FootballCo Group
Footballco is a global, football-focused digital platform with the ambition to own the entire non-live football landscape worldwide and become THE digital destination for all football fans across the globe. Combining some of the most forward-thinking minds in football, an award-winning creative and production team, as well as digital platforms loved by 400m fans globally, FC aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world's biggest sport. With 300 permanent employees across the world, FC is a diverse, disruptive, brave, dynamic, agile, and fun organization. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude supports these values - with the football fan always front of mind, leveraging a world-class tech platform and our track record (since PERFORM) of being first to market. We connect fans to football and brands to fans. Come join us and be a part of it! ABOUT THE ROLE This role will be based in London, working US hours (New York time). The AdOps Manager is responsible for the technical oversight, successful delivery, and continuous improvement of ad campaigns across Footballco's portfolio of websites and apps. Sitting in a global team, this role plays a key part in the setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance analysis of campaigns across display, video, and app environments. This role will also work closely with the programmatic team to deliver projects, set up partners, and drive revenue. It is a hands-on role suited to someone solutions-oriented, technically strong, a great communicator, analytical, and highly proactive. You'll collaborate closely with commercial, product, and dev teams across multiple regions and lead projects to streamline operations or enhance performance. While not initially a people management role, there is potential for this to evolve. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Implement, monitor, and optimize ad campaigns across display, video, and app. Provide end-to-end support for trafficking, troubleshooting, QA testing, and 3rd party tag implementation. Troubleshoot technical issues and provide actionable solutions. Work collaboratively to ensure campaigns are launched effectively and perform against KPIs. Proactively identify delivery risks or underperformance, provide solutions, and resolve concerns. Provide internal and external technical support for campaign-related issues, site projects, replatforms, etc. Conduct regular discrepancy checks & troubleshoot any technical issues. Deliver campaign reports and regular metric-based reporting to all areas of the business. Support billing reconciliation and tracking discrepancies where required. Understand, help evolve, and document internal operational processes and recommend improvements. Manage and prioritize own workload, take ownership of assigned tasks, and deliver within deadlines. Identify and escalate issues early to reduce financial implications. Lead or contribute to regional and global operational projects. Remain flexible and available to support ad operations across all regions. GENERAL Comply with all relevant internal rules, policies, and procedures. Support the Head of AdOps and team in implementing programs and executing organizational objectives. Undertake other duties as required and work in other locations within the company. WHAT YOU HAVE Significant experience in ad operations technical roles, including trafficking, site tagging, audience management, and MCM management. Strong understanding of ad operations workflows and technologies. Excellent troubleshooting skills and a solutions-driven mindset. Familiarity with debugging techniques and web development tools. High attention to detail, accuracy, and reliability. Strong organization and project management skills. Proactive, able to work independently. Proficiency in Excel and Google Suite products. Experience with CRM/OMS systems like ADvendio. Experience with ad technologies such as DMP, ad verification, OMS, programmatic partners. Positive attitude and enthusiasm. Spanish or Portuguese language skills (for LATAM support). Experience & understanding of paid social media advertising. Knowledge of online advertising sales, including programmatic technologies. Use of analytics tools like Google Analytics. Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category.
Footballco is a global, football-focused digital platform with the ambition to own the entire non-live football landscape worldwide and become THE digital destination for all football fans across the globe. Combining some of the most forward-thinking minds in football, an award-winning creative and production team, as well as digital platforms loved by 400m fans globally, FC aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world's biggest sport. With 300 permanent employees across the world, FC is a diverse, disruptive, brave, dynamic, agile, and fun organization. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude supports these values - with the football fan always front of mind, leveraging a world-class tech platform and our track record (since PERFORM) of being first to market. We connect fans to football and brands to fans. Come join us and be a part of it! ABOUT THE ROLE This role will be based in London, working US hours (New York time). The AdOps Manager is responsible for the technical oversight, successful delivery, and continuous improvement of ad campaigns across Footballco's portfolio of websites and apps. Sitting in a global team, this role plays a key part in the setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance analysis of campaigns across display, video, and app environments. This role will also work closely with the programmatic team to deliver projects, set up partners, and drive revenue. It is a hands-on role suited to someone solutions-oriented, technically strong, a great communicator, analytical, and highly proactive. You'll collaborate closely with commercial, product, and dev teams across multiple regions and lead projects to streamline operations or enhance performance. While not initially a people management role, there is potential for this to evolve. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Implement, monitor, and optimize ad campaigns across display, video, and app. Provide end-to-end support for trafficking, troubleshooting, QA testing, and 3rd party tag implementation. Troubleshoot technical issues and provide actionable solutions. Work collaboratively to ensure campaigns are launched effectively and perform against KPIs. Proactively identify delivery risks or underperformance, provide solutions, and resolve concerns. Provide internal and external technical support for campaign-related issues, site projects, replatforms, etc. Conduct regular discrepancy checks & troubleshoot any technical issues. Deliver campaign reports and regular metric-based reporting to all areas of the business. Support billing reconciliation and tracking discrepancies where required. Understand, help evolve, and document internal operational processes and recommend improvements. Manage and prioritize own workload, take ownership of assigned tasks, and deliver within deadlines. Identify and escalate issues early to reduce financial implications. Lead or contribute to regional and global operational projects. Remain flexible and available to support ad operations across all regions. GENERAL Comply with all relevant internal rules, policies, and procedures. Support the Head of AdOps and team in implementing programs and executing organizational objectives. Undertake other duties as required and work in other locations within the company. WHAT YOU HAVE Significant experience in ad operations technical roles, including trafficking, site tagging, audience management, and MCM management. Strong understanding of ad operations workflows and technologies. Excellent troubleshooting skills and a solutions-driven mindset. Familiarity with debugging techniques and web development tools. High attention to detail, accuracy, and reliability. Strong organization and project management skills. Proactive, able to work independently. Proficiency in Excel and Google Suite products. Experience with CRM/OMS systems like ADvendio. Experience with ad technologies such as DMP, ad verification, OMS, programmatic partners. Positive attitude and enthusiasm. Spanish or Portuguese language skills (for LATAM support). Experience & understanding of paid social media advertising. Knowledge of online advertising sales, including programmatic technologies. Use of analytics tools like Google Analytics. Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category.
FootballCo Group
Footballco is a global, football focused, digital platform with an ambition to own the entire non-live football landscape worldwide and become THE digital destination for all football fans across the globe. Combining some of the most forward-thinking minds in football, an award winning creative and production function, as well as digital platforms that are loved by 400m fans globally, FC aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world's biggest sport. With 300 permanent employees across the world, FC is a diverse, disruptive, brave, dynamic, agile and fun organisation. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude supports these values - with the football fan always front of mind, leveraging a world class tech platform and our track record (since PERFORM) of being first to market. We connect fans to football and brands to fans, come join us and be a part of it! ABOUT THE ROLE The appointment will be for an initial 12 month fixed term contract to provide maternity cover. There is potential for a longer-term of permanent appointment. Please apply with a cover letter alongside your CV. Footballco has a small but dedicated in-house legal team. The purpose of the Solicitor / Barrister role will be primarily to provide practical legal advice on commercial contracts across the Football Group of companies around the world. In addition as an in-house lawyer flexibility will be required to provide legal advice on a wide range of issues to ensure compliance with applicable law, regulations and best practices. The Solicitor or Barrister will be responsible for: Drafting and preparing documents, undertaking contract reviews and contract management. Managing documents and the legal teams reporting systems. Supporting the group Legal Counsel with a wider range of matters with a particular focus on commercial contracts. Assisting with intellectual property cases, company secretarial matters, employment, and a wide range of legal issues across the group practice. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Reviewing and managing contract and commercial agreement reviews on a wide range of matters from high value, long term strategic arrangements to more day-to-day operational agreements and standard form contracts. Undertaking legal research on applicable regulations, laws and legal requirements. Preparing legal documents, such as contracts, correspondence with other parties and when necessary legal pleadings. Handling confidential client or case information. Preparing reports for the group Legal Counsel and or other employees of FootballCo. Conducting meetings with internal clients and providing them with legal information and taking instructions. Monitoring changes to government guidelines or regulations and submitting reports on pertinent changes. Organising legal files and administration of work flow and case management systems. Arranging meetings with clients and other lawyers. Attending to general administrative duties and basic clerical tasks. Archiving and disposing of documents following department protocols. Liaising with external agencies to organise translators, notaries, and transcribers. Liaising with external legal and company secretarial services providers. Providing support to the legal, Finance and Human Resources teams in implementing training new policies and procedures and operational and organisational objectives. Complying with all relevant internal rules, policies and procedures. Undertaking any other such duties or general tasks and hours of work as may reasonably be required and to work in other locations within the Company. WHAT YOU HAVE Knowledge, Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate will be meticulously organised, an outstanding communicator and excellent at managing and prioritising multiple responsibilities. This role will work very closely with the Legal Counsel and Solicitor and will need to build strong working relationships with employees at all levels across the FootballCo Group. A desire to learn and develop as well as a can-do attitude are essential for this role. In addition to this, the successful candidate will have the following experience: Professional Qualifications Qualified as a Solicitor or Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive in England and Wales. Solicitors, Barristers or Chartered Legal Executives must have completed a training contract/pupillage/qualifying employment or have been exempted from this by the Law Society, the Bar Council or CILEx. Good technical and drafting skills with a high level of attention to detail. Sound Knowledge of Law and Legal System. Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills. Experience using Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Excellent organisational skills with acute attention to detail. A motivated self-starter who is a good team player. Highly organised and efficient in time management. Strong legal research skills and be familiar with the use of precedents and external legal resources. Comfortable handling large workloads under time constraints with the ability to deal with the competing demands of different areas of the group which arise from involvement in a number of separate transactions at once and have the ability to work flexibly to tight deadlines. Commercially aware and willing to participate in group training and know-how. 2-3 years post-qualification experience, (preferably in commercial contracts); Experience working in an in-house legal team. Experience negotiating terms of commercial agreements from a B2B perspective. Well-versed in global privacy laws, especially the GDPR. Familiar with Electronic Document Management and Filing Systems and or contracts management systems. Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.
Footballco is a global, football focused, digital platform with an ambition to own the entire non-live football landscape worldwide and become THE digital destination for all football fans across the globe. Combining some of the most forward-thinking minds in football, an award winning creative and production function, as well as digital platforms that are loved by 400m fans globally, FC aims to own the digital fan ecosystem across the world's biggest sport. With 300 permanent employees across the world, FC is a diverse, disruptive, brave, dynamic, agile and fun organisation. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude supports these values - with the football fan always front of mind, leveraging a world class tech platform and our track record (since PERFORM) of being first to market. We connect fans to football and brands to fans, come join us and be a part of it! ABOUT THE ROLE The appointment will be for an initial 12 month fixed term contract to provide maternity cover. There is potential for a longer-term of permanent appointment. Please apply with a cover letter alongside your CV. Footballco has a small but dedicated in-house legal team. The purpose of the Solicitor / Barrister role will be primarily to provide practical legal advice on commercial contracts across the Football Group of companies around the world. In addition as an in-house lawyer flexibility will be required to provide legal advice on a wide range of issues to ensure compliance with applicable law, regulations and best practices. The Solicitor or Barrister will be responsible for: Drafting and preparing documents, undertaking contract reviews and contract management. Managing documents and the legal teams reporting systems. Supporting the group Legal Counsel with a wider range of matters with a particular focus on commercial contracts. Assisting with intellectual property cases, company secretarial matters, employment, and a wide range of legal issues across the group practice. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Reviewing and managing contract and commercial agreement reviews on a wide range of matters from high value, long term strategic arrangements to more day-to-day operational agreements and standard form contracts. Undertaking legal research on applicable regulations, laws and legal requirements. Preparing legal documents, such as contracts, correspondence with other parties and when necessary legal pleadings. Handling confidential client or case information. Preparing reports for the group Legal Counsel and or other employees of FootballCo. Conducting meetings with internal clients and providing them with legal information and taking instructions. Monitoring changes to government guidelines or regulations and submitting reports on pertinent changes. Organising legal files and administration of work flow and case management systems. Arranging meetings with clients and other lawyers. Attending to general administrative duties and basic clerical tasks. Archiving and disposing of documents following department protocols. Liaising with external agencies to organise translators, notaries, and transcribers. Liaising with external legal and company secretarial services providers. Providing support to the legal, Finance and Human Resources teams in implementing training new policies and procedures and operational and organisational objectives. Complying with all relevant internal rules, policies and procedures. Undertaking any other such duties or general tasks and hours of work as may reasonably be required and to work in other locations within the Company. WHAT YOU HAVE Knowledge, Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate will be meticulously organised, an outstanding communicator and excellent at managing and prioritising multiple responsibilities. This role will work very closely with the Legal Counsel and Solicitor and will need to build strong working relationships with employees at all levels across the FootballCo Group. A desire to learn and develop as well as a can-do attitude are essential for this role. In addition to this, the successful candidate will have the following experience: Professional Qualifications Qualified as a Solicitor or Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive in England and Wales. Solicitors, Barristers or Chartered Legal Executives must have completed a training contract/pupillage/qualifying employment or have been exempted from this by the Law Society, the Bar Council or CILEx. Good technical and drafting skills with a high level of attention to detail. Sound Knowledge of Law and Legal System. Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills. Experience using Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Excellent organisational skills with acute attention to detail. A motivated self-starter who is a good team player. Highly organised and efficient in time management. Strong legal research skills and be familiar with the use of precedents and external legal resources. Comfortable handling large workloads under time constraints with the ability to deal with the competing demands of different areas of the group which arise from involvement in a number of separate transactions at once and have the ability to work flexibly to tight deadlines. Commercially aware and willing to participate in group training and know-how. 2-3 years post-qualification experience, (preferably in commercial contracts); Experience working in an in-house legal team. Experience negotiating terms of commercial agreements from a B2B perspective. Well-versed in global privacy laws, especially the GDPR. Familiar with Electronic Document Management and Filing Systems and or contracts management systems. Footballco is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.