Legendary publisher Konami is working with us on a rare opening for a Football License & Activation Manager to join their tight-knit team at their Windsor base.
You’ll be taking responsibility for building and maintaining relationships with existing club and league partners at all levels to maximise the Konami football business across European territories as well as identifying and negotiating the renewal or new acquisition of licenses and partnerships throughout Europe.
Konami have handled release of some of the most treasured IPs in the industry, now you can join the iconic brand and play a part in their continued success.
Your responsibilities…
Support activation plans, rights allocation, execution and reporting with the Acquisition and Activation team
Contribute to the optimization, evaluation and reporting of activation projects
Manage processes to coordinate communication plans, tickets, teams, event schedules and rights management status across eFootball operations
Directly manage the activation process across all tiers of clubs
Manage and drive the activation process involving esports focussed projects
Manage the establishment, building and maintaining of relationships with existing club and league partners at all levels
Negotiate the rights, terms and conditions with licensors and close contract
Activate on partnership rights, including event management and online communication assets
Communicate and manage current partners and licensors and develop new relationships with potential partners
Report on negotiation progress and future schedules
Collect football related marketing data to improve football related knowledge
Work with the Licensing team and other teams on licensing and partnership requirements in Football games
Manage agencies for activations and co-ordinate contracts and approvals
Input monthly report data outlining achievements and future plans
Support the creation of yearly evaluation reports and propose on future required rights and activation initiatives
Work with agencies and internal teams to deliver assets
Collaborate with the Brand and Development teams to understand partnership and activation needs
The skills and experience you'll bring to the role…
Previously worked in a licensing related role with football clubs or federations
Experience with negotiating rights, terms and conditions with licensors and closing contracts
Experienced in coordinating communication plans and management of licensing rights agreements
General football interest and awareness and an interest in video gaming and/or esports
Proactive organisational skills to manage people, schedules and plans
Experience of internal reporting and communication to provide progress updates
Experience with planning, production and marketing
Ability to contribute ideas and value to activation plans
High level of gravitas for interactions with football clubs and partners
Ability to motivate and inspire people
Experience of working in a multicultural environment
Strong communication, relationship management and interpersonal skills, positive, and friendly attitude
Ability to collaborative across teams and communicate business strategy
Speaking multiple languages is a plus. English is required, but German and/or Italian would be a real bonus
