Head of Media

AFC Fylde Head of Media Based at Mill Farm Stadium

Up to 32000 Great Company Benefits

Do you have a passion for the football industry Do you want to work at a newlybuilt state of the art football stadium

Role Summary

You will be in charge of raising the profile of all areas of AFC Fylde including the First Team Academy and Community Foundation by assisting in the smooth running of all media operations through the facilitation of and attendance at meetings answering of queries from various media organisations and the management and production of relevant marketing materials including the match day programme websites and social media. You will also be responsible for certain aspects of work relating to Mill Farm itself.

Specific Responsibilities Mill Farm Sports Village and AFC Fylde

• Organise home match day media facilities and accreditation requests
• Organise pre match media interviews and conferences and distribute to media organisations accordingly
• Distribute media releases and handle all PR and media organisation queries and requests regarding AFC Fylde in a professional manner
• Organise and produce all materials for the AFC Fylde website and social media such as interviews reports and marketing including the organisation of filming and editing video content
• Arrange and take photographs of matchday sponsors
• Facilitate media requests pre and postmatch at all away games and produce articles for the website including team news match reports and postmatch reactions
• Ensure the AFC Fylde website and all social media is kept up to date with all content including latest news
• Organise postmatch interviews with the manager and players
• Produce match day programmes captioning photography conducting interviews and liaising with designers
• Supply contributions to away teams for their match day programmes
• Liaise with the Community Foundation Manager to raise the profile of the charitable work through attending community events producing advertising and marketing material
• Present and promote an appropriate public image
• Produce special oneoff publications in line with customer demand and sales opportunities as required from planning stage through to production
• Assist with the production of official DVDs
• To undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required which are commensurate with the post

About You

• Previous experience in a similar media and PR role Essential
• Experience of writing within a journalistic environment
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of seniority
• Experience within a football or sports environment would be desirable
• Higher competent IT skills
• A can do attitude with a team player approach to their work
• Live within a 40 minute drive of the stadium
• Please note this is an in office position we do not have a working from home policy

AFC Fylde and Mill Farm have some great staff benefits

• Private Healthcare
• Profit Share after 2 years (T & Cs Apply)
• Company Pension
• Discounts on food and products including discounts on tickets at AFC Fylde
• Great chances of career progression
• Employee of the month/ year
• On site gym for all staff
• Onsite care parking facilities

Apply now to avoid missing this great opportunity!