Head of Group Corporate Communications
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About the Position
The Head of Group Corporate Communications leads the development and execution of DAZN’s external corporate communications strategy to build awareness, understanding, and positive perceptions of DAZN, its strategy, and its progress among key external audiences. The role enhances DAZN’s visibility and reputation through effective media relations, partner engagement, internal advisory, and cross-market coordination. It ensures consistent messaging aligned with DAZN’s goals and narrative across multiple audiences, through the media, at conferences and events, online, and via industry awards.
This role is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract for maternity cover.
Responsibilities
- Execute DAZN’s corporate media relations strategy, building and strengthening relationships with target publications, editors, and journalists.
- Develop and deliver communications plans, including press releases, media alerts, story ideas, exclusives, and timely responses to media enquiries.
- Develop and manage compelling social media content for DAZN Group LinkedIn and key DAZN executives, monitoring engagement, impact, and issues.
- Lead communications planning and delivery across the Group, providing guidance to internal and external stakeholders and ensuring messaging is aligned and well-timed.
- Coordinate closely with in-market communications teams to identify opportunities, support local and global storytelling, manage issues, and ensure consistency of messaging.
- Build and manage relationships with strategic external partners, creating collaborative opportunities to tell the DAZN story and build its reputation.
- Lead DAZN Group’s participation in industry conferences, events, and awards, including opportunity identification, planning, materials, and speaker preparation.
- Provide communications advice and guidance to executive leadership, functional heads, and subject matter experts, while providing strategic direction and leadership to communications teams across DAZN.
Requirements
- 10+ years’ experience in external corporate communications, ideally within global sport, entertainment, or technology, with high-growth or start-up experience highly desirable.
- Proven track record delivering outcome-focused UK and international media relations, building brand reputation across global markets, and effectively managing issues.
- Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with editors and journalists, ensuring awareness and understanding of the business.
- Able to develop, articulate, and secure buy-in for compelling, creative communications plans.
- Experienced in shaping and managing a high-volume, varied news agenda around a clear and connected strategic narrative.
- Excellent storytelling, messaging, and written communication skills across press releases, positioning statements, social media, and thought leadership.
- Highly motivated and comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous, and cross-cultural environments, with a hands-on approach suited to high-performing, lean teams.
- Excellent relationship-building skills, with proven experience working cross-functionally and with C-Suite stakeholders to drive alignment and deliver results.
We Offer
Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family-friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.
About the Company
At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers, and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.
As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionize the industry, and we're not going to stop.
DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:
- Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen.
- Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact.
- Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One.
At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities, and abilities.
If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.
Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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Sports Entertainment
About the Company DAZN is a global company dedicated to transforming the way the world consumes sports entertainment. They focus on bringing fans closer to their passion through the best technologies available. The company operates as a global community where every opinion and idea can make a difference, emphasizing team spirit and collective ambition to achieve what others might consider impossible. Products, Services & Tech Stack Core Solutions Sports Streaming: DAZN provides streaming services for various sports events, bringing them directly to fans. Technologies & Frameworks Platforms: The company utilizes various platforms to deliver its services, although specific platforms are not detailed in the provided information. Project Scope & Target Clients Client Base Global Sports Fans: DAZN serves a wide range of sports fans globally, providing them with access to live sports events. Engineering Scale Global Operations: DAZN operates on a global scale, with teams and projects spanning multiple countries including the United Kingdom, India, Japan, Germany, the United States, Italy, Spain, Israel, and more. The engineering projects vary in scope and complexity, reflecting the company's global presence and diverse operational needs.