Manchester United

At Manchester United, our focus is to create a high-performance environment where everyone can be their best, working together towards our common goal of football success. We believe the key to achieving this goal is connection and collaboration. Everyone coming together, working from one of our Manchester United office locations every working day to share skills, knowledge and ideas, building on the best of what we already do and looking at where we need to change and innovate.

We are committed to the continual growth and development of colleagues through access to skills platforms such as LinkedIn Learning. We also offer a range of wellbeing support, including an employee assistance programme, access to health checks, digital GPs & nutritionists through Aviva Digicare+ Workplace, enhanced family leave, plus schemes such as Cycle 2 Work and holiday purchasing, where you can buy up to 10 extra days of additional leave. You will have access to a complimentary lunch and parking, alongside gym facilities and regular colleague socials.

From a reward perspective, in recognition of high performance, all colleagues are entitled to an annual performance bonus. As a member of our team, you’ll also gain access to an exclusive range of club and partner discounts via our benefits platform, United Rewards.Manchester United Foundation is dedicated to empowering every young person to reach their potential. Leveraging the influence of football and the Manchester United brand, we aim to guide young individuals towards positive life choices.

As a crucial member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in organising and executing fundraising initiatives and events. This includes engaging with supporters, high net worth individuals, and participants to ensure successful outcomes. Join us in making a difference and shaping a brighter future for our youth.

Responsibilities

- To assist the Fundraising and Charity Services team in coordinating essential aspects of our flagship events such as Legends matches, overseas treks, and Sleepout initiatives.

- Oversee reporting and express gratitude to online donors.

- Collaborate with third-party fundraising partners to identify and promote new challenge events, ensuring the recruitment of supporters.

- Serve as a primary point of contact for individuals interested in fundraising for Manchester United Foundation (MUF), whether through events or other fundraising endeavours.

- Maintain records of participants and events, and ensure accurate monitoring of all financial transactions.

- Stay updated on fundraising trends and explore potential new events for MUF involvement.

- Provide insights and innovative suggestions for future event development as needed.

- Assist in acquiring auction prizes for events and support administration of the Matchday Lottery program when necessary.

- Contribute to the charity services program, including handling inquiries, mascot and ticket allocations.

- Collaborate closely with the Foundation Communications team to coordinate marketing, press, and social media efforts related to events, fundraising, and charity activities.

- Ensure compliance with fundraising laws and regulations, as well as the guidelines set by the Fundraising Regulator.- Build and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

- Build and maintain relationships with individuals who have brought an auction prize for MUF, ensuring that their prize is delivered with care and on a timely basis.

- Deliver a high level of supporter care, including timely polite and professional communications and manage their supporter journey with the Foundation.

Must haves

- Previous experience in a similar fundraising role.

- Demonstrated experience in organising events or community engagements.

- Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to quality work.

- Ability to thrive under pressure, manage time efficiently, and prioritise tasks effectively.

- Proficiency in creative thinking and problem-solving.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills adaptable to various environments.

- Effective interpersonal skills for communication within and across departments, as well as with internal and external stakeholders.

- Compassion and sensitivity in interactions with bereaved or unwell supporters, including those contributing in memory of loved ones.

- Adherence to strict confidentiality guidelines.

- A team player with the ability to work independently and take initiative to accomplish tasks.

Castore

Castore exists for one single reason – to make athletes better. Our ethos is built upon the philosophy of BETTER NEVER STOPS, an ideal deeply infused in our DNA and something we strive to live every single day. We utilise advanced engineering and unique technical fabrics to create the highest quality sportswear in the world for athletes who demand the very best. Designed with a passion for innovation with specialist features to help to optimise athletic performance in all conditions.

The founders’ vision is to build Castore into a brand respected across the globe for a deep and unrelenting commitment to engineering the highest quality sportswear in the world, with no stone left unturned in its search for innovation and performance enhancement.

The sportswear market has been dominated by a small clique of mass-market brands and the vision is for Castore to be a premium alternative to these, the natural brand of choice for discerning athletes who demand the very best.
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‍The Creative Content Producer will be responsible for end-to-end production of teamwear and mainline content shoots, maintaining allocated budgets and contributing towards production processes.

We are offering the opportunity to work with some of the biggest names in sport across national and international teams and athletes such as Red Bull Racing, McLaren Formula 1, Rangers FC, Bilbao, Feyenoord, Sevilla, FIA, Harlequins, Andy Murray as well as Mainline Castore internal sports fashion offering.

Responsibilities

- Budgeting, resourcing of multiple productions from campaigns to social.

- Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets, considering resource allocation, milestones, and deliverables.

- Work with the wider production team on an end-to-end creative production process.

- Attend and produce creative productions working with PAs to run daily shoot schedules.

- Communicate shoot production progress to key stakeholders.

Must haves

- Expertise in shoot production, project management.

- Have a keen understanding of project management, creative processes, and team collaboration.

- Experience across moving image & stills shoots.

- Experience on commercial sets, working to APA guidelines.

- Proficiency in handling different budgets and in-depth knowledge of compliance matters, including insurance, health and safety, risk assessments.

West Ham United FC

At the heart and soul of London since 1895 West Ham United is a dynamic, fan-focused football Club constantly moving forward but always with an eye on the past.

Our home at the London Stadium has a capacity of 62,500 making it one of the biggest club Stadia in the country however our tickets are the lowest priced for London based clubs in the Premier League, echoing objectives to create Affordable Family Football.

In 2018, our Women's team gained a professional status for the very first time, jumping 2 divisions and competed in the Women's Super League (WSL), the premier division of women's football in England. After finishing a respectable 7th, the team enjoyed particular success in the FA Cup reaching the final of the competition, eventually being beaten by 2017 winners Manchester City.

In April 2019, we opened our brand-new Academy facility based at Chadwell Heath which will help to bring through some of the very best talents in the area, the recent emergence of First Team Players Declan Rice and Ben Johnson are a testament to the work already being done at the Academy.

On the business side, we are continuing to create a Stadium our supporters can call home, with the renaming of the Billy Bonds Stand and Claret and Blue pitch surrounding amongst the latest developments. Additionally, the Club has achieved the Disability Confident Leader status.

The Club employees a constantly growing workforce of approximately 300 core staff and 500 Foundation and events staff, and is a truly unique place to work. We welcome talented individuals who will thrive in our ambitious organisation.

In October 2023, West Ham United was awarded the Advanced level of the Premier League Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Standard, recognising the Club’s ongoing dedication and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). It is the second time West Ham United has received the award, which is the top accolade that can be achieved by Premier League clubs, having first been presented with the Advanced level in 2020.
‍Working to deliver the strategy and framework for fan engagement across West Ham United, this exciting new role within the club will seek to identify opportunities to connect with the club’s fanbase both domestically and internationally, helping our supporters celebrate the club they love. The role holder will seek to find creative mechanisms to recognise supporters, developing initiatives and activities that demonstrate West Ham’s ‘fan first’ approach.

Responsibilities

- Lead on the evolution of the club’s ‘fan first’ strategy

- Developing and implementing a comprehensive fan engagement roadmap and strategy to optimise fan interactions, fostering a sense of community and engagement

- Develop, manage and evolve West Ham United’s Official Supporters Clubs strategy

- Implement and manage an annual online and offline engagement to increase touchpoints with target audiences

- Manage the programme of fan-led initiatives, they are progressed through the club and delivered to the standards our fans expect

- Map fan journeys, identifying opportunities to deepen engagement

- Help build a culture of fan centricity across the club, ensuring all departments are working together to improve the experience for West Ham supporters

- Build knowledge about the club’s fanbase, and their key desires, working with internal stakeholders to provide best practice and recommendations to strategic projects

- Leverage data-driven insights to personalise and improve the overall fan experience

- Work with the marketing and communications team to build a compelling strategy to share detail of fan engagement initiatives

- Build a framework to ensure fan engagement and, when needed, consultation is delivered within key strategic projects

- Support on the delivery of the Fan Engagement Standard, with a specific focus on communicating the club’s Fan Engagement Plan & Fan Engagement Report

Must haves

- Experience of organising and delivering creative and commercial customer experiences

- Experience handling difficult customer-facing situations with sensitivity and professionalism

- Proven experience in developing new fan centric products that also deliver tangible business impact and / or commercial growth- Deep understanding of the live entertainment industry, fan behaviour, and fandom culture

- Willingness to stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies
- Excellent management, organisational and prioritisation skills

- Strong project management skills and an ability to collaborate, lead and motivate others

- Clear and engaging communication skills

- Strategic mindset with the ability to translate ideas into actionable plans

BBC

BBC Local is at the heart of domestic sport coverage in England. Our digital sports journalists ensure we provide daily coverage of sports news stories and live fixtures that matter, ensuring our audiences get to know what’s happening at their clubs and how the teams they support are getting on.

We have an amazing opportunity for someone to bring all of the excitement, tension, glory and pain of the English Football League to our website on live pages covering the Championships. This is your chance to put your passion for football in front of millions of readers.

Responsibilities

- Play a leading role in helping make the digital sport coverage in BBC Local come to life.

- Work as part of the Central Editorial Team.
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- Lead our portfolio of live text sport coverage, particularly the EFL.

- There will also be opportunities to enhance our wider coverage of the EFL in terms of news, features and interactive content.

Must haves

- We’re looking for someone who is passionate about sport, but who isn’t just interested in the big national and international events. Domestic sport is what we do, covering a wide range of clubs at different levels of the professional game.

- Substantial experience of working as a sports journalist, and in particular covering football in a live environment.

- A team player and excellent communicator - we work alongside colleagues based all over England and beyond to produce our content, including those in BBC Local’s network of regional centres and local radio stations.

- Knowledge or ability to work with video or audio would also be a big advantage – as well as interviewing, writing succinct and engaging copy and a strong editorial judgement.

Birmingham City FC

Make Your Mark on Women's Football: Be a Partnership Executive at Birmingham City FC!
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Do you have a passion for the beautiful game and a drive to champion women's sports?

Birmingham City Football Club is searching for a dedicated Partnership Executive to join their team at St Andrew's Stadium.

Responsibilities

- Fuel the growth of Birmingham City Women's Football: Grow partnerships and sponsorships to secure vital funding for the team.

- Forge strong relationships: Be the bridge between the club and key partners, ensuring everyone thrives.

- Activate winning partnerships: Develop creative campaigns that bring sponsorships to life and maximise brand exposure.

- Champion the women's game: Collaborate with stakeholders to build excitement around women's football in the community.

Must haves

- 2-3 years' experience in partnership development, sponsorship sales, or a similar role, ideally in sports or entertainment.

- A champion's spirit: A deep passion for women's football and a commitment to promoting gender equality in sports.

- Communication maestro: Excellent communication and relationship-building skills to connect with diverse stakeholders.

- Deal-making pro: Strong negotiation skills and the ability to craft winning proposals.

- Organised whiz: Excellent project management skills to juggle multiple priorities with ease.

- Tech-savvy: Proficiency in Microsoft Office and CRM software.

English Football League

The English Football League (EFL) is the largest single body of professional clubs in European football and is responsible for administering and regulating the Sky Bet EFL, Sky Bet Play-Offs, Carabao Cup and Bristol Street Motors Trophy competitions.
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In recent seasons, the EFL has significantly developed and diversified its commercial operation. Successful implementation of a new commercial strategy has delivered record revenues across the Broadcast, Digital, Partnerships and Licensing verticals. This includes the launch of a global, direct to-consumer live streaming service and partnerships with some of the world’s biggest brands.
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There is now 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 during the second half of the football season across cup finals, play offs and end of season run in.

‍The EFL offers a unique opportunity to work with some of the biggest sporting competitions, sponsorship properties and commercial partnerships in the market. We 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.

Responsibilities

- To effectively manage, organise and administer the delivering of some of the EFL’s highest profile partner contracts and other official partners, licensees and/or suppliers as required.

- Identify key areas where your partners and the EFL share mutual objectives and aims and work with the wider business develop these.

- Actively support the digital, marketing, comms and club relationship departments in fully integrating the partners as required.

- Manage all contractual rights and work with the partners to deliver their activation goals.

- Be the main point of contact for the partners and lead on delivering all commercial rights in relation to their contract.

- Develop key relationships across the partners business.

- Manage partner experiences

Must haves

- Proven experience of sponsorship management and activation within the sports industry, preferably within a rights holder.

- Excellent understanding and experience of managing sponsorship contracts.

- Excellent interpersonal skills and proven experience of managing relationships and influencing senior decision makers.

- Strong commercial acumen.

- Exceptional organisational skills.

- Great communication skills.

- Strong understanding of brand dynamics and consumer trends.

- Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.

AFC Fylde

AFC Fylde are recruiting for a Media Executive to join the team at the Football Club.

Responsibilities

- You will play a key role in driving the profile of the club through being responsible for the smooth running of all of the club media responsibilities.

- Running both matchday and non-matchday operations, you will drive club activity and fan engagement across match reporting, match programme, website activity and all social media channels.

- You will also be responsible for the production and management of AFC Fylde marketing materials in-line with the club DNA.

Must haves

- Precious experience working within a football club

- Strong journalism experience

- Knowledge of photography, videography and social media

- Examples of running successful media projects

- Examples of strong leadership at events or matchdays

- Media qualification, minimum 2:2

- Knowledge of design

- Problem solving and decision making abilities

- The ability to recognise best practise in the industry

- Leadership and coaching skills

- A can do attitude and a winning mentality

- Attention to detail

Bloomsbury Football

Bloomsbury Football Foundation is changing the game and we need great people to help us on our journey!

Bloomsbury Football Foundation uses football as the vehicle to engage over 5,000 young people a week with our programmes designed to improve the lives of young people, with an emphasis on soft skills development, improvements in physical and mental health, as well as improving social cohesion in our communities by bringing young people of all socioeconomic backgrounds together.

To support Bloomsbury Football Foundation’s (BFF) continued growth, the fundraising team is in the process of establishing an Events arm, a new entity focused on running themed events and campaigns for corporates. These events will range from tournaments at Premier League Stadiums, to high profile fundraising events.  Bloomsbury Events will generate income used to expand the BFF’s programmes whilst also building the brand and providing inspirational experiences for young people.

Responsibilities

- The new senior role of Head of Bloomsbury Events will be entrusted with setting up and managing the new entity.

- Sourcing, planning and delivering events, which range from brand activations with Nike to tournaments for brands at venues such as Stamford Bridge and Wembley Stadium.

- In addition to building on existing relationships, business development to secure new work will be integral to the success of the role.

- In this role, you will report to the CEO of BFF, with an expected quarterly presentation to the BFF Board and close cooperation with the charity’s senior management and fundraising team.

- You will be accountable for ensuring the success of Bloomsbury Events through hitting both financial and social impact related targets.

- The varied nature of the daily responsibilities covered by this role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to develop their professional capabilities across a wide range of areas, whilst having the opportunity to lead a start up from inception.

Must haves

- 2 years minimum experience in the Events industry.

- Experience organising large scale events as well as smaller ‘boutique’ events.

- Desire to work within the sports industry.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills

- Desire to learn and work with a degree of autonomy

- Strong organisational and administrative skills

- Exceptional time management organisational skills

- Strong connection with supporting young people and a passion for facilitating direct social impact

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

We compete at the highest levels of football on a global stage whilst keeping our Sussex community spirit. Our vision is to be a top ten Premier League club and a top four Women's Super League club. A commitment to high performance, high professional standards and making a difference is at the heart of everything we do.

We are recruiting a creative and visionary graphic designer to join our innovative marketing team. It is a unique opportunity for a passionate and talented individual to apply their skills within a professional sporting environment.

Responsibilities

- You will assist the team to design and develop creative marketing concepts for various departments across the club.

- You will use your creativity to produce key marketing literature, brand guidelines, corporate brochures, digital campaigns, adverts, on-line material, posters, signage, matchday material and other ad hoc design requests.

Must haves

- You will be someone with meticulous attention to detail and excellent proofreading skills.

- Ideally you will have experience of using the Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator and In-Design and have the ability to pick up different design packages.

- This is a great opportunity for someone who is ready to kick start their graphic designer career journey, as this role would suit an individual who is currently studying or has recently graduated from a graphic design degree or similar.

Stretford Paddock

As a Video Content Producer, you will be a key player in driving Stretford Paddock’s success across all social media platforms. Your proficiency in editing, filming, and production will be essential in curating captivating football videos that resonate with our audience.

Working collaboratively with the team, you will contribute creative ideas, assist in content suggestions, and play a crucial role in shaping the channel's future.

Responsibilities

- Run live streams and master vision mixing to deliver real-time engaging content to our audience.

- Create compelling and shareable content for our social media accounts, ensuring consistency in tone and branding.

- Utilise Adobe Creative Cloud tools to produce high-quality videos that stand out in the digital space.

- Write captivating copy for social media posts, scripts, and conduct video research to support content creation.

- Operate DSLR and studio cameras proficiently to capture dynamic footage both in the studio and on location.

- Collaborate with talent and conduct interviews to bring unique perspectives and insights to our audience.

Must haves

- Proficiency in editing, filming, and production, demonstrated through relevant work experience or a strong portfolio.

- A creative and innovative mindset, capable of generating fresh and engaging content ideas.

- Knowledge of various social media platforms and the ability to tailor content to each platform's unique audience.

- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud software, particularly Premiere Pro and Photoshop.

- Excellent written communication skills, enabling you to craft compelling copy for social media and scripts.

- Experience with DSLR cameras and an eye for capturing visually appealing footage.

- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, contributing your expertise and ideas to achieve common goals.

Arsenal

We are looking for a Retail Marketing Manager to play an integral strategic and executional role within our Marketing team.

This is a fast-paced dynamic position that will drive the creation and delivery of our club’s retail marketing strategy. You'll be entrusted with a leadership position with responsibility and ownership for product launch campaigns and joint retail brand initiatives with our key retail-focused commercial partners.

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all.

We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Responsibilities

- Develop and execute our retail marketing strategy - you'll create and implement our innovative retail marketing strategy to deliver against our ambitious annual growth targets

- Collaborate with key colleagues across marketing and retail - you will proudly partner with and influence our wider marketing and retail teams to ensure our brand is showing up consistently across the online and store eco-system

- Lead on all retail marketing executions - you'll play a pivotal role in all end-to-end retail marketing executions (owned, operated, paid and earned media) to drive online and in-store product sales

- Plan and execute our kit launches - you will be entrusted to take the lead on the planning and execution of all Adidas kit launches each season

- Build and maintain winning partnerships - you'll take pride in being the lead marketing contact for our key retail-focused partners and in supporting on joint brand initiatives

- Identify exciting commercial opportunities - you will collaborate with stakeholders to shape our annual retail calendar to include product launches and highlight peak commercial and brand moments and opportunities

- Act as an ambassador for our club - you'll develop a deep understanding of our supporters and ensure we're always innovating across our match-day and non-match-day experiences

- Inspire and lead direct reports - you will courageously manage our Senior Retail Marketing Executive and Retail Marketing Executive

- Provide key insight and analysis - you'll ensure the timely and accurate reporting of key retail marketing campaigns leveraging data and insights

Must haves

- Proven background in retail marketing - you possess extensive retail marketing experience within an industry leading, consumer-led brand

- Data-first mindset - you come with demonstrable experience in leveraging data and insights to execute both long-term and nimble marketing plans that strengthen supporter relationships and drive commercial growth

- Track record of collaborating with creative stakeholders - you're adept at managing relationships with external agencies as well as internal creative teams

- Proactive mindset and a strong team player - you thrive when you're partnering with colleagues and you're always looking for new commercial and creative opportunities

- Exceptional communicator - you're able to communicate in an effective manner and you build and maintain impactful relationships with colleagues

- Best-in-class organisational skills - you pride yourself on your excellent organisational skills and you're able to manage multiple projects and stakeholders concurrently

- Ambitious approach - you're a go-getter who has the drive and desire to move our club forward - always looking for new opportunities to innovate and inspire

BBC

BBC Local is at the heart of domestic sport coverage in England. Our digital sports journalists ensure we provide daily coverage of sports news stories and live fixtures that matter, ensuring our audiences get to know what’s happening at their clubs and how the teams they support are getting on.

We have an amazing opportunity for someone to bring all of the excitement, tension, glory and pain of the English Football League to our website on live pages covering the Championships. This is your chance to put your passion for football in front of millions of readers.

Responsibilities

- This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in helping make the digital sport coverage in BBC Local come to life.

- As part of the Central Editorial Team, this role will involve sub-editing breaking sports news stories and features and helping run our portfolio of live text sport coverage, most notably across the EFL.

- You will also be required to help draw up plans to make sure all our events are covered and ensure that staff are briefed and supported.

- As this is a sport job, there will be plenty of evening and weekend shifts to help cover the action.

Must haves

- We’re looking for someone who is passionate about sport, but who isn’t just interested in the big national and international events. Domestic sport is what we do, covering clubs at all the various levels of the professional game.

- The successful candidate will have substantial experience of working as a sub-editor in digital or text sport coverage and be able to spot a good story and help develop it.

- Some experience of running live text pages is also desirable but not essential.

- The successful candidate must be a team player and excellent communicator too - we work alongside colleagues based all over England and beyond daily to produce our content, including those in BBC Local’s network of regional centres and local radio stations. We also collaborate closely with BBC Sport, both in Salford and the nations.

Tottenham Hotspurs

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.
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Reporting into the Marketing Manager - Football, the Marketing Executive will assist with the implementation of marketing initiatives and campaigns to help the Club’s key revenue generators achieve their objectives, with a focus on Global Football Development (GFD) and Women’s Football.

Responsibilities

- Implement marketing campaigns for Women’s Season Tickets and Matchday Tickets aligned to the Women’s Football Marketing Strategy and to support the achievement of all attendance targets

- Execute GFD campaigns to achieve all participant and commercial targets aligned to the GFD Marketing Strategy

- Support the fan growth and engagement plans as outlined in the Women’s Football Marketing Strategy, as well as the broader ambitions of the Club

- Be the key Marketing contact for other departments to help deliver an exceptional matchday experience (including branding, activations and matchday channels) and gauge fan reaction to optimise attendance

- Update bi-weekly marketing reports, including all activity and success, ROI and learnings of marketing campaigns

- Create and continuously update Marketing Activity Calendar

- Ensure website is kept up to date with relevant content as well as working with the Digital Platforms team on UX and CRO testing

- Brief all campaigns to CRM and Digital Platforms teams, including scheduling, copy and creative

-Produce creative briefs for all marketing campaigns

- Assist with content capture days to ensure GFD and Women’s Football imagery and videography is always up to date

- Work closely with other members of the Club’s marketing, communications and digital teams to utilise opportunities to cross-promote with the other business areas

- Research additional marketing opportunities and channels relative to business area and undertake regular competitor analysis

- Support domestic and international partnerships with marketing assets and collateral in order to deliver on their contractual requirements

- Assist with other marketing initiatives as business dictates

Must haves

- Customer-centric as well as data driven and see the value of both these things when it comes to strong marketing planning.

- Get things done, and take ownership in your areas of responsibility to ensure you deliver.

- Ability to multi-task well

- High levels of organisation and prioritise effectively across a number of tasks and deliverables.
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- Proven experience as a Marketing Executive, preferably within a sport environment or similar ticketing based role

- Degree in marketing or relevant subject

- Comfortable using technology and a basic understanding of Photoshop is desirable

- Previous experience working in an office environment and/or within a customer-facing role

- Outstanding written and verbal communication

- Good Excel and numerical skills, with the ability to analyse and interpret large volumes of data in order to make informed and effective marketing decisions

- Commercially minded, making decisions based on tangible benefits to the business

- Well-organised logical and efficient; process-driven with outstanding project management skills

- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with other teams to secure delivery through them

- Basic Adobe Suite intermediate level required i.e. Photoshop

- Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is beneficial but not essential

- A proactive self-starter with an ambitious spirit, able to work on multiple workstreams effectively and at pace, independently or collaboratively as required

- Strong attention to detail

English Football League

Join our dynamic team at the EFL and play a crucial role as a Marketing Manager with an emphasis on Fan Engagement. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to shaping the future of our organisation.
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Formed in 1888, the EFL is the world’s original and oldest league football competition. It has 72 member clubs, each of which embodies the unique heritage, pride and passion of the communities they represent. We are responsible for administering and regulating the Sky Bet EFL, Sky Bet Play-Offs, Carabao Cup and Bristol Street Motors Trophy competitions.
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Our employees are crucial to our success and equality, diversity and inclusion are fundamental elements of building our organisation.

This is an incredible opportunity for a Marketing Manager to join our Marketing team at the EFL!

The successful candidate will manage, own and implement the marketing strategy and activation for the EFL’s range of digital products, with a specific focus on our Fantasy Football product and generating subscriptions for iFollow, the league’s international OTT live streaming service.

Alongside this, you will develop and drive the marketing for wider fan engagement products & services both in the UK & Internationally.

Responsibilities

- Responsibility for the marketing of the Fantasy EFL – Fantasy Football product – to drive sign ups and produce best in place marketing support.

- Responsibility for driving subscription sales for international streaming products against an annual set of pre-agreed KPIs.

- Create, implement, and deliver a series of targeted marketing campaigns across a variety of digital and offline channels every season.

- Generate international brand awareness & engagement growth of the EFL, with a focus on working alongside our marketing agency in the USA.

- Supporting the implementation of the EFL’s community focused marketing programme.

- Develop & manage a seasonal planning calendar of an EFL-led multi-channel iFollow marketing plan and communicate this plan to Clubs to offer additional support.

- Oversee the production & use of a suite of creative assets for both EFL & Club use to promote key EFL products – Fantasy, iFollow, e-Cal, international development.

- Measure and monitor subscription sales results against all marketing activities against bespoke campaign KPIs.

- Responsibility for driving database growth across EFL fan engagement activities.

- Work with the EFL Digital Team to manage the availability of all live fixtures for both video and audio products on the iFollow platform.

- Work with the Marketing Manager: Brand & Campaigns to ensure a consistency in look and feel of all promotional activity in-line with the EFL brand.

- Robust approach to budgeting of marketing activities with a view to driving maximum return on any investment.

- Work with the Senior Data, Research & Insight Manager to support fan-engagement activities with data-led insight.

- Work with the Head of Marketing & Head of Digital to identify marketing support for any new digital products that may be introduced.

- Help to support wider strategic data growth projects – to drive growth & improvement in the EFL database on an ongoing basis.

- Help to develop a junior / youth marketing strategy.

Must haves

- Previous demonstrable experience working on the marketing a fan focused products for a consumer-facing business.

- Direct experience of working on Fantasy Football and / or OTT streaming products related products would be beneficial.

- Thorough understanding of digital marketing strategies and campaign delivery techniques.

- A track record of growing a consumer / fan facing database by delivering high quality marketing of fan- engagement products.

- Track record of managing and implementing digital marketing strategies.

- History of creative campaign conception against set objectives.

- Proven capability of working in a commercially focused organisation.

- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a pressurised environment.

- Understanding of building and utilising multi-channel marketing campaigns.

- Experience working in a product marketing role.

- A track record of briefing and managing marketing agencies.

- Experience of delivering paid marketing campaigns across all core marketing channels.

- Exceptional organisational skills, time management and attention to detail and the ability to deliver multiple projects simultaneously.

- Self-starting individual with the ability to work in a team environment but autonomously as required.

- Excellent interpersonal skills including proven experience of influencing decision makers at all levels.

- Excellent analytical, reporting and presentation skills.

- Proven experience in managing budgets.

- Experience in delivering results in accordance with pre-defined success metrics.

Brighton & Hove Albion FC

We compete at the highest levels of football on a global stage whilst keeping our Sussex community spirit. Our vision is to be a top ten Premier League club and a top four Women's Super League club.

A commitment to high performance, high professional standards and making a difference is at the heart of everything we do.

We are hiring for a part time club photographer to take amazing photographs to bring the game to life.

Responsibilities

- You will cover matches and training sessions across all teams and age groups.

- You will provide images in the live environment so they can be used instantly on our website and social media.

- This role offers you the opportunity to work alongside many different departments to support with their photography needs.

- Part time, 3 days a week

Must haves

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- Previous experience as a club or agency photographer

- Experience with using Adobe Photoshop and/or Lightrooms

- Understand studio and portrait photography, including knowledge of lighting.

Tottenham Hotspurs

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League club, based in north London, with an estimated 615.5 million global followers.
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The Club is seeking a Digital Media Executive to support the Social Media and Editorial teams in the output for Tottenham Hotspur Men’s First Team across various social media platforms and the Club’s owned and operated platforms. The successful applicant will work with the existing team in the Content Department, providing a consistent level of high-quality content output, including training and matchday communications across our Men’s, Women’s and Academy teams.

As with all jobs in sport, the position will involve working irregular hours, including weekends, so flexibility will be essential. The successful applicant will also need to an enhanced DBS check as Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club welcomes applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, race, colour or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Responsibilities

- Create engaging content from written articles to vertical videos and curate galleries and content playlists.

- Support the Social Media and Editorial team in planning, creating and scheduling of content across our portfolio of channels

- Engage and inform the Spurs fanbase across each matchday (including weekends)

- Responsible for the output across our Academy social media and editorial channels.

- Produce and publish written content for the Club’s website, app and matchday programme.

- Curate and publish multimedia content across Club’s owned digital channels.

- Content creation across the Spurs fanbase and community on a daily basis, ensuring they align with our core content objectives.

- Filming and editing engaging mobile-shot video content with/of the playing squad

- Supporting the wider Social Media and Editorial teams with publication of mobile-first content across platforms

- Editing imagery and video content so it is fit for platforms

- Work flexibly, including evenings and weekends as per the season calendar attending and covering Club fixtures on a rotational basis, home & away, including Men and Women’s First Team, Under-21 and Under-18s’ matches.

Must haves

-Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas

- Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates

- Communicates clearly and effectively

- A keen eye for detail

- Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility

- Entrepreneurial, digitally savvy, with exceptional analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills

- Passionate for content creation - not afraid to try new things and challenge ways of working.

- Team player who works well with others is essential

- Excellent knowledge of social media platforms with experience of community management

- A good knowledge of CMS platforms

- Proven experience working within an editorial environment - within a football environment would be an advantage but not essential

- Base level knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Premiere Pro and Photoshop) would be advantageous but not essential

- A good working knowledge of football programming and a passion for its content

- Ability to meet tight deadlines

- Excellent knowledge of different videos formats

- Community Management experience

- A demonstrable knowledge and passion for Football in England across the pyramid

- Excellent attention to detail, spelling, and grammar

- Good knowledge of football (and wider sports) social media content

Portsmouth Football Club

Portsmouth Football Club’s men’s and women’s teams have won promotion to the Sky Bet Championship and Barclays Women’s Championship respectively, and we are now searching for an individual who will produce engaging and innovative content across the club’s digital channels for both teams.

As Content Executive you will take a hands-on role in growing the profile of the women’s team in their first season in the second tier of women’s football.

Additionally, you will support the growth of the club’s wider digital presence by creating engaging and dynamic content for both men’s and women’s teams.Your work will be instrumental in increasing fan engagement, promoting club activities and driving the overall digital strategy forward.

our work will be instrumental in increasing fan engagement, promoting club activities and driving the overall digital strategy forward.

Responsibilities

Pompey Women’s Team

- Attend matches to support the creation of content across Pompey Women social media channels.

- Create, maintain and produce graphics using appropriate software.

- Posting across Pompey Women social media channels when necessary.

- Work with the commercial department to deliver engaging content for sponsors and partners.

- Assist other areas of the communications department where necessary with duties that may arise from time to time.

Pompey Men’s Team

- Produce high-quality and engaging football/non-football video content

- Create engaging behind-the-scenes content to drive interest and enhance audience reach.

- Attend matches when there is not a clash with Pompey Women to support the creation of content across Pompey men’s social media channels and video.

- Understand the club’s brand, ensuring all content is in line with the style guidelines.

Must haves

- Able to produce high-quality, engaging video content (short and long form).

- An understanding on how to use cameras.

- Experience in using the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign).

- A strong portfolio of previous work.

- Demonstrates a keen eye for detail.

- A passion for football, especially the women’s game.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Able to work both individually and within a team.

- Ability to work to pressure.·

-Able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.

- Car owner and full clean driving licence essential.

Tottenham Hotspurs

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.

We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated leader with expert knowledge of creative and design processes who can confidently organise a top-class in-house agency team at the heart of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club – This is a key role reporting directly into the Head of Creative & Brand.

As Studio Manager, you will be the key gate keeper for all projects briefed into the team and responsible for owning and reporting within our project management system on a weekly/monthly basis. You will liaise with key stakeholders across all areas of the Club, manage schedules and expectations, prioritise workflows and allocate resources, both internally and externally, embracing the fast-paced ever-changing environment, thriving on a daily challenge.

Responsibilities

- Successfully manage the day-to-day workflow of a busy creative department, efficiently and cost-effectively without compromising on quality.

- Continuously evolve and maintain an effective end-to-end creative process with critical paths for all creative projects.

- Manage the entire briefing process, ensuring written quality and information.

- Become the point person of the Brand & Creative studio for the wider business.

- Schedule multiple campaigns and report on status of each project.

- Work with internal stakeholders and partners to fulfil their requests.

- Manage the Club’s agency and freelancer roster.

- Work closely to support senior creatives on ad-hoc basis.

- Oversee delivery of campaigns.

- Able to proofread, triple checking briefs, documents, and deliverables.

- Assessment and debrief management – celebrating the wins and understanding the losses but discussing solutions to improve.

Must haves

- Outstanding leadership and project management skills.

- Outstanding written and verbal communication, with the ability to build rapport and credibility across internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

- Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas.

- Meticulous attention to detail, efficient and process-driven with experience in scheduling, reporting, and managing multiple projects.

- Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates.

- An executer who knows how to get stuff done, quickly, and in a cost-efficient way, and does not shy away and are comfortable flexing between simple and complex projects.

- Values rigor and timely planning for your own work, and actively seeks to embed these values in others.

- Proactively look to improve or resolve issues where a process or workstream could be streamlined or improved.

- Exceptionally high standards of output – the ability to ensure accuracy whilst maintaining pace to ensure deadlines are met.

- The ability to pre-plan, anticipate and manage project related risks and challenges.

- The ability to manage conflicts and pressures around cost, time, and quality.

- A seasoned Project, Traffic or Studio Manager with a strong understanding of design, with demonstrable experience in a related role.

- Proven record of successfully managing and delivering the mechanics of creative campaigns for a global brand.

- Proven experience of creative / design project management.

- Budget management.

- Ideally, come from a creative agency or in-house studio.

- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with creatives, producers and clients.

- Working within the sports or entertainment industry is a nice to have, but not required.

Footballco Media

Footballco is the world’s biggest dedicated football content and media business. Reaching more than 400m football fans across the world each month, and with a growing roster of brands including Goal, Voetbalzone, and Spox, no one else has our reach or depth of understanding within the game. With over 300 employees globally, we’re a young company with some established brands and serious investment behind us. Our future starts now…

We are looking for an experienced Senior Creative Producer with Agency experience to join our exciting and expanding creative department.

We live at the intersection of fashion, music, youth and football culture so we are receptive to candidates from these worlds with demonstrable capabilities of delivering engaging and impactful branded content to a global audience for our client brands. Creative and innovative, the ideal candidate is passionate about the beautiful game from the grassroots to professional levels.

The role is being offered on an initial 6-month FTC with the view to it becoming permanent for the successful candidate. The successful candidate will require the ability to deliver compelling storytelling in executing branded content ideas to tight deadlines.

The Senior Creative Producer will be a pivotal cog in the Footballco commercial Production team closely aligned to FootballCo’s Creative and Design teams to support the creation of content that will engage global audiences on behalf of our clients. You will own an expansive black book and possess excellent organisational, negotiation, budgeting & project management skills along with a deep understanding of what makes engaging video content primarily across social spaces for global brand activations.

An understanding of the latest production techniques and social media trends are a must along with exceptional talent and client relationship management. You will be part of a team that lives for football and operates to its calendar so excellent communication and planning skills are also essential.

Responsibilities

- Researching, planning and delivering filmed content for digital platforms primarily and potentially for experiential + immersive concepts that are executed both domestically and globally.

- Project management inclusive of scoping through to client liaising.Identify third party partners in the UK and internationally that can complement our storytelling capability while ensuring value to FootballCo is achieved when completing associated agreements.

- Secure and oversee all production requirements for filmed, digital, experiential and immersive productions from pre- through post-production inclusive of footage, music and font licensing.

- Deliver content to required technical specifications.

- Ensure safety of all crew and talent engaged on FootballCo productions both domestically and internationally.

- Accurate budget creation, management and reporting.

- Knowledge of the rights management ecosystem relating to football content.

- Copy proofreading and video content QC.

Must haves

- Enthusiasm toward resolving creative challenges and desire to create market-leading content by continually developing and improving the quality of our output.

- Proven capability to think ahead to solve problems before they become problems.

- Ability to plan and manage multiple tasks with attention to detail in fast-paced situations.

- A collaborative attitude to building relationships internally and externally.

- An effective communicator who is confident in communicating concepts and issues with senior internal and external stakeholders.

- An understanding of production technologies and innovation inclusive of a solid black book of key production personnel inclusive of DoP’s, Shooters, Soundies, Art Directors, Editors and sound engineers.

- Self-confidence in taking responsibility for assigned projects.

- A good understanding of football and all that it transcends in popular culture (being a football fan is a bonus, but not essential).

- A can-do attitude and the necessary work ethic to handle the fast pace and sometimes unforgiving nature of the creative industry.

- Strong presentation skills and the ability to articulate your thinking to those around you.

- The ability to be extremely disciplined and ensure the agency process and protocol is fulfilled, while visibly demonstrating an adaptable approach.

- A hunger and a willingness to learn and the desire to pass this on to your peers.