Senior Commercial Media Manager

Based in Manchester, this permanent role sits within City Football Group's Commercial Media team and plays a senior part in shaping digital activation, commercial partner delivery and media monetisation across the organisation. It is a hands‑on and influential opportunity for someone who enjoys combining strategy, innovation and stakeholder partnership to deliver work with real commercial impact.

Founded in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with teams across the globe connected by a shared belief in doing things differently. Alongside our clubs, we invest in football-related businesses and build partnerships that help the game, and the communities around it, thrive. Everything we do is guided by our purpose: empowering better lives through football.

Rooted in more than a century of “City” football, we are proud of the role our clubs play locally and globally, creating positive impact on and off the pitch.

Within our Media and Marketing department, the Commercial Media team helps turn digital opportunity into meaningful commercial value. We work across partners, brand growth, content monetisation and new ideas, bringing together creativity, technical knowledge and collaboration to deliver high-quality activation across CFG.

As Senior Commercial Media Manager, you will help lead the strategic and practical delivery of digital media solutions for commercial partners, helping to raise the quality of activation across Manchester City and the wider Group. You will bring specialist knowledge to a growth area of the department, supporting work that strengthens partner performance, brand visibility and direct media monetisation.

Your work will span digital strategy, paid media, owned and organic media, branded content and new commercial opportunities. You will help shape ideas, develop high-value campaigns and support the planning and implementation of solutions that are commercially relevant, creatively sharp and grounded in industry best practice. You will also contribute to the team's thinking around future-facing developments, including new media approaches and emerging technology.

This is a role for someone who can build trusted relationships, work confidently across departments and contribute to wider projects with care and clarity. You will partner closely with internal teams, external stakeholders and specialist colleagues to support major work streams, strengthen delivery and help turn insight into practical action that benefits the Club and the Group.

• Advanced knowledge of digital marketing across core channels such as social, programmatic, video, CTV and search.
• Experience shaping and delivering marketing strategy across areas such as attention planning, data, personalisation, measurement and cause-related marketing.
• Ability to plan and implement self-serve paid media activity with a high level of detail and quality.
• Understanding of owned and organic media, and how digital estates and data holdings can support brand growth.
• Experience contributing to new asset creation, branded content production or commercial content development.

Working at City Football Group means being supported to do your best, with the flexibility and encouragement to look after your wellbeing. We are committed to helping our people learn, grow and thrive in a culture built on collaboration, openness and hard work.

As part of our team, you will receive 26 days' annual leave plus a day off for your birthday, private healthcare and dental cover, and an annual discretionary bonus. You will also have access to a Health Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP support, and a company pension and life…