Director, Sponsorship Consulting

Job Description:

MKTG Sports + Entertainment is looking for a Director, Sponsorship Consulting, with NFL expertise to work with our roster of Fortune 500 clients. This is an exciting opportunity for you to help shape the best partnership strategy, activation, and rightsholder management for brand(s) in this industry.

You will lead a team of experienced marketers in developing, executing, and measuring performance of NFL activation programs.

This is a hybrid opportunity and you will report into the VP, Sponsorship consulting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of professionals with an ability to inspire best-in-class work and cultivate careers for rising stars

• Develop client solutions and be able to present to the most senior levels and client organizations

• Establish high-level relationships with client leaders and grow revenue through astute knowledge of cross-selling organizational capabilities

• Collaborate with sanctioning bodies and rightsholders to help develop outstanding marketing partnerships

• Write and develop important documents including POV documents to client-ready status

• Negotiate with local and national rightsholders on behalf of clients, securing win-win agreements that surpass client expectations

• Contribute to the agency new business activities including brainstorming, presentation writing and presentation delivery

• 25% travel is required

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working in the sponsorship industry and on high-profile sponsorship programs involving properties such as the NFL, NASCAR, NBA, MLB, NCAA, F1.

• 5+ years of NFL experience working across brand partnerships in the football space (NFL, flag football or college football)

• Knowledge of how brands are activating and collaborating in the NFL sports space, trends in sports and how players/teams/leagues are using social media channels to promote and collaborate

• Experience with the full marketing mix, social media, content marketing, influencer approaches, and marketing promotions

• Craft and present high-level sponsorship concepts to senior client leaders

• BA/BS in Marketing related field

Additional Information

The annual salary range for this position is $78,000-$126,500.

Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,

• Life insurance,

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,

• 401k,

• Flexible paid time off,

• At least 15 paid holidays per year,

• Paid sick and safe leave, and

• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.

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This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.

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