Over the last few months, we’ve been rounding up the sport jobs we’ve seen and sharing across our socials.
It’s clear to see how much the Behind Sport community wants to see this type of content so we’re going drop a weekly Sport Jobs Round-up on here as well.
Organisation: Destination Sport Experiences
Position: Product Manager – Triathlon
Location: Manchester, GB (Hybrid)
Due to an exciting year of growth they are now looking for a Triathlon– Product Manager to manage a collection of Triathlon events, from planning the event, contracting the services required, right the way through to planning the delivery of the event.
Apply here.
Organisation: British Cycling
Position: Competition Officer – Road
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to join us as on a fixed term secondment as the Competition Officer for Road.In this role of Competition Officer, you will:
- Coordinate, consolidate and develop the cycle sport calendar to support the competition pathway, enhancing standards and embedding best practice.
- Facilitate and guide allocated discipline specific commissions, review pathways and technical regulations, identify opportunities for future development and provide recommendations for change.
- Provide support and discipline expertise into other department work strands including the development of education and training resources, risk management and the delivery team.
- Lead and co-ordinate key projects, linked to the relevant cycle sport discipline/s, to support the continuous development of the discipline/s. Where appropriate improve connectivity with the regional delivery team and align priorities with wider strategic objectives.
- Support the team to produce generic and discipline specific data for analysis to help shape future development of the sport
- Create and maintain systematic processes to improve efficiency and sustainability across areas of responsibility
- Drive standards by supporting an appropriate discipline plan that links to the wider British Cycling strategy.
- Ensure all work strands and projects are compliant with the organisation’s equality policy and commitment to inclusivity and that its values are embedded into all work streams and the actions / behaviours of the team
Apply here.
Organisation: The Athletic
Position: Social Media Associate
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
The Athletic is looking for a creative content creator to join our team as Social Media Associate. In this role, you will be responsible for creating social-specific content designed to engage sports fans across the globe to drive growth, engagement and awareness. The Social Media Associate will have a strong familiarity with our content, a passion for media and football in particular and a deep understanding of social media platforms, trends and tactics. This hybrid role will be based in London .
Apply here.
Organisation: Red Bull Racing
Position: Commercial Manager – Licensing
Location: Milton Keynes, GB (On-site)
They are looking for an experienced Commercial Licensing Manager to join their growing Marketing Department in Milton Keynes. The role will play a key part in the continued growth their licensing projects that leverages the team’s motorsport heritage to engage, reward and excite fans across the globe.
The main purpose of this role will support their day-to-day commercial operation focussing on Licensing across Red Bull Racing and other special projects. Reporting into the Senior Commercial Manager, the successful candidate will provide the necessary elements to drive new commercial opportunities which contribute towards growth and development across the business.
Apply here.
Organisation: Lancashire Cricket
Position: Cricket Development Officer
Location: Manchester, GB (On-site)
The Lancashire Cricket Foundation are delighted to be looking for a Cricket Development Officer to deliver the their programmes in and around the Oldham area. You will join the wider team at Emirates Old Trafford, home of Lancashire Cricket and be responsible for leading and supporting the delivery of a range of community cricket projects, programmes and events for the Lancashire Cricket Foundation.
Apply here.
Organisation: Cake
Position: Strategy Director
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
They are looking for a highly experienced senior strategist, with at least 6 years’ experience in the sports industry.
The ideal candidate will have a breadth of experience across a variety of strategic projects spanning sport and entertainment – from research and insight to brand, creative, comms, partnerships, and commercial strategy. This must include a deep understanding of partnerships – from helping brands select the right partner, to working with rightsholders on their commercial ‘sell’.
You will also be intrinsic to driving growth through new business, know and understand the worlds of the brands and rights holders you work with and enrich the role and the reputation of the agency and beyond.
Apply here.
Organisation: Cake
Position: Head of Strategy (Maternity cover)
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
They are looking for a highly experienced head of strategy and insight, with at least 10 years’ experience, ideally in sport and entertainment marketing.
The key function of the head of strategy will be to lead, manage, optimise and grow the strategy and insight team within the agency.
You will be responsible for leading and overseeing the agency’s strategic offer, effectively managing resource, and providing hands-on strategy development on key pieces of work.
The ideal candidate will have a breadth of experience across a variety of strategic projects spanning sport and entertainment – from research and insight to brand, creative, comms, partnerships, and commercial strategy. This must include a deep understanding of partnerships – from helping brands select the right partner, to working with rights holders on their commercial ‘sell’.
You will also be intrinsic to driving growth through new business through the generation of new leads and understand the worlds of the brands and rights holders we work with and enrich the role and the reputation of the agency and beyond.
Apply here.
Organisation: Brentford F.C.
Position: Partnerships Sales Manager
Location: Brentford, GB (On-site)
The Role of the Partnership Sales Manager
Main Accountabilities
- Align with and be an advocate of the Club’s key values; Togetherness, Respectful and Progressive
- Proactive outreach to c-suite contacts at relevant brands to secure meetings for new high-value partnerships
- Ability to work with a brand to understand their key objectives and different stakeholder KPIs to design a compelling outreach
- Attend meetings and support on sales pitches or presentations using persuasive narrative and storytelling
- Create bespoke sales material based around a contextual narrative to align with the specific needs of a potential Partner
- Support the Head of Partnership Sales and Senior Partnership Sales Manager with meeting and presentation preparation
- Build and manage personal lead list and ensure all relevant information is updated on Salesforce
- Work with Partnership Services team to onboard new partners
- Attend and report at weekly sales team meetings and provide pipeline reporting to Head of Partnership Sales
- Matchday hosting, attend industry events and networking to build relationships, as required
- Attend Official Club Partner Events throughout the season – i.e. Partners Golf Day, Lunch, Dinners, Workshops and Seminars
- From time to time, other duties requested by Senior Management
Apply here.
Organisation: Cake
Position: Account Manager – Sports Partnerships
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
Account Manager role that sits within the Account Management Team at Cake, specialising in managing and activating partnerships and sponsorships.An integrated role spanning sponsorship activation, rights holder management, experiential and events, as well as an understanding of digital content, media and comms.
To work as an account role on football and rugby partnerships.
Apply here.
Organisation: Cake
Position: Junior Graphic Designer
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
The role of Graphic Designer is to create standout work for Cake. Reporting to the Creative Director, you’ll generate ideas, spot them in others, harness it in all of us, inspire our clients, and support on the production of brilliant work from the agency.
You will be an ambassador for creativity at Cake and help establish the creative credentials of the agency in HKX and amongst our competitors.
The role requires a solid grounding in graphic design, with strong layout and typographic skills at the heart of your work. You will live and breathe the latest trends and share your findings with others. Collaboration is key to working at Cake and a can-do attitude and a degree of flexibility is important.
In return you will work alongside some of the best creatives and designers in the business of sports and entertainment, where your work will be seen not only on a national, but global scale.
Apply here.
Organisation: Surrey County Cricket Club
Position: Marketing Executive
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
As part of the Marketing Team, your role will be to help deliver the marketing strategies that drive sales for the major revenue streams of the Club including Vitality Blast tickets, England Men’s tickets, England Women’s tickets, Membership, Hospitality, Conference and Events, Retail and Partnerships.
Reporting into the Marketing Manager, you will oversee the planning and delivery of the Club’s comprehensive email marketing campaigns for all the aforementioned revenue streams. You will work with the wider MarComms team to take ownership of the Club’s website and eCommerce site to ensure the customer journey is optimal and the content aligns to the broader Club strategy.
Apply here.
Organisation: Tottenham Hotspur
Position: Team Liaison Officer (Women’s Team)
Location: London, GB (On-site)
The Team Liaison Officer for the Women’s Team will be responsible for delivering high-quality support, liaison, and coordination service to first-team players throughout their time at the Club, support the integration of players within our pathway into the first team, as well as providing wider player and staff-related administrative support.
The postholder will drive the adoption and growth of our player capacity-building strategy and help our people to flourish both on and off the pitch.
The position will involve working outside normal office hours including evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
Apply here.
Organisation: CSM Sport & Entertainment
Position: Project Manager – Motorsport
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
CSM Live are seeking a Project Manager to join the branding team within our well-established motorsports division.
The Project Manager will work alongside and support the Project Director to liaise and negotiate with the clients, suppliers and contractors – to ensure the smooth running of the event/activation and a timely delivery.
Apply here.
Organisation: Formula 1
Position: Events Experience Coordinator
Location: London, GB (On-site)
The Events Experience Co-ordinator holds a important role within the Marketing Events team, responsible for assisting across the team in development and delivery of entertainment activities at the circuit for fans, supporting on team administration as well as leading on an important area of social impact activations.
This person will work within the Events Team who are responsible for helping promoters deliver the best possible fan experience at the circuit, with the team’s responsibility to deliver world class, high octane, unforgettable F1 entertainment activities that enhance the event experience of F1 fans at events.
The successful candidate will need to be collaborative and thrive in a fast-paced environment. The ability to be flexible and adapt to changing situations is essential.
Apply here.
Organisation: Chelsea F.C.
Position: Paid Media Executive
Location: London, GB (Hybrid)
They are looking for a Paid Media Executive to be responsible for planning and delivering best-in-class digital media campaigns to support Hospitality Packages, Chelsea FC Women, General Admission & Membership products, Livestreams, Stadium Tours, M&E, Partnership. This person will play a key role in all aspects of the media process from planning and strategy to execution, optimisation, and analysis.
Apply here.
That’s it for our Sport Jobs Round-up this week, good luck to everyone applying.
If you work in the industry and have any vacancies you would like us to promote, get in touch.
