Job Description
MKTG Sports + Entertainment is looking for a strategic and creative Manager, Sponsorship Consulting to partner with our roster of Fortune 500 clients to implement sports marketing strategy, partnership activations, influencer programs. You will be a collaborator and mentor a junior team. This is a hybrid opportunity (2-3 days in our Cincinnati office). You will report into the Sr. Director, Sponsorship Consulting.
Responsibilities:
- Manage marketing campaigns, including identifying partners/vendors/con-tractors, supervising programs, and reconciling budgets.
- Communicate with clients to ensure ongoing client satisfaction and collaboration
- Assist senior management with execution of official partnerships, making sure to use all assets available to client
- Collaborate with league and team partners and others to help develop outstanding marketing partnerships
- Work with client team to develop activation campaign recommendations
- Write and develop important documents including activation plans and POV documents to client-ready status
- Oversee activation campaigns and events from top to bottom
- Maintain oversight on all activation programming including overall annual and per event budgeting
- Understand project budgets and manage costs within scope diligently following internal guidelines
- Some travel is required including weekends and occasional holidays
Qualifications
- 4+ years of relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Understanding of the sponsorship landscape and have experience working on high-profile programs involving properties such as the NFL, MLS, NASCAR, NBA, PGA TOUR, NHL, USOC and MLB, not including sales, operations or athlete management experience
- Work with colleagues, senior executives, talent, and clients, recognizing the need to adjust communication style according to the audience
- Share/present ideas and concepts in a team environment and demonstrate openness to giving/accepting thoughtful constructive feedback
- Recognize and appreciate different work styles and have capacity to adjust to work respectfully with staff, clients, peers and vendors
- Contribute to internal activities (team building, events, off sites) and add to our culture