Senior Creative (City Studios)

City Football Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global sports organization is seeking a seasoned creative to join their City Studios team. Located in Manchester or London, this role focuses on generating impactful ideas for brands through innovative storytelling and collaboration. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in delivering creative concepts, a passion for social content, and expertise in various presentation tools. This position offers 26 days of annual leave, healthcare benefits, and other incentives.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Annual discretionary bonus

Partnership discounts

Qualifications

• At least 5 years delivering creative concepts at a social publisher or agency.
• Demonstrable evidence of effective ideas.
• Experience presenting concepts to clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative response to partner briefs.
• Collaborate with teams to develop outstanding creative concepts.
• Deliver high-quality creative executions.

Skills

Creative concept generation

Presentation skills

Social media expertise

Brand storytelling

Knowledge of production processes

Tools

PPT

Canva

Google Docs

Job description

Closing Date of Applications – 28th November 2025

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

At City Studios, the in‑house creative agency of City Football Group, we’re on the lookout for a bold and imaginative creative mind to help bring the stories of Manchester City, CFG, and our global partners to life. You’ll be at the heart of generating audience‑first concepts that captivate fans, elevate brand narratives, and drive commercial impact—delivering innovative ideas that resonate across platforms and push creative boundaries.

Please be aware, this role can be undertaken from either our Manchester or London office.

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a Simply Health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

• To lead the creative response to partner and client briefs, generating bold ideas that solve brand challenges and inspire stakeholders.
• To collaborate with strategists, partnerships, production, sales, and branded content teams to develop and deliver outstanding creative concepts for pitches and bring them life through world‑class campaigns.
• To deliver high‑quality creative executions, working with both the internal City Studios production team or external agencies/directors to ensure concepts achieve maximum impact.
• To lead in identifying and sharing best‑in‑class content and cultural trends, keeping the brand’s creative output fresh, relevant, and innovative.
• To drive the ambition to create industry‑leading work, ensuring every brief is treated as an opportunity to deliver exceptional results.
• To maintain a strong network of external creative and production resources and identify who/when to activate these resources to elevate campaign execution, including creators, producers, sound designers, DoPs and directors.

What we are looking for

• At least 5 years delivering incredible, thumb‑stopping, conversation‑starting creative concepts either at a social publisher, social/creative agency or in‑house.
• Demonstrable evidence of your brilliant ideas brought to life.
• You are skilled with presentation tools/software such as PPT, Keynote, Canva, Google Docs allowing you to bring your concepts to life.
• You’ll be an experienced presenter, bringing your ideas to life for clients.
• The ability to create stunning concepts that bring a brand’s tone of voice to life while authentically speaking to an audience without sacrificing the quality of the content.
• A passion for social content, a desire to innovate and experiment and great instincts for what will work with audiences on social platforms.
• A deep knowledge of the production process and how content goes from idea to delivery.

*We regularly review applications and reserve the right to close an advert early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, please submit your application as soon as possible.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.