Senior Partnership Executive

**Journey with us **Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation & benefits package and excellent career development opportunities each offering unique ways to explore the world

**About Us**

Royal Caribbean Group is the world’s largest cruise line having a record-breaking year and launching not one but TWO brand new ships in 2024 including a brand-new class of ship in Icon of the Seas It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join a global business that is blazing a trail in the travel industry right now

With our 3 brands Royal Caribbean International Celebrity Cruises & Silversea we have ships in South America Europe Asia Australia and several North American markets beyond our headquarters in Miami FL We cover the globe No matter where our guests want to go Royal Caribbean Group has a ship that can deliver a world-class vacation

At Royal Caribbean Group we never rest on our laurels; we constantly strive to improve our work and be at the forefront of the industry The work that we do is exciting challenging and innovative You get to work both independently and as part of a collaborative and dynamic international team We are passionate we are innovative and we are unstoppable

**About the role**

The Partnerships Activation Executive is responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of partnership activations and supporting brand sponsorship activation across the EMEA region This role ensures the successful execution of activation deliverables by acting as a primary liaison between partners and internal teams ensuring all contractual activation obligations are met on time and to a high standard

This position requires strong project management and stakeholder relationship skills as well as the ability to juggle multiple priorities and drive initiatives to completion

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Ownership of Partnership Deliverables**: Oversee the day-to-day planning and execution of contractual activation obligations ensuring best-in-class delivery across all partnership touchpoints

**Sponsorship Activation Support**: Plays a supporting role in the activation of sponsorships alongside sponsorship activation leads

**Stakeholder Collaboration**: Work collaboratively with internal departments and stakeholders to gain partner approvals and ensure alignment of programs and initiatives

**Cross-Functional Teamwork**:Foster strong working relationships with key departments including marketing social media sales and events to champion partner needs and ensure successful execution of partnership initiatives

**Relationship Management**: Cultivate and maintain relationships with external partners and act as the primary point of contact for activation activities

**Strategy Development**: Support the development of partnership strategies that align with broader business objectives

**Performance Reporting**:Provide regular updates to stakeholders reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) and partnership objectives

**On-site Activation Support**:Assist with on-site activation of sponsorship

**Requirements**:
Previous experience in partnerships management
- project management or account management role
- Confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills
- Able to build and maintain relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders
- First rate initiative and problem-solving skills

The ability to multitask
- work under pressure and balance several different projects and deadlines at once
- Organized with good attention to detail
- Strong time management skills

Experience in using Microsoft Office (PowerPoint Excel
- MSWord)
- Highly motivated with a positive “can do” attitude
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Travel in role will be required

**Key relationships**
- EMEA Leadership team
- Market sales leadership
- International and local marketing departments
- EMEA Business Development
- Social media

**Flash Sales & Promotion Campaigns**

Ownership of the end-to-end delivery of the weekly flash sales and monthly campaigns including writing T&Cs
- briefing creative and delivering to trade partners through all touchpoints and channels

Own Weekly Trade Comms Plan (Social HTML) considering business focus and needs
- sharing across EMEA Developing
- Deployment & Personalised Trade Comms
- Copywriting responsibilities across HTML & Social Trade Database general housekeeping
- performance & development plan for segmentation

**Trade Social Media**

Developing monitoring and adjusting trade social media strategy
- Create weekly industry leading and innovative social media content communicating brand USPs and destination to share with the EMEA markets Working closely with creative agency to bring all content including video content to lifeRegular reporting and analysis of social performance adjusting processes accordingly to respond to report findings and EME