England Athletics is the membership and development body for the sport in England. We work in partnership with the wider athletics family, especially our member clubs, UK Athletics, Sport England & Commercial Partners, to grow opportunities for everyone to experience athletics and running, to enable them to reach their full potential. England Athletics also provides national level competition and is responsible for athlete development beneath world class performance level.
England Athletics is a membership organisation with c1,750-member clubs/bodies and c163,000 registered athletes, which exists to provide services and support to its members and to promote and deliver athletics and running activities across all ages, event disciplines, ability levels and aspirations. There are also more than 7m who run each month in England, 2,000 licensed road races and 169,000 active RunTogether participants operating in more than 3,000 registered running groups.
Our vision is for athletics and running to become an inclusive sport where everyone belongs and can flourish. In achieving this we will inspire more athletes and runners of all abilities and backgrounds to fulfil their potential and to have a lifelong love for the sport.
A vacancy has arisen for a Commercial Partnerships Executive with responsibility for account management and growth of existing business partners across England Athletics, RunTogether and funetics programmes. In addition, this role will support the Commercial Manager with partner acquisition and commercial income generation This includes the creation, management and implementation of partner activation plans, working closely with colleagues across the business to ensure timely activation of rights, in particular Marketing & Communications team and delivery of all digital assets. The post holder will manage partner monitoring, evaluation and reporting to partners and internal stakeholders and work with partner and internal marketing teams to create, activate and manage content.
The post holder will actively support the Commercial Manager, with plans to grow the commercial income, implementation of sustainability plans and with new business via social media, LinkedIn, events, and face-to-face, as required