Marketing, Communications, and Partnerships DirectorBristol City

We are looking for a Marketing, Communications, and Partnerships Director to join Mercury13. You will own our brand, our marketing and our communications, and you will own everything that happens after a commercial deal is signed. Two things are yours: growing the audience for the Group and our three clubs, and making sure every partner gets what it paid for and wants to stay. You will set the bar for brand and marketing across the portfolio, and hold each club to it. Today the team is one social media manager, so you will also decide what we build in house and what we buy in.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• You have built a marketing and communications strategy from close to nothing, and delivered it yourself
• You have grown an audience from a low base, and you can show the numbers
• You have taken signed sponsorship rights and turned them into activity that partners were happy with
• You have appointed agencies and held them to targets, rather than letting them run you
• You know your way around the press, including on a bad day
• It also helps if you have worked in sport, entertainment or another fandom-driven category, if you speak Spanish, Italian, French or German, or if you have set standards across a group of separate businesses

What you can expect to be involved in

• Building Mercury13's first proper marketing and communications strategy
• Growing the audience for the Group and our three clubs, and running the fan activation plan
• Setting the brand and marketing bar for the portfolio, and holding the clubs to it
• Getting our activation and servicing model ready before the first Group partner signs, then delivering it
• Running Group content across our channels, our corporate communications and our press relationships
• Choosing and managing the agencies we need, and deciding what we hire instead
• Working shoulder to shoulder with our Director of Commercial Sales, feeding pitches with activation ideas and taking partners over at signature

Safeguarding

Mercury13 is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare and protection of children and vulnerable people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, the post holder will be subject to any relevant security checks as required.

About Us

Mercury 13 is a multi-club ownership group operating at the forefront of women's football in Europe. Our portfolio spans Bristol City Women (WSL2, England), FC Badalona Women (Liga F, Spain), and FC Como Women (Serie A Femminile, Italy). We are building the infrastructure, brand, and commercial capability to make women's football a mainstream cultural and commercial proposition — and we are doing it now, ahead of the curve.

We are a workplace that strives to be diverse and reflective of the populations we serve, therefore we welcome applications from everyone. As an organisation, we actively promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion to ensure everyone can bring their unique identities and the best version of themselves to Mercury13.

If you have any requirements in respect of the interview or recruitment process, please mention this during your application.