Commercial Manager
Salary: £34,000 - £38,000
Location: London
BaseballSoftballUK is looking to recruit a new full time permanent member of staff to lead on our commercial work.
Baseball and softball in the UK have come a long way in recent years, nearly trebling the number of regular players to 24,000 today. With both sports returning to the Olympic Programme in 2020, Major League Baseball running engaging events in this country and investment into the sports from Sport England, this is an exciting time for the sports.
The role would be well suited to someone who loves relationship building and developing new commercial concepts. There’s no need for you to have an interest in our sports, but a passion for what we’re doing is essential.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will need to be organised and creative. You’ll be asked to oversee existing commercial relationships, while building new ones. You’ll need to be prepared to create and deliver on a commercial strategy.
BaseballSoftballUK has a handful of important corporate clients, some as people for whom we run corporate softball through our Hit the Pitch programme, some suppliers and some stakeholders. We hope that this role will enable us to develop new relationships with advertisers, sponsors and national funding partners. The new Commercial Manager will also help us create new concepts for commercial events and activities.
BaseballSoftballUK is a fun organisation to work for with a small team of committed and passionate sports developers. We are looking for someone who will bring a corporate professionalism and to the team. We turn over just shy of £1mil a year, 70% of which is from government and lottery funding. The work of this new person will be directed to reduce this percentage by increasing revenues.
Key Responsibilities
· To manage corporate relationships through an organised and systematic system of relationship management.
· To seek new partnerships with private sector organisations, managing all aspects of the journey - from identification through scoping, pitching and contract phases.
· To create and deliver on a corporate relationships strategy in line with BaseballSoftballUK’s organisational aspirations, seeking opportunities to deliver corporate softball, sponsor, sell, advertise or partner with BaseballSoftballUK.
· To manage the relationships with key suppliers, advertisers, sponsors and corporate partners. To develop new opportunities to partner with service suppliers.
· To develop new revenue streams within the business, e.g. new events, new approaches, membership schemes, etc.
· To support the CEO in the development of the business.
Indicative KPIs
• Revenue generated through corporate relationships.
• Revenue generated through the delivery of corporate softball events.
• Sponsorship and advertising revenue.
• Revenue generated from suppliers.
• Number and quality of corporate relationships.
How to apply
Applications should be made online by clicking here. You will be asked to provide information about your background and education as well as providing us with a personal statement.
For more information, please contact the BaseballSoftballUK Office on +44 (0) 20 7453 7055 or info@bsuk.com.
The deadline for applications will be 10pm on Monday 29 January 2018
Interviews are likely to take place in the first half of February 2018
