App Executive - London, United Kingdom - Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea Football Club

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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About Us:

As a member of the Chelsea team you will become part of a long and proud history in the heart of iconic west London, which dates back to the club's founding in 1905.

Since that time the club has won every major domestic and international trophy, being crowned English, European and world champions in the process.

Chelsea are a club which proudly strives to be the best in everything we do, on and off the pitch, as shown by the further success of our Women's and Academy sides, as well as the excellent work in the community undertaken by the Chelsea Foundation, while engaging with our many supporters from a wide range of backgrounds at home in the UK and around the world.

If you're motivated and want to help us win more trophies, you've got a place here at Chelsea

What We're Looking For:

Provide engaging, entertaining and compelling editorial content for our owned channels, specifically for the app and website, to help tell the story of Chelsea and our teams.
Manage the daytoday editorial content on the club's official app.
Work with the wider editorial team to provide bestinclass written content, including close collaboration with the website, social media and video teams.
Create content that is suited for our global audience and help encourage new supporters reach the club.
Interview players for varied content franchises to be published on official Chelsea channels.
Report on pre and postmatch press conferences, working to a strict deadline to provide the Chelsea news first and accurately.
Provide bestinclass coverage of home and away fixtures, with a reactive and precise approach under pressure.
Work with our CRM team on how best to reach our global audience through push and inapp notifications via compelling content.
Actively seek out suitable written content pieces for the Chelsea app from all news outlets.
Pick up on trending topics that could be turned into suitable stories to use on Chelsea channels.
Proactively seek new opportunities for content and stories across the club's media ecosystem.
Help create and land interactive features on the app, including quizzes, polls and chat rooms.
Deliver relevant Partner and Commercial activations as required.
Work firstteam games, both home and away on a rota basis, including some European and global travel where required. Working some women's and Academy games may also be required on

Must Haves/qualified by demonstratable experience to the level required:

Proven experience working in digital media, preferably working for a global brand.
Knowledge of and interest in football and it is unique position within
A natural storyteller with exceptional written and verbal communication skills as well as editorial judgement.
Ability to work under pressure, with a solid eye for detail, and for a huge global audience. Able to demonstrate a passion, curiosity, and fluency in digital media as well as holding a sound editorial judgement.
A solid understanding of sports trends.
Must be comfortable with outofhours work and working reactively to tight deadlines.
Track record of increasing reach and engagement through own ideas and individual management of highprofile accounts.
Confident using a CMS and publishing to a global audience.
A good team player, with the ability to assist other members of communications department as required.
Degree in a relevant field.
Previous experience in professional football media would be preferred.

Nice to Haves

Three years working in professional football media.

What We Offer:

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC.

This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

Chelsea FC and the Foundation is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups).

We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
From £1.00 per hour

Benefits: