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Senior Consultant [UK] [Sport]

Milltown Partners· Sport
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Hybrid (London)£58k - £69kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Consultant role within Milltown Partners' sport practice, focusing on corporate and financial communications, policy and public affairs, and leadership counsel for clients in sport, investment, and related sectors. Hybrid London-based full-time position with AI-enabled advisory work and opportunities to shape strategy, manage teams, and contribute to business development.

Responsibilities

  • Shape communications strategy: set strategy and priorities, build integrated communications plans, design research briefs.
  • Advise clients: produce compelling written content, manage major announcements, media briefings, speeches, owned-channel campaigns, events.
  • Drive and deliver client work: manage junior colleagues, create project plans, delegate, ensure high-quality delivery.
  • Use AI to drive better outcomes: apply Claude, Gemini, and internal AI Studio for research, insight generation, and analysis; share AI knowledge.
  • Contribute to the business: identify growth opportunities, improve team efficiency, build Milltown's profile in sports business circles.
  • Build a collaborative environment: seek input, give/receive feedback, foster inclusion and high-performance teamwork.

Qualifications

  • 5–7 years of corporate communications experience with exposure to sport, investor, transaction-led or consumer brand clients
  • Strong working understanding of the business of sport: ownership/investment, media rights, governance and regulation, commercial models
  • Ability to dig deep into unfamiliar territory and produce well-grounded work
  • Strong written and editorial skills; ability to simplify complex briefs
  • Ability to onboard quickly on unfamiliar topics and add value
  • Experience building advisory relationships with senior stakeholders (owners, chairs, CEOs, investors)
  • Experience developing media strategies and working with journalists across national, business and sports media
  • Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) safely and effectively
  • Project management experience: planning against goals, timelines, budgets
  • Experience managing junior colleagues and delegating
  • Intellectual curiosity and subject-matter expertise development
  • Collaborative, inclusive mindset and culture contribution
  • Desirable: experience advising sports owners/investors/leagues/governing bodies; experience with private equity/hedge funds or other investors; familiarity with sports policy and regulation or supporter groups

Skills

Required:Corporate communicationsStrategy developmentWriting and editorialStakeholder managementAI tools usage

Benefits

  • Private healthcare
  • Mental health support
  • 26 days holiday plus public holidays (outside annual Christmas break)
  • Hybrid working model (three days in the office: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday)
  • Competitive pay with transparent salary bands
  • Twice-yearly bonuses
  • Professional development opportunities guided by career framework and progression pathways
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Milltown Partners

Milltown Partners is a global advisory firm

We work with established and emerging technology companies, global investors, iconic brands, renowned sports franchises and influential individuals. We are an independent, employee-owned company, which means we have the freedom to invest in our people and our culture, and everyone shares in our success.

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