Lead Consultant (Marketing) for a global sports and entertainment marketing firm, managing client relationships at executive level and delivering insight-led strategies that drive audience growth and revenue.
Key Responsibilities
- Own client relationships and act as a trusted advisor to senior decision-makers
- Structure and solve complex commercial challenges using data, market insight, and commercial expertise
- Manage project teams and ensure high-quality marketing outputs delivered on time and within budget
- Coach and develop consultants and senior consultants across marketing, problem-solving, client management, and professional skills
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams in creating high-impact marketing campaigns
- Drive measurable client outcomes through insight-led strategy and campaign execution
- Influence the direction of client organisations and the internal marketing and consulting practice
- Monitor trends in sport, entertainment, technology, and fan behaviour to bring innovative perspectives
- Contribute to practice growth by shaping team culture, delivery standards, and commercial performance
Qualifications
- Considerable marketing experience in an agency or rights-holder environment
- Strong understanding of the sports industry
- Proven track record of delivering complex, change-oriented marketing projects in fast-paced customer-oriented settings
- Ability to lead and manage project teams
- Capacity to work at pace with keen attention to detail
- Self-starting entrepreneurial attitude
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong internal and client relationships
- Fluent in English; additional European language preferred
Benefits And Growth
- Flexible benefits selection from a monthly core budget
- Regular Team Days and annual Summer Away Days
- 23 days standard holiday plus 1 birthday day, 2 Big Life Event days, 1 Admin Day and Christmas office closure
- Discretionary performance-based bonus
- Bi-annual performance reviews with discretionary salary increases
- Private healthcare and/or health cash plan options
- Mobile phone contribution
- Sport Challenge and gym membership contributions
- 2x annual kit drops