As Senior Partnership Marketing Executive, you’ll lead and support partnership marketing activity across a portfolio of primary, secondary and regional partners spanning our Men’s and Women’s football teams. You’ll help turn commercial rights into high-quality, insight-driven campaigns and experiences that create exceptional value for the Club and our partners, while strengthening relationships with stakeholders and supporters.
What you’ll do
* Manage day-to-day partnership delivery, including briefs, presentations, reporting, annual plans, multi-channel campaigns and case studies.
* Lead regional partner relationships, deliver contractual rights and develop insight-driven solutions to meet partner objectives.
* Oversee matchday assets and activations, including LED inventory, VIP experiences, concourse screens, stadium advertising and interview backdrops.
* Co-ordinate rights with the Premier League, UEFA, The FA and EFL, covering NUFC branding; player, coach and legend access; stadium, training centre and archive access; digital and matchday activations; VIK management and tours.
* Work across internal teams to keep delivery on track, review and approve creative assets, and support budgets and high-profile partner events—meeting agreed deadlines, standards and budgets.
* Build strong partner, agency and stakeholder relationships, demonstrate ROI and ROO through insight and analysis, and keep up to date with industry trends, legislation and regulations.
* Bring sponsorship or marketing experience with a brand, rights holder or agency, plus PR, marketing and event management experience and comprehensive sports marketing knowledge.
* Demonstrate strong stakeholder management, communication, commercial and problem-solving skills, with working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
The team
You’ll be part of a friendly, supportive and dedicated team who will help you settle in and succeed. We value curiosity, teamwork and a positive approach, and we’re committed to creating an environment where people feel trusted, included and empowered to do their best work.
We work with high standards and a continuous improvement mindset, supporting each other as One Club and taking pride in doing the right thing.
United As One
We’re committed to building an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone feels safe, respected and able to thrive. Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to who we are, and we believe the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths.
We work as One Club, reflecting the communities we serve, acting with integrity, and creating an environment where everyone can be their authentic self and achieve their full potential.
Safeguarding
We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone is safe, heard, valued and able to thrive. Safeguarding and welfare are central to the way we work, and we expect everyone to play their part in doing the right thing and upholding the highest standards of care.
How to apply
To access the full job description for this role please click here.
For further information on this role and about the club please visit our careers page.
Please apply as soon as possible as this vacancy may close early should we receive a high volume of suitable candidates.
This position is UK based and requires proof of the right to live and work in the UK. All job offers are conditional upon background checks, including reference history, DBS checks, and verification of your eligibility to work. Please note, we do not sponsor applicants without the right to work in the UK.
Recruitment Agencies – please note that we do not accept unsolicited candidate details**. Any candidates submitted without request will be considered direct applicants.**
