Discovery Golf is the global streaming and golf media powerhouse that engages and inspires millions of passionate golf fans around the world.Through a 12 year partnership with the PGA TOUR, we’ve created GOLFTV, the new digital home of golf for the global fan community. At the heart of GOLFTV is a live and on-demand video streaming service, showing every moment of the PGA TOUR, European Tour and Ladies European Tour, featuring the world’s greatest players, to a global audience every week. Established with innovation at its core, GOLFTV brings new drive, creativity and immersive technology to the world of golf. It aspires to offer fans a new way to consume, watch, play and engage with the game every day. GOLFTV is part of Discovery, a global leader in real-life entertainment with an extensive portfolio of direct-to-consumer platforms.

Most recently, Discovery Golf acquired Golf Digest - the preeminent authority for golf enthusiasts, professional players and global advertisers. As the No. 1  most widely read golf publication in the world and the authority on how to play, what to play, and where to play. Golf Digest’s aim is to enhance the enjoyment of all facets of the game – making its readers better players, smarter consumers and more discerning travelers, while also offering the kind of informative and provocative stories that fuel the unending conversation that is golf. 

Brought together, these two golf properties (GOLF.TV and GOLFDIGEST.com) form the largest digital golf platform in the world.

Position Summary

The Marketing Manager will report to the Senior Manager of Marketing and is responsible for supporting the development and execution of marketing campaigns for our commercial revenue division within GOLFTV.

Responsibilities

Integrated Ad Sales Marketing
1. Create compelling, persuasive presentations and decks to pitch new ideas, plans and partnerships to potential advertising sales clients
2. Collaborate with the commercial group to develop marketing ideas for incoming client RFPs
3. Manage various aspects of the Sponsorship Overview and Tracking grid that lists all sold and pending sponsors elements
4. Manage digital platform sponsorship executions
5. Handle client-based projects as necessary (such as assisting with client integration on-set at program shoots)
6. Act as a key contact for the Integrated Ad Sales Marketing team, partnering with teams across the company including Ad Sales, Programming, traffic, Business Affairs, and Social in order to develop and execute custom marketing solutions
7. Manage collection of sponsor assets and approval processes to fully implement added value

Requirements

Requirements

* A minimum of 3+ years of working in linear and digital advertising sales marketing and/or relevant integrated marketing experience (such as advertising agency, media sales/marketing, event marketing , client side marketing)
* Ability to think creatively and innovatively
* Ability to project manage/prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
* Strong communication skills, and comfortable promoting the merits of new ideas to multiple stakeholders
* Experience managing a marketing budget
* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
* Expert knowledge of all MS Office professional productivity applications (Word, PowerPoint, Access, etc.).
* Expertise in Mac based graphic, video and audio editing a plus.
* Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, communications or a related field, or equivalent combination of skills, training and experience is required.
* Experience in Sports required. Experience in Golf preferred.

* Must have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom