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Role summary

Lead athlete-driven partnerships across TWSC North America. Serve as the authority on how sports, culture, and brand objectives intersect. Build direct and scalable relationships with athletes, leagues, and properties.

The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of athlete servicing, cross-functional collaboration, and operational rigor, with proven experience navigating complex organizational structures and driving results. This individual will thrive in a dynamic environment, balancing business priorities, athlete needs, and innovation opportunities.

You bring strong expertise in sports and culture, along with a track record of managing teams, leading cross-functional initiatives, and building scalable systems. A mindset with commitment to operational excellence, and a deep passion for the sports industry are essential.

What you’ll do

  • Own athlete partnership strategy that maps to brand, marketing, and business KPIs
  • Translate briefs into athlete talent architectures, deliverables, and rights packages
  • Source, vet, and negotiate pro, collegiate, and emerging sport talent, including NIL
  • Navigate league, team, event, and marks usage guidelines with Legal and Issues leads
  • Integrate athlete talent into PR, social, influencer, experiential, and retail moments
  • Structure deals for paid, earned, and commerce outcomes, including affiliate and live shopping
  • Oversee contracting, usage, exclusivity, whitelisting, and content rights across channels
  • Lead brand safety, cultural fit, and compliance reviews with clear go or no-go calls
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure athlete talent is seamlessly integrated into campaign strategy, execution, and measurement.
  • Build a proactive pipeline around seasonal calendars and tentpoles, including World Cup, Olympics, and league milestones
  • Maintain senior relationships with agents, unions, player associations, and properties

What you’ll bring

  • 8-10+ years in sports marketing, talent partnerships, or adjacent fields
  • Proven record negotiating athlete deals that drive measurable outcomes
  • Deep understanding of NIL, sponsorship models, usage of team and league IP, and approval paths
  • Fluency in deal mechanics, from base fees to performance incentives and content rights
  • Strength in risk assessment, reputation management, and crisis escalation
  • Experience leading integrated teams and mentoring mid-level and junior talent

Is this you?

Be a driver of culture: Must have true passion and understanding of pop culture and are part of the community (be it music, gaming, fashion, food, internet culture, etc) This job is the intersection of creative, strategy, marketing, technology, content creation and production; your energy must be driven by your lifestyle. You must influence creative ideations: from the ideas presented, to the influencers selected, to the content created, all the way down to the language used in post copy.

Have high cultural competencies: Understand the role and importance of diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) You must be culturally vigilant with the ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures.

Have “Gravitas” in the influencer space and skin-in-the-game: Deep understanding of the influencer landscape is required. Proven ability to build, speak and grow relationships with change agents and cultural makers (celebrities, influencers, artists, thought leaders) directly or via their agents. You must be open to a public-facing role; willingness to speak publicly about influencer trends when opportunities present itself to the WS Influencer Team.

Know how to identify and manage diverse vendors and partners: in an industry where technologies (saas platforms, AI, managed services, etc) are popping on the daily, at high volume, no less, you must have experience working with RFPs and meeting with leading tech companies to understand their services and identify their uniqueness (and keep up with their ongoing changes in our WS influencer database)

Be ready to lead at any moment: working with your leads, you will learn to “step up to the plate” and lead effectively in the client’s and agency’s best interests while also helping to cultivate, mentor and coach mid to junior staff members on the influencer team.

Hustle: identify influencer opportunities (organic or new) to ensure influencer marketing continues to be a strong marketing discipline and revenue driver on your assigned account or at Weber Shandwick.

Think like a lawyer: you understand how important it is to be in compliance with best practices (FTC updates, platform requirements),continuously build our excellence by partnering with DXTRA legal and finance to ensure risk and liabilities are reduced and tamed for every campaign you touch.

Have experience building engaged audiences: on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Clubhouse and other distribution platforms.

Know how to build a story: you will build client presentations that tell smart, compelling stories, never “rinse and repeat” which requires you to be highly motivated, energetically-charged and inspired at all times.

Be curious, always: You are willing to learn a little bit of everything, and open to take on anything.

Salary range: $85.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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If hired, I agree to abide by all of the Company rules and regulations and I understand that if employed my employment is “at will”. By this, I understand that my employment can be terminated with or without cause and with or without notice at any time, at the option of myself or the Company.

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Role summary

Lead athlete-driven partnerships across TWSC North America. Serve as the authority on how sports, culture, and brand objectives intersect. Build direct and scalable relationships with athletes, leagues, and properties.

The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of athlete servicing, cross-functional collaboration, and operational rigor, with proven experience navigating complex organizational structures and driving results. This individual will thrive in a dynamic environment, balancing business priorities, athlete needs, and innovation opportunities.

You bring strong expertise in sports and culture, along with a track record of managing teams, leading cross-functional initiatives, and building scalable systems. A mindset with commitment to operational excellence, and a deep passion for the sports industry are essential.

What you’ll do

  • Own athlete partnership strategy that maps to brand, marketing, and business KPIs
  • Translate briefs into athlete talent architectures, deliverables, and rights packages
  • Source, vet, and negotiate pro, collegiate, and emerging sport talent, including NIL
  • Navigate league, team, event, and marks usage guidelines with Legal and Issues leads
  • Integrate athlete talent into PR, social, influencer, experiential, and retail moments
  • Structure deals for paid, earned, and commerce outcomes, including affiliate and live shopping
  • Oversee contracting, usage, exclusivity, whitelisting, and content rights across channels
  • Lead brand safety, cultural fit, and compliance reviews with clear go or no-go calls
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure athlete talent is seamlessly integrated into campaign strategy, execution, and measurement.
  • Build a proactive pipeline around seasonal calendars and tentpoles, including World Cup, Olympics, and league milestones
  • Maintain senior relationships with agents, unions, player associations, and properties

What you’ll bring

  • 8-10+ years in sports marketing, talent partnerships, or adjacent fields
  • Proven record negotiating athlete deals that drive measurable outcomes
  • Deep understanding of NIL, sponsorship models, usage of team and league IP, and approval paths
  • Fluency in deal mechanics, from base fees to performance incentives and content rights
  • Strength in risk assessment, reputation management, and crisis escalation
  • Experience leading integrated teams and mentoring mid-level and junior talent

Is this you?

Be a driver of culture: Must have true passion and understanding of pop culture and are part of the community (be it music, gaming, fashion, food, internet culture, etc) This job is the intersection of creative, strategy, marketing, technology, content creation and production; your energy must be driven by your lifestyle. You must influence creative ideations: from the ideas presented, to the influencers selected, to the content created, all the way down to the language used in post copy.

Have high cultural competencies: Understand the role and importance of diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) You must be culturally vigilant with the ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures.

Have “Gravitas” in the influencer space and skin-in-the-game: Deep understanding of the influencer landscape is required. Proven ability to build, speak and grow relationships with change agents and cultural makers (celebrities, influencers, artists, thought leaders) directly or via their agents. You must be open to a public-facing role; willingness to speak publicly about influencer trends when opportunities present itself to the WS Influencer Team.

Know how to identify and manage diverse vendors and partners: in an industry where technologies (saas platforms, AI, managed services, etc) are popping on the daily, at high volume, no less, you must have experience working with RFPs and meeting with leading tech companies to understand their services and identify their uniqueness (and keep up with their ongoing changes in our WS influencer database)

Be ready to lead at any moment: working with your leads, you will learn to “step up to the plate” and lead effectively in the client’s and agency’s best interests while also helping to cultivate, mentor and coach mid to junior staff members on the influencer team.

Hustle: identify influencer opportunities (organic or new) to ensure influencer marketing continues to be a strong marketing discipline and revenue driver on your assigned account or at Weber Shandwick.

Think like a lawyer: you understand how important it is to be in compliance with best practices (FTC updates, platform requirements),continuously build our excellence by partnering with DXTRA legal and finance to ensure risk and liabilities are reduced and tamed for every campaign you touch.

Have experience building engaged audiences: on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Clubhouse and other distribution platforms.

Know how to build a story: you will build client presentations that tell smart, compelling stories, never “rinse and repeat” which requires you to be highly motivated, energetically-charged and inspired at all times.

Be curious, always: You are willing to learn a little bit of everything, and open to take on anything.

Salary range: $85.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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We make our careers website accessible to any and all users. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or vendors; rather it is strictly for applicants who require special assistance accessing our employment website. Due to volume, messages sent to this email address that are not related to an accommodation cannot be answered.

To submit this application you must agree to the IPG DXTRA eRecruiting Privacy Notice. At IPG DXTRA, we oversee several core award-winning agencies such as The Weber Shandwick Collective, Golin, Jack Morton, Octagon, DeVries and Momentum.

I also certify that the information contained on this form, my resume/C.V., any other attachments and any other information that I or anyone acting on my behalf provides to the Company during the hiring process is correct and complete. I understand that any misrepresentation or omission in this application will be cause for denial or termination of employment.

I understand that all employment offers are contingent based upon the results of employment and educational background checks. I agree to execute any consent forms necessary for the Company to conduct its lawful pre-employment checks. I hereby authorize the Company to conduct a criminal and/or credit history background check. I also release the Company and its employees, my prior employers and listed educational institutions from any and all liability in connection with any such contact or disclosures.

If hired, I agree to abide by all of the Company rules and regulations and I understand that if employed my employment is “at will”. By this, I understand that my employment can be terminated with or without cause and with or without notice at any time, at the option of myself or the Company.

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Digital Media Management (DMM),a Keywords Studios company, is a full-service social media agency that specializes in 360 campaigns for the entertainment, games, and consumer brands industries. DMM creates groundbreaking social-first marketing campaigns rooted in innovative strategy, and provides clients with community management, creative, video production, influencer, talent, and performance marketing capabilities.
We are looking for a Social Media Manager, Temporary to join our fun and growing team. The Social Media Manager will work on one of the most popular technology & entertainment brands! You will be responsible for creating and managing innovative and engaging social media campaigns. You have experience developing social strategies, building out content calendars, conceptualizing social creatives, and engaging with audiences on social media channels.

PHOTOGRAPHER

Salary: £45,000 – £48,000 per annum pro rata

Reports to: Senior Creative Producer

Department: Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement

Location: Stratford, London w/ high-flex (1 – 2 days per week in the office) – regular national travel will be expected within this role.

Employment type: 6 month fixed-term contract

Working hours: 14 hours per week. Evening and weekend work may be required within this role.

Closing date: Sunday 28 September 2025, 23:55*

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

 

*Please also note that we may close this role early should we receive enough interest, therefore early application is encouraged to avoid disappointment.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we we’re looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Photographer. We need you to plan and deliver creative and engaging photography for all CRUK’s channels and audiences. You will deliver successful photography solutions by being a confident and skilful Photographer that strives for excellence – with brilliant ideas, strong technical skills, and creative problem solving.

 

What will I be doing?

  • Leading on photographic shoots for CRUK commissioning teams. Respond to a wide variety of briefs, providing creative direction, agreeing outputs and deliverables, and delivering solutions.
  • Collaborating with the creative team to ensure all photography briefs meet the needs of broader audiences and channels, stretching a brief to meet wider objectives and efficiencies where appropriate and importantly encouraging the reuse and repurpose of existing photo and visual assets where possible
  • Managing new projects through all stages of planning and execution
  • Producing high quality, professional images ensuring that they are shot, lit, exposed correctly and in line with CRUK’s brand
  • Managing the post-production of visual assets and photography, ensuring all selected shots are processed correctly, retouched and checked for quality for final asset delivery
  • Ensuring all images are filed, logged and backed up appropriately in the file management system
  • Being an authority and expert on photography, leading and supporting on the management and creation of resources to support your practice and commissioning teams
  • Leading the way in adhering to the systems, processes and tools that support the operations of the Creative Team (e.g. commissioning process, briefing forms and templates, resourcing systems, evaluation and reporting) to ensure efficient and effective delivery, and lead the way in ensuring best practice in customer service.

 

What skills are you looking for?

  • Significant experience and a strong portfolio of a wide variety of photography styles and skills (from lifestyle, reportage, event, headshot/portrait and product, for wide range of applications including advertorial and marketing use)
  • Highly proficient in using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom or similar photo editing software
  • Strong understanding of studio flash photography and latest equipment and kit
  • Keen attention to detail which is maintained when under pressure
  • Relevant experience of working with contributors in sensitive circumstances, e.g. people affected by cancer and their families, and ability to quickly build trust and enable powerful and emotional moments to be captured on camera
  • A strong collaborator who can quickly build relationships with key stakeholders with demonstrable skills in influencing and negotiating with people across all teams and levels to grow the creativity and ambition of work
  • Skills and experience with absorbing and applying constructive feedback from peers and commissioning teams at all levels
  • Strong time management and prioritisation skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple projects of varying complexities, meet deadlines and work well under pressure
  • Connected with external photography trends and technical developments to continually inspire creative excellence and innovation in-house.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.

Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

 

 

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

 

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact [email protected] or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.

 

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.

Position Summary

The Events Coordinator is responsible for providing logistical and tactical support to the Events and Corporate Communications team as well as adult programming (Squash, Racquetball, Pickleball, and UHoops). This role will support all adult sports programming within the club to ensure members are able to enjoy a successful and robust program. This team member will help to ensure events are successful and fall in line with Life Time’s Mission and Vision Statement. This role will support Member Retention by providing an outstanding member experience.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Coordinates Life Time in-center event logistics by collaborating with internal audiences and coordinating external vendors
  • Delivers desired event results by providing documentation and reporting specific event measurables
  • Provides project management support for club event marketing campaigns
  • Engages with members and non-members to promote club events and adult programs​

Position Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 1 to 2 years of experience coordinating corporate or retail event programs
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • High attention to detail
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office software
  • CPR and AED Certified
  • Ability to travel as required​

Preferred Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or Communications or equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Extensive knowledge of all club activities and promotions
  • Excellent customer service and promotional skills
  • Ability to build relationships with members

Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

Live Nation’s Concerts Division is where tours are born, artists come to life, and fans get to experience the rush of live music. From our dozens of owned/operated Amphitheaters to our Global Touring team, from Ticketing and Venue Operations to Marketing and Sales… we foster a fun and upbeat work culture with no shortage of opportunities. With perks ranging from free concert tickets to dog-friendly offices, to progressive benefits like student loan reimbursement and adoption/fertility support… it’s no wonder we are certified as a Great Place to Work organization and one of People Magazine’s “50 Companies that Care”. We want everyone to feel like they belong and can thrive in our community, so we strive to help you achieve your career and personal goals. Live music is our passion and where we find our common ground. There has never been a better time to join Live Nation.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! 

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

  • Provide overall day of show support to the Production Manager, Back of House team and to the Touring Personnel
  • Manage the day of show parking list and show credentials
  • Create day of show documents as needed (ie: meal tickets, sign in sheets, back of house signage)
  • Manage onsite Runners
  • Responsible for petty cash distribution and reconciliation

Qualifications:

  • Flexible Schedule and ability to work early mornings into late nights (days/nights, weekends, and holidays)
  • High School Diploma
  • Experience in Microsoft Applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, etc.)
  • Cash handling experience
  • Excellent communication skills and punctual

Preferred:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Experience in a live environment operation
  • Experience in Prioritizing, Time Management & Multitasking

Physical Demands/Working Environment:

  • Working environment is fast-paced and often loud and stressful
  • Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs
  • Moderate to loud level or noise in work environment

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion.  You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work.  We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife.  As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with.  It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over),ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices),family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS),marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics),genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions),citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding),gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.  

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case by case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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The expected compensation for this position is:

$20.80 USD – $26.00 USD Hourly

** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.

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