London Irish is currently recruiting three roles within the Marketing and Communications team:

 

Position: Marketing Executive

Location: Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex 

Reporting to: Head of Marketing & Communications

The Company: London Irish RFC              

 

The Marketing Executive will be part of a busy Marketing and Communications team developing and implementing innovative marketing plans, and ticketing strategies and processes to maximise London Irish membership and ticketing revenue.

 

Key responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Marketing and Communications to maximize ticketing revenue and create a clear strategy to achieve both attendance and ticket revenue targets
• Devise, execute and monitor marketing plans to achieve ticketing revenue targets.
• Develop and maintain an excellent understanding of the club’s target audiences, strategic context and commercial activities to ensure that goals and objectives are achieved.
• Design and edit marketing online and ... marketing materials.
• Manage the relationship between the club and its members.
• Be the internal champion of the memberships and match day ticketing campaigns to drive sales with participation from all departments.
• Answer match day enquiries from supporters and members.
• Manage the supporter feedback process.
• Manage marketing for retail and community activity
• Effectively monitor and produce new ways of increasing ticket sales, through research and ticketing systems
• Manage internal ticket systems ie player tickets, sponsor tickets

Skills and Experience

• Two years experience in marketing and / or ticketing.
• Proficient in design
• A marketing degree or equivalent qualification.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including copywriting and proofing.
• Good project management and prioritisation skills.
• Skilled at building strong relationships with colleagues and external contacts;
• Able to perform under pressure and resilient to change.
• Experience in a customer facing role and environment.
• Positive, can do outlook.

• A team player who is comfortable working within a close knit team.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Key responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the Club’s marketing across all media platforms; including email communications to the club database;
• Provide ongoing marketing support to other departments as required;
• To manage London Irish Member activity including monthly ezines
• To manage London Irish Exiles Member activity including bimonthly ezines
• Work with the Head of Marketing and Communications to develop and action the Membership campaign each season;
• Assist with match ticketing and marketing campaigns;
• To assist across all departments in the production of in house creative requests;
• Manager the Junior Exiles Club membership and activity;
• To assist with matchday activities where required;
• To be responsible for third party, collaborative partnerships and promotional events i.e. database sharing and experiential marketing;
• Contribute to effective daily ticket sales reporting.
• Assist with any other tasks relevant to the Marketing and Communications Team.

 

To apply for this position, please send a covering email and your CV to [email protected] by 11.30pm on Monday, 27 November.