Brand & Sponsorship Senior Executive - 6-month FTC

Job Description

About AXA:

AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.

AXA UK Support Functions look after our three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make sure we can be there for our customers.

Job overview:

Join our dynamic Brand and Sponsorship team. If you’ve got hands-on experience in brand identity management and sponsorship coordination, we’d love to hear from you. This role is in a fast-moving team where you’ll own brand governance and support sponsorship activations; from rights management for Liverpool FC including hospitality and ticketing, to social content creation, player shoots and attending sponsored matches, working across areas to help deliver campaigns. AXA isn’t the stereotype of boring insurance, we’re a vibrant, practical, forward-thinking place where marketers can move fast, learn and shape the business. In this 6-month fixed term contract, you’ll need to be bold, organised and confident juggling multiple projects, with eyes on both strategy and the small stuff.

Key responsibilities:

• Support all brand standards and guidelines. Ensure they’re followed by managing brand engagement and approval processes.
• Own a network of Brand Ambassadors across AXA UK & Ireland and work with them to plan brand implementation and brand updates.
• Support the distribution our Liverpool FC sponsorship rights in a transparent and objective way.
• Manage ticketing, hospitality, pitch day events, mass participation events, mascot experiences, merchandise and adverts for our sponsorships.
• Create internal engagement in our sponsorships by working closely with Internal Communication teams to co-ordinate internal articles and competitions.
• Build internal brand engagement with AXA employees. Support training and bring our brand to life in our offices and online.
• Maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders across AXA UK&I and AXA Group.
• Engage with roster agencies. Support periodic agency performance appraisals.

Work arrangements:

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) from January 2027. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events. We’re also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

Your skills & experience:

• Experience of brand management and approvals is essential.
• Demonstrable experience of working on sponsorship creation, preferably sports related, is needed.
• Brilliant stakeholder management, including with external agencies and suppliers.
• Knowledge of brand and advertising guidelines, standards and other compliance policies.
• Awareness of the financial services industry and a demonstrable interest in its output, preferably in the specific area of brand and sponsorship management.
• Outstanding organisation skills.
• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to collaborate across a complex matrix corporate environment.

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

How to apply:

To apply, click on the ‘apply now’ button, you’ll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to jennifer.manuel@axa-uk.co.uk.

We encourage you to apply for this opportunity as soon as possible, as we may close this advert earlier than the listed closing date.

Salary

Up to £45,000 dependent on experience