Commercial Media Manager

**The team**:
Our blend of dynamic personalities, stories and skills is one of our biggest sources of energy and pride. It defines our culture and makes our success attainable.
Every day and on every project, every team member is focused on building trust and providing exceptional value.
The Commercial Advisory unit, part of the Media Partnerships department, possesses deep knowledge of UEFA club competition commercial, brand and compliance topics. Through our practical and insightful advice, we strive to create opportunities for media partners to better re-finance their rights.

**The role**:
As Commercial Media Manager, you will contribute to the positive experience of 150+ UEFA Club Competitions media partners worldwide and manage the commercial matters of several key media partner accounts. This client-servicing role reports to the Senior Commercial Media Manager.
Your responsibilities will include the following:
**Account Management**
- Handle the day-to-day requests from a diverse set of global media partners, confidently owning the relationship across the key stakeholders
- Ensure your assigned media partners’ exploitation is in line with their contractual obligations
- Add value to your media partners: understand the rights available to them and act as their key source of information for all commercial activities relating to the UEFA Club Competitions

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**Commercialisation of Media Rights**
- Advise the global media partner network on how they can best commercialise and extract the maximum value from the rights, whilst ensuring compliance with the contractual rights and obligations
- Proactively propose innovative activations and provide guidance on commercial topics
- Support the wider department & business as a whole on complex commercial requests from partners

You are commercially savvy with approximately 5 years of experience. Ideally, you have gained experience in a commercial-facing role at a media owner or an agency. A background in TV/ advertising/ digital media/ partnerships management would also be welcomed. You have knowledge of the media rights landscape, the sports marketing industry and have worked with a diverse client base. It is equally important to have a strong understanding of the media rights partners’ business models, in particular how revenue is generated. Likewise, you possess a proactive and innovative mindset with the ability to concisely present your thoughts both in written and verbal format. You have experience in digital and non-digital activities and your outstanding client-servicing mentality and commitment to excellence allows you to deliver at the highest standards. Finally, you are able to lead and deliver on projects, balancing the interests of all stakeholders involved.
Additionally, you are strong in the following areas:

- Ambition: you love to grow and improve, learn and develop
- Diligence: you have an excellent attention to detail; you are dedicated to creating value
- Collaboration: you use your interpersonal skills and collaborative mindset to create meaningful relationships across all stakeholders
- Integrity: you are committed to doing things the right way; you value honesty, transparency and fairness
- Fluency in English: you speak and write fluently in English; other languages are an advantage

**We offer**:
In addition to making a difference to club football’s top competitions, we’re proud to offer a supportive and engaging culture. You’ll benefit from:

- The possibility to work and learn from industry-leading professionals
- An environment that challenges and rewards in equal measure
- An inclusive, open and vibrant culture with regular sport and social activities
- An investment in your growth, through training and coaching programs

The position will be based at TEAM’s HQ in Lucerne, Switzerland and will involve some international travel.
Are you ready to create opportunities? With TEAM, you will have the opportunity to grow your career, connect with like-minded professionals and make a difference to UEFA’s club competitions.