Communications Executive

Closing Date of Applications - 11/12/2025

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 thirteen 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. 

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 dental cover, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts. 

Purpose

The Communications Executive (known internally as Marketing Communications Executive) will support the wider marketing communications team in delivering projects and activity that highlight City Football Group’s commercial, partner-focused, and corporate activities.

You will take ownership of selected commercial communications projects and work closely with internal teams to support their communications activities. You will also contribute to communications activity for Manchester City’s new entertainment destination opening in 2026.

As the main administrative support for the marketing communications team, you will help manage planning and logistics, requiring strong administrative and organisational skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Your Impact

1. Project & Campaign Delivery

• Support the wider marketing communications team with partner launches, activations, and content approvals.
• Lead on selected projects across the business, providing communications guidance and advice.
• Work with digital and media teams to support activity across media platforms and esports.
• Attend internal planning meetings and work with internal teams to promote club activities in the UK and globally.

2. Communications & Media Support

• Prepare press releases and other written materials, liaising with media as required.
• Lead on media monitoring and compile coverage reports for all marketing communications activity.

3. Events & Logistics

• Travel and support CFG representatives and legends at speaking opportunities and events in the UK and internationally.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to the marketing communications team, including assisting with event operations for media events.
  
  

What we are looking for

Essential 

• Experience within a communications role and have an understanding of the role of communications within an organisation.
• Excellent administrative, organisational, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prioritise your workload.
• A team player who can work well across different teams. Willing to take the initiative or form a critical part of a larger team.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a sports/football organisation 
• Experience working with partners and brands

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.