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GLL is looking for a dedicated Partnership Marketing Activator to support a number of world-class venues within Crystal Palace, Lee Valley Regional Park and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The role
Operated by GLL and forming a major part of the UK’s Olympic and Paralympic legacy, these venues are high profile and have a flexible and diverse usage.
As an industry leader, this is an exciting time to join GLL, you’ll play a key role in our Partnerships Marketing function within the National Marketing Department. Our partnerships marketing function is an integral part of the business, working in partnership with our local authorities, partners and internal key stakeholders to plan and execute B2C marketing activities to drive partner and business objectives.
This is a hands-on role, with the opportunity to work autonomously and as part of the wider team. As a Partnership Marketing Activator you will play a fundamental role in co-ordinating, implementing and optimising marketing campaigns through various channels, including in-centre point of sale collateral, social media and website content to enhance engagement with key audiences. Reporting to the Partnership Marketing Manager, this role is essential in ensuring that all marketing, content, messaging and collateral represent the iconic venues in the most effective way possible.
This is an exciting and varied role, with scope for professional development. With the opportunity to be creative through the sharing of ideas, contributing to creative marketing programmes and helping to maintain a captivating customer journey through owned, paid and shared channels.
This role is based at the iconic Copper Box Arena.
What you need
- The ability to multitask and learn quickly on the go
- Confidence to manage a multitude of projects
- Ability to support key stakeholder and supplier relationships
- Work with internal teams / departments to deliver projects
- Ability to handle difficult situations in a professional and calm manner
- The ability to work as part of a team and provide solutions as required
As a leader within the leisure industry we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.
What you’ll do
- Support a portfolio of multiple partnerships, with a focus maintaining stakeholder relationships and driving success through proactive communication
- Contribute to the development and implementation of partnership marketing and communications activity in line with key brand, awareness, acquisition and retention marketing objectives
- Support marketing activity in strong collaboration with partnership teams, client partners and other GLL marketing functions, including content, PR and wider marketing departments
- Supporting client partner stakeholders and GLL partnership teams in driving the local voice to influence the execution of communications and campaigns.
- Developing a communicative and collaborative working relationship with key stakeholders
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees
- A Values driven organisation
- Learning & development to support career development
- Good Pension schemes
- Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
- A full time permanent position
- Industry leading rates of pay
- Opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
- Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
- Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
- Health assurance
- Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
- Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
- 25% off Red Letter Days
- 25% off Buy A Gift
- 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
- Ride to work scheme
- Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
- A permanent employment contract - part time and full time
- A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work, and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
