Manager, Media & Strategic Partnerships

Legends Global•Notre Dame, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Media & Strategic Partnerships serves as an operational bridge and strategic liaison between Notre Dame Athletics and Notre Dame Global Partnerships (NDGP). The role connects content, partnership success and development, analytics, and external partners to deliver sponsored media campaigns. It owns end-to-end digital sponsorship fulfillment, contributes a commercial perspective to content strategy and distribution, and helps increase partner value and revenue across Notre Dame Athletics channels. Embedded in the Notre Dame Athletics media environment, the Manager works with content creators, graphic designers, social media teams, data resources, NDGP commercial teams, and partners. The role translates partner objectives into brand-aligned digital experiences across social and other relevant channels. The position is based on-site at the Joyce Center in Notre Dame, Indiana. Regular in-person collaboration is expected, along with minimal travel. Availability for evenings, weekends, holidays, and game days is required for athletic events, sponsored activations, and partner functions.

Requirements

4–6 years of relevant experience.
Prior experience in social media content creation, digital sponsorship fulfillment, sports marketing, or a related field.
Expert-level understanding of major social media platforms, including Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and their audiences and content practices.
Demonstrated ability to manage multi-platform digital fulfillment calendars, complex workflows, deadlines, and cross-functional campaign delivery.
Strong commercial mindset and experience translating partner objectives into brand-aligned content and measurable value.
Ability to evaluate and interpret social media performance analytics and turn data into partner reporting, proof-of-performance recaps, and actionable recommendations.
Exceptional communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to connect creative, administrative, commercial, and analytics stakeholders.
Ability to work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and game days.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred.
Experience within college athletics or a major sports organization.
Experience collaborating with corporate sales or partnership teams.

Responsibilities

Oversee the complete digital sponsorship fulfillment process between Notre Dame Athletics content teams and NDGP Partnership Success, ensuring campaigns are timely, within scope, and aligned with partner commitments.
Create, maintain, and execute the master digital sponsorship fulfillment calendar; lead distribution kick-off calls and develop distribution plans from launch through post-campaign analysis.
Coordinate campaign workflows, timelines, approvals, posting schedules, and deliverables across internal and external stakeholders.
Serve as the operational bridge among Notre Dame Athletics content teams, NDGP Partnership Success, NDGP Partnership Development, and key partners.
Bring a market- and revenue-focused perspective to content strategy, planning, timelines, and partner integrations.
Champion Notre Dame Athletics brand standards and partner integration guidelines while collaborating on branded content, mockups, partner pitches, and on-set executions.
Work with social media and data teams to compile, interpret, and evaluate performance analytics and track results against target KPIs.
Turn performance data into proof-of-performance recaps, actionable insights, and strategic recommendations for partners, leadership, and internal stakeholders.
Identify opportunities to strengthen partner value, improve content performance, and develop high-value concepts for current and prospective partners.
Attend after-hours, weekend, and game-day sponsored events, including activations, golf outings, NIL appearances, and partner meetings, to support and manage content execution.
Provide production oversight for partner shoots and contribute to broader department initiatives as business needs evolve.