Commercial Development Manager (Sports & Entertainment)

Location: Kew, London, United Kingdom; hybrid schedule with four days in the office and one day working from home. Five-day week, with occasional weekend work and flexitime subject to production requirements.

Company

hirify.global is an independent production partner delivering sports, entertainment, documentary, gaming, and branded content for major broadcasters, platforms, brands, federations, and rights holders.

What you will do

• Generate new commercial conversations with brands, platforms, and rights holders through proactive outreach.
• Build and manage a live prospect pipeline across sports, entertainment, and branded content.
• Lead the development of creative, high-quality sales decks and commercial propositions.
• Research market trends, competitors, and client objectives to shape original ideas and strategies.
• Own client relationships from first contact through handover to delivery.
• Track pipeline performance and manage HubSpot opportunities, workflows, stages, and reporting.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success generating new business meetings and commercial opportunities.
• Experience in sales or commercial roles within sports, entertainment, media, or branded content.
• Ability to build relationships with senior decision-makers and present ideas to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgment, curiosity, resilience, and ability to create opportunities without an existing brief.
• Ability to manage multiple prospects and collaborate with creative and production teams.
• Strong design skills; Keynote experience is ideal.

Nice to have

• Photoshop knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with four office days and one work-from-home day each week.
• Flexitime subject to commercial and production requirements.
• Permanent contract with an ASAP start.
• Work across major sports, entertainment, branded content, and broadcast projects.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV and explain in your own way why you are suitable for the role.
• Application closing date: 6 October 2026.