Partnership Manager

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom European Sponsorship Association Full time
Job Title – Partnership Manager

At European Sponsorship Association, we are seeking a highly skilled Partnership Manager to join our team. As a Partnership Manager, you will be responsible for managing Club Global and Regional commercial Partnerships, delivering industry-leading servicing, maintaining excellent relationships, and driving business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Management of Club Global and Regional commercial Partnerships, ensuring all contractual rights are delivered in a timely manner and to the highest standard.
  • Planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective partner campaigns using Chelsea assets and IP, including proactive approach to agreeing objectives and KPIs, campaign ideation, and collaboration with the Club's Marketing department.
  • Work with the Club's Player Activation team to deliver partners' contracted appearances with the Men's and Women's teams, including meet & greets, filming/photo shoots, and official Club events.
  • Managing contracted legend appearances, working closely with the Senior Player Activation Manager.
  • Delivery of relevant partners' activations domestically and in global markets, including CSR programmes, match day experiential, pitch events, and pre-season tours.
  • Support Partnerships Strategic Lead in building strong partner relationships through hosting opportunities and encouraging networking and collaboration between partners.
  • Work with club's monitoring agency and internal Insights Team to track partner return on investment and extract insights to advise partners on best use of branded assets and content.
  • Develop and maintain excellent relationships with all internal stakeholders to ensure partners are successfully integrated across the Club, including partner integration into club marketing campaigns, events, pre-season tours, CSR projects, and player endorsements.
  • Demonstrate expertise on relevant partners, their industries, and competitors within their category through consistent research and monitoring.
  • Lead meetings with internal stakeholders, Club partners, their agencies, and other external parties.
  • Attention to detail when it comes to offering world-class servicing to Club partners, including creating unique experiences and going the extra mile for partners.
  • Identification of relevant industry news & insights and communication of them to the department.
  • Support Partnerships Strategic Lead on special projects, partnership events, and in identifying and maximising commercial opportunities with current and prospective partners.
Requirements:
  • Minimum 3-4 years' experience within the sponsorship/sports marketing industry.
  • Experience of account managing brands on a global scale.
  • Experience of activating brand campaigns across social media and digital platforms, with strong knowledge of digital marketing optimisation.
  • Strategic & analytical capability.
  • A commercial, results-driven individual with entrepreneurial capabilities.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing capability.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word, ExCel, and PowerPoint.
  • A proven team player who is calm, professional, works well under pressure, and is diligent and detail-oriented.
  • Attention to detail is essential.
  • Willing to work between locations and to be flexible with working hours (including working weekends and international travel).
What We Offer:

We are committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. At European Sponsorship Association, we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths, and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to our team. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

Chelsea FC and the Foundation is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people, and adults at risk (vulnerable groups). We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate.



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