Senior Manager, Partnership Marketing

Allied Sports • New York, NY

7d • $90,000 - $105,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Allied Sports is hiring an Account Manager to join our fast-growing team. We are looking for a motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic person to join our team to lead the day-to-day management of a Partnership Marketing client’s sponsorship portfolio. The role also will support the account team and agency business initiatives with prediction market industry expertise, organization, planning, idea generation, and cross-functional integration. The position of Account Manager is client-facing and expected to maintain an in-depth understanding of clients’ business and forge partnerships with client-side counterparts, partners and vendors.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of prior partnership experience required
• Client-based account management experience; specific disciplines could include partnership marketing, event marketing, activation management.
• Project management experience with the ability to manage multiple projects independently and with a larger team
• League and/or team experience, an understanding of the business of sports, sports media, IP rights and sponsorship
• Experience with on-site event management, event execution and vendor management
• Ability to think strategically, creatively and can problem solve independently
• Ability to handle precise asset management records, allocation, tracking and reconciliation
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Excellent time management, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel approximately 30% of the time
• Proficient in Microsoft suite (in particular PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• Able to work weekends, holidays and non-traditional hours, as required

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of client's sponsorship platform including overall project management (e.g. project plans, timelines, agency integration and deliverables)
• Develop and lead on sponsorship rights and asset management processes
• Coordinate and manage activation programming with a cross functional team and relevant agency partners in connection with client's sponsorship platforms
• Provide strategic thinking and POVs for sponsorship initiatives. Specific initiatives could include event activation development, talent / influencer strategy, customer engagement, hospitality programming, media integration strategy, content, etc.
• Manage partner and vendor relationships and coordinate necessary deliverables on behalf of client
• Provide proactive strategic thinking and recommendations for client
• Manage project budgets and invoicing deadlines
• Lead key meetings/calls with internal & external constituents
• Provide support to Director and VP on overarching account management and planning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed