Club vacancy.

[Blue_and_Gold]

Global Commercial Sales Director

About the job

A new era has dawned at King's Lynn Town FC. With new Asian investment and a desire for the club to gain promotion into the Football League, we are now seeking someone to head up our commercial side; someone who ideally has worked in the football league and is not frightened about taking a step down the league's ladder to build something quite special and develop a commercial arm that others can only dream of. We will look at exceptional candidates who have not worked in football as long as they have transferable skills into this dynamic arena.


The role will be to develop the global and UK sponsorship business for King's Lynn Town FC.


- Develop sponsorship strategy, and identify local / regional / global sales opportunities for the club to fully maximize the utilization sale rate of the club’s sponsorship assets including selling the stadium naming rights
- Reporting to the Chairman, the Head of Commercial Partnerships will develop and own the sponsorship strategy and be focused on identifying establishing, and managing several value-added partnerships with partnership companies so that an annual revenue target is achieved
- There is an emphasis on securing significant income and growing the offer while managing relationships and ensuring all sponsorships are delivered to the highest standard


Key responsibilities:

- Meet all financial targets and provide well-researched, professional advice on all aspects of commercial development and sponsorship across the business
- Identify and develop appropriate new sponsorship opportunities for the club. Where currently non-existent, find ways to build visibility and presence in new markets/industries such that new sponsors can be identified and developed
- Maximize the strength of the brand and the potential of its external communication channels
- Manage and deliver a growing come budget
- Work with colleagues to develop propositions, scope proposals and oversee the “go-to-market” strategy for national sponsorships and then coordinate delivery to the highest standard
- Ensure exception value for sponsors across all activities and champion high-quality account management
- Develop the local/regional/global events sponsorship strategy and plans and oversee the implementation
- Develop seasonal tickets program and VIP fans program. Oversee the development of all season ticket holder's and VIP fans relationships
- Handle all contractual negotiations
- Day-to-day management and development of communications teams such as marketing ops and social media teams
- Work with the Chairman to set the vision for identifying new sponsorship opportunities
- Take a data-driven approach to decision-making
Represent the club in external meetings with senior executives from other companies
Salary will be dependent on experience and will consist of a basic, bonus and commission.
Norfolk is a beautiful place to live with great beaches and countryside, and housing is well-priced compared to much of the UK.

[Mallard]

Can’t see em queuing up for this one.   Surprised the remit doesn’t include organising and hosting summer concerts at The Walks.    

[rod]

I wonder if the successful applicant will use 'that table' to sort all the sponsorship opportunities that come flooding in?

[Blue_and_Gold]

What is a "come budget"?

Performance based or maybe a spelling error. 

[kenny r]

'Work with the Chairman' ? Or do as he tells you?

[Mallard]

Maybe it’s cruel to pee all over SC’s  latest out of the box idea for a Club the size of us.   Have to admit though it’s never dull with him around.

Lakeland said the Club needs massive improvement right the way through.  Maybe this is just the start.   Hopefully the appointment will be made in good time for the person to really get their teeth into it over the summer.

[Blue_and_Gold]

'Work with the Chairman' ? Or do as he tells you?

mmmmmm, difficult one to answer.

 

[Quinn Upstone]

Is it just me, or has Cleeve handed the AI a handful of "Cleeve" words and let it run riot ?

With his "luck" in retaining back of house staff, perhaps he should cut out the middle man and just let AI run the show. Couldn't do much worse.
The only way is up.

[Squire of Langham]

I'd be interested what the financial targets are that has to be achieved.  Pound of flesh springs to mind.

[wearywillie]

Have to admit when I noted the header, I wrongfully imagined it to be vacancy to replace physio or as officially list Sports Therapist Linzi Mirams.
Anyone know why Linzi is leaving the club ?

[rod]

When i first read it i thought it must be April 1st.

[Paul47]

Sometimes wish I was a betting man……

[happymondays]

That job role requires a hefty renumeration I would say 50k plus....This is Kings Lynn not Wrexham lol

[Blue_and_Gold]

That job role requires a hefty renumeration I would say 50k plus....This is Kings Lynn not Wrexham lol

I would say quite a bit more than that. Maybe nearer £75k basic with 0TE of £125k. Further Bonus if the income generated helps the Club to win promotion. If the Club progressed through the leagues all these would need to increase (just as players wages would).

Car, pension, health care etc.

People able to fill these positions don't come cheap.

[kenny r]

Weary, my daughter Lynsey is the Physiotherapist for the Lynn Ladies and I think she said Linzi is pursuing a slightly different line of work in patient care.

And thankyou for making the distinction between a Sports Therapist and a Chartered Physiotherapist. They have completely different skillsets which only overlap in the treatment of injuries.