Creative Strategist Job at Footballco in New York

Overview

Global Head of Talent Acquisition @Footballco

Footballco is the world's largest dedicated soccer content and media business. Reaching more than 400m soccer fans across the world each month, and with a growing roster of brands including GOAL, INDIVISA, SOCCER GIRL and MUNDIAL, we have broad reach and deep understanding within the game.

With a team of over 300 employees globally, we’re a young company with established brands and serious investment behind us. Our mission is to give fans more of the game by building soccer communities that entertain, inform, and inspire action.

What you'll be doing

• Work closely and collaboratively with key internal stakeholders including sales, client management, creative and editorial teams
• Clarify briefs and commercial challenges
• Support local and global sales teams on proposals and guide them to help improve the overall quality of our commercial proposal output
• Play a key role in developing our go-to-market positioning and strategy
• Identify relevant insights, and package them in relevant ways
• Be able to identify, validate and communicate a strategic solution to a commercial, brand or audience brief
• Clearly brief, inspire and feedback to creative and editorial teams
• Evaluate concepts and creative work against the original strategy
• Craft content strategies that get the best out of social and digital platforms, delivering measurable results
• Use your ability to clearly communicate, collaborate and persuade to drive projects through to successful conclusions
• Mentor, support and line manage future junior members of the strategy team

What you have

• Extensive experience working in a media, sports marketing, agency or brand strategy role
• Experience in developing strategic & creative media campaign proposals that deliver on marketing goals either at an agency, client or media owner
• Strong understanding of digital and social platforms and the changing landscape of sports content consumption
• The ability to combine creativity with consideration of performance metrics
• The ability to create and deliver compelling presentations
• Understanding and experience of the sports, media or entertainment industries
• Understanding the needs of brands, media, rights-holders and talent
• The ability to collaborate with commercial and account management teams and comprehensive understanding of how to deliver content-driven campaigns

Equal Opportunity

Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Strategy/Planning and Art/Creative

Industries

• Internet Publishing and Technology, Information and Media