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ROB COTTINGHAM

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INSIGHTS · STRATEGY · CONTENT · CAMPAIGNS

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FOR SPORT

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

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Narrative Strategy   Campaign Planning   Brand Reset

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

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STEP INTO THE DUGOUT AT OUTERNET

Football Manager x Apple x Grand Visual

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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

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Content Strategy   Campaign Development  Broadcast Integration

Championing grassroots investment through the Lionesses' legacy

HERE TO PLAY, HERE TO STAY

Football Foundation x UK Government

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Campaign Strategy   Public Engagement  Women's Football

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Launching Football Manager 26’s World Cup mode 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 storytelling

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 shape grassroots sport

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PLAYZONES LAUNCH

Football Foundation x UK Government

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Content Strategy   Creative Direction   Brand Storytelling

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

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CONTENT STRATEGY RESET

Football Foundation

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Content Strategy   Audience Growth   Brand Repositioning

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Football Manager’s biggest feature rollout, designed to reintroduce the series at scale for a new era of FM

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FM26 FEATURE REVEAL STRATEGY

Football Manager

 

Product Strategy   Storytelling   Audience Growth

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

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FROM THE ROOTS UP

Football Foundation

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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

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Audience Strategy   Experiential  Women's Football

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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

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FM26 PR RESET

Football Manager

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PR Strategy   Narrative Reset   Brand Positioning

Making Football Manager feel native across target markets through FootballCo’s’ local publishers

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FM26 GLOBAL PUBLISHER STRATEGY

Football Manager x FootballCo

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Global Strategy  Market Growth  Audience Growth

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Creating the Football Manager Wonderkids series, using player access to tell the stories of 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

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Product Launch   Commercial Strategy   Brand Positioning

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Building Football Manager’s most ambitious club partnership strategy around cultural relevance and global growth

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Global Club Partnership Strategy

Football Manager

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Global Strategy  Partnerships

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