Director - Sports PR

Sports PR Director Opportunity – Leading Sports Communications Agency

We are working with one of the leading sports communications agencies in the industry who are seeking a brilliant Director to join the team based in their London HQ!

In just 5 years, this agency has firmly become the one to watch in sports communications and they have created an agency embedded in collaboration, creativity, culture and delivering exceptional work for their clients.

The dream candidate will be an inspirational and collaborative leader who will be part of the management team. You will have outstanding communication skills, creativity, high standards and a drive to build a thriving division of world class sports communications clients.

We’d love to identify an individual who has a passion for sport in all forms, is a high-class PR & comms operator, and who is ambitious to build a dream agency alongside the multi award-winning team.

This is a unique and truly exciting opportunity; the Director will be joining at an incredible time of growth and opportunity and will play a key role in shaping the future business and agency.

ROLE OVERVIEW

74% revenue growth. A 100% new business record. Permanent headcount increased by 70%. A second office opened in Manchester. A client list featuring the world’s best sporting brands.

The last twelve months has been the rocket year for this agency as they accelerated their vision to be the best sports communications agency in the UK.

The ideal Director for this role will have excellent rightsholder and brand experience within sports communications and / or consumer comms specifically, be able to form outstanding and high-level client relationships, care about building a thriving team culture, and be comfortable with driving commercial growth across organic opportunities and new business.

You will inherit a startup roster of fantastic clients, and a talented team as you look to grow the business further, collaboratively with the wider Management Team and Co-Founders.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• The ability to cultivate outstanding high-level client relationships
• Brilliant leadership credentials and a vision for their work
• An entrepreneurial drive to build an amazing opportunity
• A desire to foster a fun but high-quality work culture
• A proven track record of leading their teams to deliver brilliant and award-winning work
• A true passion and love for sport, and a belief in the sports industry
• Comfort applying strategic thinking and building high class documents and plans
• Brilliant pitching and presentation skills
• A reputation for being a fantastic role model, leader and coach for their team
• Be able to commute to the office in Shoreditch, London on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

WHAT’S ON OFFER:

• Salary – £85,000
• Bonus – Annual discretionary bonus
• Pension – 5% enhanced employer contribution
• Perks package – market leading perks platform with an allocation worth 5% of salary
• Health – Private cover as part of SLT
• Life – 4 x Salary Death in Service cover
• Equity – % stake in EMI share scheme
• Profit Share Scheme
• Holiday: 25 days (plus 8 bank holidays)
• Maternity & Paternity Pay – Enhanced package
• Additional Perks package including: ‘For You Day’, Sporting Moment allocation, hybrid working, travel season ticket loan, training and development investment, cycle to work scheme, team socials and free monthly lunches!)

For the full job description and more detail on this brilliant agency, please get in touch and apply directly. We are excited to hear from you!