London Scottish are looking for a Marketing and Communications Executive. Full details of the role can be found below, but if you have any further queries please contact lee.rust@londonscottish.com
Marketing and Communications Executive
London Scottish Rugby Club – Richmond, London
Full time Post
Start Date
Immediate
Salary
Full time – (Negotiable dependant on experience)
Overview
London Scottish are looking to employ a Marketing and Communications Executive as part of their growing off field team. The post offers the candidate an enviable opportunity to develop a broad and enjoyable range of skills within a world renowned club. It represents the ideal opportunity for a graduate, or somebody who is actively seeking to shift into the sports industry, to develop and progress rapidly.
Responsibilities
• Populate the website with informative, well written and interesting content
• Develop and deliver the Club’s social media strategy
• Work with the commercial team to develop promotional and marketing campaign concepts
• Develop and deliver clear and effective briefs for design partners to produce promotional material and creative’s for matches and other events
• Co-ordinate distribution and promotion of content through a range of channels including, but not exclusive to, social media platforms and e-bulletins.
• Write, plan and coordinate the Club’s match day programme, while making sure it fulfils all sponsorship obligations
• Keep abreast of Club events and news, and ensure it is distributed through the appropriate channels.
• Liaise with various Club sponsors, coaches and players to ensure that appropriate matchday promotions are distributed to the widest audience and market possible
• To deal with customers and partners with view of developing relations that drive the clubs marketing and media profile forward
• To film and edit in-house video interviews that populate the Club's YouTube channel
• To deliver elements of matchday operations that relate to marketing and communications
Candidate Specification
Required
• Articulate and confident communicator (both written and verbally)
• Experience of utilising social media as a promotional tool
• Experience of web content management systems, including their usage and maintenance/ management
• Computer literate to a high degree
• A passion for sport
• An enthusiastic, committed and self driven individual
• Good organisation and time management skills
• Excellent communication
• Willingness and flexibility to work weekends and occasional week nights
• Strong organisation and interpersonal skills – able to be self-managing
Advantageous
• Experience in filming and basic video editing
• Degree qualified
• Experience of working with a wide variety of partners and stakeholders; including sports clubs, national governing bodies and broadcasters.
• An awareness/ appreciation of online marketing (e.g. PPC, SEO, email, Display etc.)
• An awareness/ appreciation of web analytics
Additional Information
Applications (CV & covering letter) should be sent to lee.rust@londonscottish.com detailing the position you are applying for in the subject header.
Closing date for applications is 24th February 2012.
Interviews will be held subsequently.
For further information or an informal discussion please contact Lee Rust: lee.rust@londonscottish.com
