Job Specification
- Job Title: Commercial Solutions Executive
- Location: London, UK – Hybrid
- Company: Playfly Sports - playfly.com
YOUR ROLE
We're looking for a proactive, detail-loving, and creative Commercial Solutions Executive to join our team. In this role, you’ll help bring our sponsorship opportunities to life—working across some of the most exciting sports properties in the world. From building and implementing partnership go-to-market strategies and crafting presentations to managing Client relationships, you’ll be a key player in helping us build standout commercial partnership offerings and in cultivating demand for those offerings.
ABOUT PLAYFLY SPORTS
Playfly Sports is a leading sports marketing and media company, helping brands connect with passionate sports fans across the globe. From the Premier League and motorsport to tennis, MLB, NBA and NHL, we deliver results through smart storytelling, creative thinking, and a focus on real outcomes. We are at the forefront of a new wave of performance driven sports partnerships that we believe will shape the industry going forwards. We are an ambitious, supportive team that loves the work we do.
WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH
In this role, you’ll help bring big ideas to life and keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes. Specifically, you will:
- Craft Compelling Commercial Stories
- Build visually powerful and persuasive presentations that showcase the value of our sponsorship opportunities to prospective brand partners.
- Translate Data into Strategy
- Use audience, performance, and engagement data to support your storytelling and tailor solutions to brand objectives.
- Support Sales from Pitch to Close
- Act as a key partner to the sales team—supporting outreach, joining meeting, shaping proposals, and helping to close deals with clarity and confidence.
- Manage Client Relationships
- Understand our Clients and their fan bases. Help manage and grow day-to-day relationships with Clients, ensuring we deliver value and exceed expectations throughout the partnership lifecycle.
- Deliver Actionable Insights
- Analyse campaign performance and client engagement data to feed into internal reporting and optimise our future strategy and client follow-up.
- Drive Operational Excellence
- Take responsibility for CRM accuracy, team collaboration, and process implementation and improvements that support a high-performance commercial function.
- Collaborate Across Teams
- Work side by side with internal design, marketing services and data teams to ensure every opportunity is both commercially strong and creatively outstanding.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING (E = Essential, D = Desirable)
- 2–5 years of experience in a sponsorship, commercial marketing, media or creative role (E)
- A good understanding of how brands use marketing and sponsorship to grow (E)
- Strong organisation and admin skills—you love a well-kept doc or tracker (E)
- Clear and confident communication skills—written and verbal (E)
- Used to bringing ideas to life and coordinating across multiple departments (E)
- An interest in the world of sport and how it connects people (D)
- A proactive, target-driven mindset—you’re someone who gets things done (E)
- You’re comfortable using CRM tools, Excel, and Microsoft Office (E)
WHAT WE OFFER
- A competitive salary
- The chance to work across major sports properties in a fast-moving industry
- Opportunities to build relationships with top-tier clients and partners
- Guidance and mentorship from experienced leaders in sports marketing
- Ongoing training and development to help you grow in your career
WHAT WE STAND FOR
At Playfly, we know that a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company is a more innovative and successful one, but more importantly, we believe it’s just the right thing to do. Through conversations, company initiatives, community events and partnerships, policy changes, data analysis, workshops, and support groups, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are here for the long haul and to do the meaningful work that creates true institutional change within our workplace, with our partners, and in the communities we serve.
EEOC & DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Playfly Sports affirms that inequality is detrimental to our associates, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Playfly Sports is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, colour, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Playfly Sports is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, and as part of this commitment, Playfly Sports will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact jobs@evolutionsports.uk
How to Apply:
Please submit your CV and a compelling cover letter outlining your relevant experience and motivation for joining Playfly Sports to EuropeRecruitment@playfly.com
Join us in shaping the future of sports sponsorship and making a meaningful impact in the industry. We look forward to welcoming you to the Playfly Sports team!
