales, distribution, group sales, and ensuring customer satisfaction through effective communication and processes. The role also involves overseeing ticketing software Fanbase, systems, and personnel, ensuring a smooth and optimised ticketing experience for customers and maximising revenue.
Apply here.
Organisation: Formula 1
Position: Commercial Manager, Race Promotion
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 28.2.25
The Commercial Manager will primarily support on Race Promotion’s commercial engagements with Support Race Series to optimise the calendar as well as manage the day-to-day relationships with their Support Race partners.
Secondarily, the role will also include supporting on Promoter engagements to manage and develop local sponsorship opportunities in market. This includes managing the approval process of incoming local sponsorship opportunities from their Promoters.
This cross-functional role will involve collaborating with both their external Support Race entities, Promoters and internal departments.
Apply here.
Organisation: Birmingham City Football Club
Position: Hospitality Account Executive
Location: Birmingham, GB (On-site)
Salary: £24,000 per year
As a Hospitality Account Executive at Birmingham City FC, you will play a key role in driving sales for their matchday hospitality packages and managing key client accounts, delivering world-class service. You will generate leads, manage new business opportunities, and convert leads into sales through exceptional sales strategies and customer service. You will report to the Hospitality Sales Manager while also working closely with the wider Commercial Team
Apply here.
Organisation: UNICEF UK
Position: Sport Partnership Specialist
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: £42,000 per year
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as their Sport Partnerships Specialist. The Sports and Gaming Team is actively developing new partnerships in sport and gaming that cut across fundraising, communications, advocacy & programmes as well as expanding their existing partnerships.
The Sport Partnerships Specialist will develop and secure long-term, high-value partnerships with UK-based sports organisations, following UNICEF UK’s New Business strategy. They will also meet annual income targets.
Apply here.
Organisation: Red Bull Racing
Position: CRM Manager
Location: Milton Keynes, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 28.2.25
They’re looking for an experienced and enthusiastic CRM Manager to lead their retention marketing program, driving incremental growth for the Red Bull F1 Marketing Team.
This key role will help the Marketing Team deliver, measure, and optimise campaigns, while enhancing fan journeys and ensuring an excellent fan experience.
This is a great opportunity to lead campaign strategy, execution, and measurement, while growing their CRM retention program for the F1 Team.
Apply here.
Organisation: Lancashire County Cricket Club
Position: Conference and Christmas Sales Executive
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Key Responsibilities
To support their ambitions to achieve continued growth in TEAM they are looking for an experienced Conference and Christmas Sales Executive to join their team. You will be responsible for
- To respond quickly and efficiently to in-coming sales enquiries, by telephone and email with a focus on all Christmas Events
- To follow up all enquiries, preparing proposals where necessary and facilitating show-rounds with potential clients to show them their facilities, successfully converting all in-bound enquiries
- To provide a weekly report outlining Christmas sales figures and sales activity
- To support the Co-ordination team by regularly following-up clients post-event to ensure requirements were met and commence future sales and revenue opportunities
- To manage regular client accounts to develop repeat and new business
- Generate new leads for the Business Development team/Hospitality team/Commercial team – based on lapsed enquiries/cancelled/turn down business or other potential leads from client base
- Ensure an efficient tracking system of all event paper-work
- Up-keep of a client and agents database – updating where necessary to allow effective promotions
- Co-ordinate and complete all contractual activity with clients to ensure effective order completion and invoicing
Apply here.
Organisation: DP World Tour
Position: Championship Manager (Events)
Location: Wentworth, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
Closing date: 25.2.25
As a Championship Manager, you will work within their Championship Management and specific event teams to effectively plan, and project manage the delivery of events. You will support the Senior Championship Manager on Tier 1 events and take the lead on Tier 2 and 3 events under the guidance of the Championship Director. While the role is UK-based, you may be required to work in Europe or Asia at certain times of the year, with up to 4 weeks away at any one time, including weekend and evening work.
Apply here.
Organisation: Chelsea Football Club
Position: Women’s Content Executive
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
• Create best-in-class women’s editorial content for the club’s official website and app that is suited for our global audience.
• Work Women’s games, home and away. Includes European and global travel where required.
• Provide leading coverage of home and away fixtures for the Men’s and Women’s teams, with a club focused approach to reporting.
• Interview Women’s players for wide-ranging content pieces to be published on official Chelsea channels.
• Report on pre- and post-match manager press conferences, with the focus on reporting the Chelsea news first and accurately.
• Create feature pieces that tell compelling stories around Chelsea Women.
• Seek new opportunities for content across the club’s media output.
• Deliver on Partner and Commercial campaigns as required.
• Identify news stories that could be used in content on Chelsea channels.
• Contribute to content planning alongside editorial, social & video teams.
Apply here.
Organisation: Lancashire Cricket Club
Position: Conference & Events Coordinator
Location: Manchester, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
To support their ambitions to achieve continued growth in the C&E Team they are looking for an experienced Conference & Events Coordinator to join their team. You will be responsible for:
- To co-ordinate all event details and produce a function sheet for all events in order to exceed the clients’ expectations. This includes but is not limited to managing client timings, menu options and special diets, signage, and working with clients’ suppliers (AV, décor, entertainment)
- To support sales team facilitating show-rounds with potential clients to show them our facilities, successfully converting enquiries
- Conduct Post Event Calls/follow ups and generate feedback and analysis on all events with a view to improving the overall service standard of EOT
- Ensure clients minimum contracted numbers are achieved
- Promotion of our facilities to new and existing clients through a pro-active approach
- To manage Internal meeting requests as and when required
- Regular and effective communication between all relevant departments
- Assisting in implementing the sales strategy for encouraging repeat business and up-selling
- Cover Operations Managers when necessary in relevant duties
Apply here.
Organisation: Formula E
Position: Senior Ticketing Promotion Manager
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Salary: None listed
As the Senior Ticketing Promotion Manager, you’ll be responsible for ensuring the efficient sale and distribution of tickets while enhancing the fan experience through strategic race promotion activities. You’ll work closely with the Ticketing Director to develop and implement comprehensive ticketing strategies, drive revenue, and maximise attendance. Your role will also involve collaborating with the Marketing and Host City teams to amplify race promotions, deliver exceptional customer service, and lead innovative ticketing operations globally.
Apply here.
Organisation: Ten Toes USA
Position: Business Director
Location: New York, USA (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Ten Toes is looking for an ambitious, creative and well-organised professional to work as part of the US team servicing some of the biggest brands in the world and being the gatekeeper of our agency brand in this new market.
A Business Director (BD) plays a crucial role in our agency, acting as the linchpin between the client and the agency’s internal teams.
Apply here.
Organisation: Ten Toes
Position: Social Media Manager
Location: London, GB (On-site)
Salary: None listed
Ten Toes is recruiting for a Social Media Manager to support the agency’s clients in building deeper relationships with their fans and stakeholders. The successful applicant will be part of a team of social media experts who work with sports organisations, brands and talent, providing executional support through the planning, development, reporting and implementation of best-in-class digital content.
Apply here.
That’s it for our Sport Jobs Round-up this week, good luck to everyone applying.
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