Media Partnerships Lead

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing the way fans spend their money the events that fans attend the channels fans respond to the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues both direct to consumer and business to business revenues.

Our platforms and services are trusted by over 900 clients globally including the English Premier League Red Bull UEFA VISA the NFL Nike and Amazon. We are almost 1000 people based out of 14 offices and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

Two Circles is the exclusive sponsorship agency of UEFA Womens Football and exclusive media sales agency for the UEFA Womens Champions League. Within this partnership we willsupport UC3 the new joint venture between UEFA and ECA in the management of media partners throughout thecycle with the Media Partnerships Lead playing a key role in managing all relations with priority partners. This role will primarily service UEFA Womens Champions League media partners although there may be scope to be across further projects and business development opportunities.

What youll be doing

• Leading Media Partner Relationships by being an alwayson primary point of contact between Two Circles & broadcasters ensuring seamless communication back to UC3 through close collaboration with the Head of Partnership Management
• Managing Partner Onboarding & Enablement to ensure full cooperation throughout the cycle through ownership of onboarding processes managing training and access to content and booking platforms planning and delivery of workshops & other deliverables
• Working collaboratively with internal & external stakeholders including agencies social digital CRM commercial operations broadcast operations ticketing legal and finance
• Contributing to Performance Reporting & Insights Delivery during each season ensuring partners are maximising engagement opportunities and are fulfilling coverage and other contractual obligations
• Leading Rights Marketing Implementation by proactively facilitating partners involvement in Two Circles innovative Rights Marketing Programme to grow digital & linear viewership
• Proactive Opportunity Development with key broadcast partners to maintain strong relationships across all core capabilities
• Supporting the setup between Two Circles Partnership Management and UC3
• Coaching and Managing media partnership management team members to deliver excellent partner and client servicing
  

What were looking for

• Proven experience managing and activating media/broadcast partnerships across major sports properties
• Existing knowledge of live media production and broadcast operations
• A brilliant communicator and relationship builder who is confident and can creatively solve problems & create value
• A proactive cando approach to account management constantly interrogating our work and suggesting new processes & opportunities
• A thorough understanding of the sports media industry& changing landscape
• Excellent time management organisational skills and attention to detail
• Fluent written and spoken English. Additional languages are a plus
• An interest in sport and womens football
• Willingness and ability to travel across Europe & Americas

Our commitment to each other:

Youve seen the growth of womens football in recent years and its not slowing down! This is just how we value you and your career we are looking for someone committed ambitious and at the top of their game however we pride ourselves on our ability to provide supportive working environment and the opportunity to learn develop and progress within your career. Ultimately we hire on motivations so even if you feel you dont tick 100 of the boxes but feel you could bring value to the role wed still love to hear from you!

We offer a benefits package to suit you and your lifestyle! Out of a core monthly budget you can choose your own comprehensive benefit package

• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
• Summer Away Days
• 23 standard days of holiday 1 Birthday 2 for a Big Life Event and 1 Admin Day) closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
• Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
• Mobile phone contribution
• Sport Challenge contribution
• Gym membership contribution
• 2x annual kit drops
  

Though these are the basics written down we will principally be recruiting for energy values and commitment both to Two Circles and to your career.

Our recruitment process will be honest & thorough and so will our roles. In return we can offer honesty integrity and the chance to progress in the organisation as quickly as you develop within it.

Two Circles is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age or veteran status.