Arabic Speaking Sports Marketing Manager – 5 Month Contract

About the role

We are seeking an Arabic‑speaking Sports Marketing Manager to lead the planning and execution of sports sponsorships and partnership activations across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa. The role will translate sponsorship rights into impactful customer engagement, hospitality, events, digital, social, retail and brand activations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead sports partnership activations from planning through execution and post‑event reporting.
• Manage agencies, rights holders and external partners, overseeing budgets, timelines and deliverables.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, PR, social, digital, retail and events teams to deliver integrated campaigns.
• Track sponsorship utilisation, campaign performance, engagement, pipeline and ROI.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in sports marketing, sports partnerships or sponsorship activation.
• Strong hands‑on experience managing sports activations, events and agencies, preferably in football or tournament settings.
• Middle East/Saudi experience is highly preferred; fluent English required, Arabic an advantage.
• Willingness to travel frequently for events.

Required skills

• Sports partnerships
• Sponsorship activation
• Hospitality
• Customer engagement