Job Description
Company:
GCP are one of the UK’s leading sports performance companies. We are a young, dynamic and ambitious team that are focused on creating one of the UK’s best health and performance companies over coming years.
With key partnerships already set up with the Football Association, Professional Footballers Association, Premier League and many more academic institutions, sports teams and companies. GCP is a unique business in growing sector.
Role Purpose:
The sales & marketing executive at GCP will be starting a new department from scratch. First in the door, the opportunity exists for the right individual to take the current sales & marketing effort to the next level.
The role is broad in terms of its day to day responsibilities. There will be huge amounts of engagement with a wide range of clients from different industry sectors and professions.
It’s also a unique role as the opportunity exists over coming months to build and lead multi-disciplinary sales & marketing team.
Roles and Responsibilities
Marketing
● Manage GCP marketing budget to ensure that spend and return on investment is tracked and monitored.
● Evolve current marketing strategies to create annualised plan of activity
● Manage and maintain GCP website with up to date services, testimonials, imagery and news
● Support GCP social media activity via managing creative and content plans. Responding to enquiries and comments. Working with GCP multi-disciplinary team to provide regular, quality and informed content for all social channels
● Lead on creation and design of all new marketing collateral. Manage any external agency support
● Work on monthly PR opportunities to support promotion of current and new services, company announcements and GCP partner activities
● Manage GCP partners to support agreed marketing and PR activity
Sales
• Lead on education experience sales. Making new connections with Lecturers, Teachers and Directors of Sport from academic institutions across the UK
• Create and work with GCP social media team to showcase education experiences, testimonials etc. via social media channels
• Manage experience sales pipeline and monthly commercial reports
• Support GCP sales activity on other services and programmes
• Attend industry events and opportunities to showcase GCP services
• Work closely with GCP MDT to ensure excellence in delivery of experience days
• Contribute to evolution of design and delivery experience days
• Manage key GCP partner accounts and relationships
Person Specification
Essentials
● Character, drive, passion and humour
● Healthy and active
● Educated to degree level
● At least 1 years employed experience. Preferably in a commercially focused role within either sport, healthcare or fitness related sector.
● Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team in a time sensitive environment.
● Proficiency in main Microsoft office programmes
● Exceptional organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
● Proficiency in utilising social media channels
Desirable
● Graphic design skills
● Proficiency in digital marketing programmes such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Word Press
● Knowledge of sports performance, corporate wellness and education sectors
● Applied sports performance coaching experience
How to apply
Please send your CV and cover letter to info@gcperformance.co.uk for the attention of Jake Keeling or via GCP social media channels: LinkedIn: GameChanger Performance Twitter/Instagram: @gcperformancehq Start date: Ideally March/April 2020 Interview location: St George’s Park, Newborough Road, Needwood, Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 9PD Please note that if you haven’t heard from us after four weeks from the closing date, your application will have been unsuccessful