Sports Partnerships Marketing Manager in London

We are the team behind digital retailer Very. Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do. If you are high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you will enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Very Media Group (VMG) is Very's retail media proposition. Our vision is to be the UK’s destination pureplay retail media network, delivering insight-led, strategic, and high-performance marketing campaigns in collaboration with our brand partners. We are looking for a Sports Partnership Marketing Manager to lead this high-growth category. You will be responsible for working with our most significant strategic partners to define and deliver co-branded, performance-driven marketing activity across the annual calendar.

You will own and build on strong partner relationships, leveraging first-party data to define partner marketing strategies and identifying opportunities for media innovation to drive sales, performance, and incremental partner funding. The Sports Partnership Marketing Manager will work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including global brands, category buyers, media agencies, and creative teams to deliver best-in-class creative execution that secures Very's position as a Partner of Choice.

• Strategy & Partnerships: Defining joint business plans, event plans, and marketing strategies with partners, creating high-performance retail media campaigns aligned to partner KPIs and Very's commercial objectives.
• Driving Commercial Growth: Maximising partner investment through data-led pitches, influencing budgets, and identifying opportunities for innovation.
• Campaign Strategy and Execution: Build best-in-class briefs, delivering on high-impact, high-performing creative that brings together our partner and Very's brand identities.
• Data & Insights: Applying strong data literacy to translate first-party data and post-campaign analytics into actionable insights for partners.

About you: Proven experience in combining first-party insights with creative thinking to build compelling, commercially successful propositions and best-in-class strategic campaigns. Deep experience in sports marketing is required, with a strong understanding of the sports audience and category trends. Broad base of retail media and marketing experience across the full funnel - acquisition, engagement, and brand - with a track record of delivering multi-channel campaigns that drive both sales and performance.

Benefits include a flexible, hybrid working model, inclusive culture, £1,000 flexible benefits allowance, 30 days holiday + bank holidays, LinkedIn learning access, bonus potential, up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk, and matched pension up to 6%.

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check.

We are building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.