Manager, Amplification (PR & Content)

Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

MKTG Sports & Entertainment is seeking an experienced Manager, Amplification (PR & Content) to join our Content & Creative team in London. You will lead day-to-day PR delivery, pitch stories and land coverage, and line up interviews with talent and spokespeople.

You will also drive content planning for campaigns with major brand partnerships in sport, extending reach through publishers and creators. You will collaborate with clients’ social teams and agencies, manage calendars and approvals, and

Qualifications

• Prior hands-on PR experience, ideally agency-side, in sport, entertainment or consumer brands.
• A track record of securing coverage and interviews.
• Experience with media databases (Muck Rack, Cision, Meltwater) or similar.
• Experience identifying and working with creators.
• Strong writing instincts and ability to craft compelling content for social and publisher channels.

Responsibilities

• Write and land press releases, pitches and briefing materials across national and trade media.
• Line up and manage interviews for talent, ambassadors and spokespeople from briefing to on-the-day support.
• Spot reactive opportunities and support press activity at events and shoots.
• Build media lists and track coverage with tools like Muck Rack or similar.
• Contribute to content planning for client campaigns and amplification plans beyond owned channels.

Job description

PR

• Write and sell in press releases, pitches and briefing materials, landing coverage across national, sports, trade and consumer media.
• Line up and manage interviews for talent, ambassadors and spokespeople, from briefing to on-the-day support.
• Spot reactive opportunities and support press activity at events and shoots.
• Build media lists, then track and report on coverage using Muck Rack or similar.

Creator identification & management

• Source and vet creators who fit each brand and campaign.
• Manage creator outreach, briefing and approvals, working closely with the creative and account teams.
• Track creator performance and recommend what to do next.

Content planning & distribution

• Contribute to content planning for client campaigns - from content series to activations around key moments - working alongside the creative and account teams who lead on these.
• Feed in ideas, formats and hooks, with a particular eye for content that travels.
• Own the amplification plan: how content reaches beyond owned channels, through publishers, partners and creators.
• Report on content performance and feed learnings into the next plan.

Stakeholder collaboration

• Align timings, formats and assets with clients' social teams and agencies, including those within the Dentsu group.
• Manage content calendars and scheduling with delivery partners.
• Keep deliverables, deadlines and approvals on track across clients, rights holders and publishers.
• Support the Business Director in presenting plans and results.

You are a confident PR practitioner who loves the craft of getting a story placed and has a strong instinct for content that travels. You are excited by working on high-profile sponsorship accounts, comfortable juggling multiple stakeholders, and happiest when you are rolling your sleeves up and making things happen., Prior hands-on PR experience, ideally agency-side, in sport, entertainment or consumer brands.

• A track record of securing coverage and interviews.
• Experience with Muck Rack, Cision, Meltwater or similar, including coverage reporting.
• Experience identifying and working with creators.
• A strong instinct for compelling content and how it travels across social and publisher channels.
• Organised, confident with multiple stakeholders, and a strong writer.

Desirable

• Sports, consumer or trade media contacts.
• Experience working with football clubs or other rights holders.
• Experience with creator identification tools such as Sprout Social or CreatorIQ.
• A genuine interest in sport.

MKTG Sports & Entertainment are looking for an experienced, hands-on Manager, Amplification (PR & Content) to join our growing Content & Creative team.

This role is about helping to shape our clients' stories on their owned channels, then driving visibility far beyond them. You will run day-to-day PR delivery - pitching stories, landing coverage and lining up interviews - while helping plan content for campaigns across major brand partnerships in sport, and taking it further through publishers and creators. This role reports into the Business Director, Amplification, based in our London office.

Why MKTG Sports + Entertainment is the right place to do it

MKTG Sports & Entertainment is a global integrated agency that help brands and rights holders move at the speed of fans. For over 20 years, we've ignited fandom and innovated activation in the world of sports and entertainment. We have strategised, created and driven partnerships for some of the world's biggest brands and power brands in the making. With one aligned goal - make something worth noticing, engaging, liking, sharing and remembering. We are part of Dentsu Sports International, a global sports network comprised of MKTG Sports & Entertainment and Dentsu Sports, a leading sports rights holder including federations, leagues, events, teams, and venues. Inclusion and Diversity At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities.