About Run

Run Communications is a purpose-driven sports communications agency, delivering campaigns that create real impact.

We partner with brands, rights holders and organisations to deliver creative, culturally relevant work that inspires action and delivers measurable results.

We believe in the power of sport to drive positive change - improving physical and mental health, strengthening communities and creating opportunities. We work with people and organisations who share that belief.

We take a different approach - combining insight, creativity and a diverse network of collaborators to deliver work that stands out and resonates.

You’ll be working on some of the biggest events in sport including the Olympic & Paralympic Games as well as across a great rosta of high profile clients. Our client partners include The National Lottery, Red Roses, Invictus Games Birmingham 2027, parkrun, MCC & Lord’s Cricket Ground, PlayHQ, UK Coaching and Swim England.

The Role

This is a key senior role within Run, responsible for leading the delivery of exceptional client work and managing a portfolio of high-profile accounts.

You will lead from the front on client delivery - ensuring campaigns are executed to a high standard, teams are well supported, and clients receive clear, strategic guidance.

This role requires a strong agency operator with excellent client instincts - someone who can manage complexity, build trusted relationships, and ensure work is delivered effectively and consistently.

You will play an important role in contributing to the growth of the business — supporting new business opportunities, identifying areas for account growth and helping to strengthen long-term client partnerships.

You’ll bring a blend of brand, government sector and and sport experience, with a passion for purpose-led work and the role sport can play in driving societal impact.

You will help deliver work that reinforces Run’s strong reputation within sport, impact and culture — creating campaigns that increase visibility, drive participation and deliver meaningful results.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign Excellence & Creative Impact

• Drive the development of bold, culturally relevant campaigns that cut through and generate earned media impact
• Lead the creation of standout moments across broadcast, print, digital and social
• Work closely with content team to deliver integrated campaigns that resonate with audiences
• Ensure strong media relations maintained across national, regional and specialist outlets

Leadership & Client Delivery

• Lead the strategic direction and day-to-day delivery of our team and client work, alongside our women’s sport lead, ensuring consistently high standards across all accounts
• Act as senior client lead, building trusted relationships and providing strategic counsel to clients
• Oversee integrated PR & social campaign delivery - ensuring work is insight-led, creative, and delivers against clear objectives and KPIs
• Maintain rigorous standards across planning, execution, reporting and evaluation
• Ensure teams are set up for success with clear direction, strong processes and effective resource management

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and creativity
• Provide clear direction, support and development opportunities for team members
• Act as a senior figure within the wider agency, contributing to culture and standards

Operational Excellence

• Oversee project timelines, budgets and resourcing to ensure efficient and profitable delivery
• Manage external partners and suppliers to deliver best-in-class output
• Ensure strong reporting, measurement and continuous optimisation across campaigns

New Business & Growth

• Play a leading role in driving agency growth, with responsibility for generating new business opportunities and delivering against financial targets 
• Proactively identify and develop relationships with prospective clients 
• Lead and contribute to pitch processes - from proposition development through to delivery
• Grow existing accounts through strategic upselling and identifying new opportunities
• Contribute to the overall commercial success of Run, supporting revenue and profitability targets

Experience:

• 6+ years’ experience in PR / communications / sport or brand/government sector, with significant time in a senior agency role
• Proven track record in winning new business and growing client accounts
• Experience working with major brands and/or within the sports industry
• Strong understanding of integrated communications, including media, digital and social
• Demonstrable experience delivering high-impact campaigns that drive engagement and results
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and providing strategic counsel
• Strong commercial acumen, including budget management and profitability
• Experience leading and developing teams

Skills & Attributes

• Commercially driven with a proactive approach to growth
• Strong relationship builder with excellent interpersonal skills
• Confident communicator, both written and verbal
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate insight into action
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Calm and solutions-focused under pressure
• Collaborative and team-oriented
• Growth mindset with a desire to continuously improve

What Sets You Apart:

• A genuine passion for sport and its power to drive positive change
• An exceptional track record of securing new business wins and actively seeking new opportunities 
• A desire to build something meaningful, not just deliver campaigns
• A strong belief in growing and developing a high-performing team 

Please apply by submitting your CV (two pages maximum), along with a 250–300 word pitch as to why you’re the ideal candidate for this role to [email protected].