Partnership Activation Account Manager

Oklahoma City Thunder•Oklahoma City, OK

64d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Oklahoma City Thunder's Corporate Partnerships team, we value, collaboration, creativity, and intentionality. Bring your professionalism and experience to our team, working in the dynamic environment of professional sports sponsorship! As a Partnership Activation Account Manager, you will collaborate on projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our sponsors and uphold the integrity of the Thunder brand. You'll create, develop, and implement sponsored initiatives, community engagement programs, and marketing events, working hand-in-hand with a dynamic team to forge lasting relationships with top-tier companies. In this role you will: Lead and manage high value partnerships that are customized, integrated, and flexible to meet each partner’s unique marketing objectives Serve as day-to-day account manager for assigned partnership accounts Plan and execute various corporate partnership activations, including in-game promotions, events, in-market activations, and partner digital/social campaigns Coordinate with internal departments on the planning, budgeting, execution, and operation of corporate partner hospitality events both on-site and offsite Act as a marketing and advertising consultant to sponsors, ensuring effective campaign development and implementation using Thunder inventory Liaise with internal departments such as Broadcasting, Events & Entertainment, Interactive Media and Marketing to drive effective and timely promotional content Use an established budget to ensure that promotional activations are crafted within the sponsor's fiscal parameters Optimally collaborate with other Thunder departments to coordinate events at Paycom Center and other locations, ensuring adherence to budget guidelines Play a crucial role in maintaining collateral, articles, photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, statistics, etc. for use in preparing and presenting inclusive sponsor recaps to key decision makers during contract renewal Complete and monitor sponsor promotions and activities including but not limited to in-arena activations, in-game promotions, and client hospitality Lead and supervise all account history, relationship details, and partnership activation information in CRM consistently Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Sports Management preferred
2 to 3 years of working in sponsorships, marketing or agency related field preferred
Experience or general knowledge in sales tactics and client relations
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks with strong attention to detail and listening skills
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint is vital
Ability to work with many different personality types

Nice To Haves

Experience with Photoshop is preferred
Bi-lingual fluency in Spanish and English highly beneficial

Responsibilities

Lead and manage high value partnerships that are customized, integrated, and flexible to meet each partner’s unique marketing objectives
Serve as day-to-day account manager for assigned partnership accounts
Plan and execute various corporate partnership activations, including in-game promotions, events, in-market activations, and partner digital/social campaigns
Coordinate with internal departments on the planning, budgeting, execution, and operation of corporate partner hospitality events both on-site and offsite
Act as a marketing and advertising consultant to sponsors, ensuring effective campaign development and implementation using Thunder inventory
Liaise with internal departments such as Broadcasting, Events & Entertainment, Interactive Media and Marketing to drive effective and timely promotional content
Use an established budget to ensure that promotional activations are crafted within the sponsor's fiscal parameters
Optimally collaborate with other Thunder departments to coordinate events at Paycom Center and other locations, ensuring adherence to budget guidelines
Play a crucial role in maintaining collateral, articles, photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, statistics, etc. for use in preparing and presenting inclusive sponsor recaps to key decision makers during contract renewal
Complete and monitor sponsor promotions and activities including but not limited to in-arena activations, in-game promotions, and client hospitality
Lead and supervise all account history, relationship details, and partnership activation information in CRM consistently
Perform other duties as assigned