AddressOur Commercial team is expanding and we’re looking to hire an industry leader to join our Client Solutions team who has a great understanding, passion, and experience of working in the sport and sports entertainment sector.
Working as an integral team member within the dynamic LADbible Group’s Client Solutions (Sales) team, this role is focused on driving revenue growth within the sport sector, ensuring retention and long-term partnerships as well as developing new relationships to drive incremental growth to the business.
It will be vital to develop and maintain strong business relationships; those relationships will be with both the agency and clients directly.
What will you be doing?
- As the sports specialist and leader with the LADbible commercial division, you will be responsible for overseeing the development, ideation and overall output of all key format and commercial opportunities relevant to the category.
- Craft market-leading proposals that are integrated, smart and perfectly fit the client or agency brief. These proposals are likely to be full funnel, so your knowledge of both Brand and DR activity is critical.
- This will require you to be the linchpin for all of our amazing internal teams - Data Intelligence and Planning, Social and Web editorial teams as well as Marketing and Communications - to create and deliver pitches to our clients
- Build & maintain a strong working relationship with all key editorial stakeholders working within the sports category.
- Utilise these relationships to tap into channel and editorial insight, mobilising these to be used for the commercial benefit of sports sector clients, as well as for the general knowledge of all departments.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of sports sector as well as their commercial and marketing activity – should include broadcasters, traditional publishers, social publishers, and governing bodies.
- Own & maintain the internal sport & betting calendar relevant for both commercial and editorial teams
- Deliver consistent and regular industry updates across the sport and betting landscape.
- Keep up to date with all platform updates, thinking about how new tools etc. could be best utilised for clients in the category e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok & X.
Skills and experience we'd like you to have
- Experience across either marketing, commercial partnerships, sport sponsorship, consumer or fan products, or within a sporting agency
- Previous experience working for sport governing bodies, professional sport teams, television, radio or digital broadcast, sporting agency or bookmakers
- Previous experience working across commercial products and partnerships – either from a selling perspective or an implementation perspective
- A thorough knowledge of the UK sport & betting landscape as well as an understanding of the broader global sports industry
- Existing relationships from within the UK sporting industry
- A track record of selling in concepts, ideas or packages (including proven relationships) and clients in the sport industry.
- Understand the world of digital and use of social channels e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, X
- Thrive in a fast-moving digital and social space with complex products.
- Be prepared to put the time in and be happy working under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Be genuinely passionate about LADbible Group and our exciting future.
- Love working collaboratively and be a great person who will add value to the company and work environment
At LADbible Group we've rolled out blended working which means the majority of departments across the business (including London, Manchester and International offices) work from home and the offices on a weekly basis.
LADbible Group is an equal opportunities employer. We are determined to create a diverse group at all levels of our company and we welcome all members of the community to apply for openings with us. As the leading social youth publisher, we have a powerful global platform to better represent our audience and enable those that do not have equal opportunities to have their voices heard. As a business, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce, in an environment where everyone feels comfortable to be themselves.
