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ROB COTTINGHAM

Content, campaigns and partnerships strategy

Reintroducing Football Manager after six months away with a comeback campaign anchored to the Premier League’s return

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GUESS WHO'S BACK - FM26 ANNOUNCE

Football Manager x Premier League

Narrative Strategy   Campaign Planning   Brand Reset

Turning Football Manager into a real-world experience through the series’ biggest experiential activation to date

STEP INTO THE DUGOUT AT OUTERNET

Football Manager x Apple x Grand Visual

Content Strategy   Experiential   Audience Experience

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Using the power of Football Manager to tackle football's coaching diversity gap in a two-time Bronze Cannes Lions-winning campaign

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MISSING MANAGERS

Football Manager x Microsoft x Sky Sports

 

Content Strategy   Social Impact   Women’s Football

Turning Champions League archive into a season-long cycle of nostalgia, culminating in a live TV show

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IMMORTALS

BT Sport x UEFA

Content Strategy   Campaign Development  Broadcast Integration

Championing grassroots investment through the Lionesses' legacy

HERE TO PLAY, HERE TO STAY

Football Foundation x UK Government

Campaign Strategy   Public Engagement  Women's Football

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Launching Football Manager 26’s World Cup mode and the return of international management through a connected global campaign

FM26 WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN

Football Manager x FIFA

Content Strategy   Platform Partnerships 

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Bringing FM26’s features into football culture through content partnerships built on formats, stories and debate

FM26 CONTENT PARTNERSHIPS

Football Manager

Content Strategy   Audience Growth

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Bringing Football Manager into youth football culture through Rising Ballers’ formats and community

WHO'S NEXT?

Football Manager x Rising Ballers


Content Strategy   Community Engagement

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Launching PlayZones through the places, people and communities that actually shape grassroots sport

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PLAYZONES LAUNCH

Football Foundation x UK Government

Content Strategy   Creative Direction   Brand Storytelling

Repositioning Football Foundation content around grassroots storytelling, doubling reach and partner visibility

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CONTENT STRATEGY RESET

Football Foundation

Content Strategy   Audience Growth   Brand Repositioning

Football Manager’s biggest feature rollout, designed to reintroduce the series at scale

FM26 FEATURE REVEAL STRATEGY

Football Manager

 

Product Strategy   Storytelling   Audience Growth

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Turning public health info into Football Foundation’s highest-performing policy campaign

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FROM THE ROOTS UP

Football Foundation

Content Strategy   Visual Storytelling   Impact Reporting 

Launching women’s football in FM26 through a two-part takeover at SOOO London

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CHANGE THE GAME

Football Manager x SOOO London

Audience Strategy   Experiential  Women's Football

Turning BT Sport's AI-generated Premier League script into a season-long format

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UNSCRIPTED

BT Sport

 

Content Strategy   Format Development   Editorial

Delivering Football Manager’s most expansive media campaign to shift coverage from cancellation to anticipation for FM26

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FM26 PR RESET

Football Manager

PR Strategy   Narrative Reset   Brand Positioning

Making Football Manager feel native across target markets through local publishers and formats

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FM26 GLOBAL PUBLISHER STRATEGY

Football Manager x FootballCo

Global Strategy  Market Growth  Audience Growth

 Creating the Football Manager Wonderkids series through using player access to tell deeper stories around the game’s next generation

WONDERKIDS SERIES

Football Manager

Storytelling   Creative Direction 

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Putting Football Manager back into football culture through its largest creator strategy to date

FM26 CREATOR STRATEGY

Football Manager x Copa 90

Creator Strategy   Audience Growth

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Bringing Football Manager to US fans through its first Premier League fan event activation

Premier League Mornings Live

Football Manager x Premier League


Experiential   Fan Engagement

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Launching Sports Interactive's first commercial football intelligence platform

FMDB Pro Launch

Football Manager

Product Launch   Commercial Strategy   Brand Positioning

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Building Football Manager’s most ambitious club partnership strategy around football culture and growth markets

Global Club Partnership Strategy

Football Manager

Global Strategy  Partnerships

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