Senior Football Access Manager

The Senior Football Access Manager has responsibility for managing Sky Sports Football access across the Premier League and EFL. This includes Premier League Section K access, maintaining relationships with the 20 Premier League clubs and the Premier League broadcast team, planning access across Sky’s platforms and managing Sky wide business requests for football talent and player access.

You will be required to provide clear direction and cultivate a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, inclusion and innovation 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning and management of Sky Sports Football access across all Sky platforms.
• Maintain and develop relationships with all 20 PL clubs comms teams and the Premier League Broadcast Team to fully unlock and utilise our Section K access.  
• Work closely with Exec Producers and Content Producer to produce world class linear and digital /social PL content.
• Lead on the management and delivery of On-Screen Talent requests from the wider Sky and Comcast business.
• Develop key working relationships with Senior stakeholders across Sport and the business, promoting the sharing of ideas and information, ensuring cross-functional collaboration, and promoting the sharing/pooling of resources/teams where appropriate.

• Build relationships with players and managers, identifying potential Sky talent of the future.
• Work with the Sky Sports Strategy team to align on partnerships and support the wider business, trading, Glass, VIP, Ents.

Your skills:

• A knowledge and passion for Football.
• Prior experience of working with or within Premier League/club comms teams.
• Outstanding communication skills, including negotiating and conflict resolution.
• Knowledge of Broadcast and digital content creation.
• Knowledge of Sky Business
• Ability to think on your feet and solve problems under time pressure.
• Strong English Language and written skills.
• Good editorial and creative judgement.
• Candidates need passion, stamina, enthusiasm, creativity, and determination. You should be self-motivated and adaptable – and demonstrate strong people skills.

We deliver the most innovative and best Sports content experience to our customers across all platforms. We promote continuous innovation, driving value for our customers and high-quality output. Everyone is passionate about sport and proud of the work that they undertake both on screen and behind the scenes.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband

Where you’ll work:

Osterley

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working!

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.