Sponsorship Marketing Coordinator

Pizza Pizza Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian pizza chain is looking for a Marketing Coordinator to assist with managing its sports sponsorship portfolio. The role includes maintaining stakeholder relationships, supporting creative activations, and managing budgets. Ideal candidates will have at least one year of marketing experience, an interest in sports, and strong collaboration skills. Passion for the brand and a proactive attitude are essential for success in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year of marketing and advertising experience, preferably in sponsorship.
• Strong interest in sports and knowledge of sports culture.
• Proven experience with sponsorship activation plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage sponsorship portfolio under the Marketing Manager.
• Maintain relationships with partnership stakeholders across Canada.
• Support media for key sponsorship activations.

Skills

Marketing and advertising experience

Sponsorship experience

Interest in sports

Event planning and execution skills

Copywriting skills

Presentation skills

Collaboration skills

Job description

Pizza Pizza is Canada’s favourite pizza chain for a lot of reasons, but the most important one is our people. Before that box ever arrives at your door, a diverse team of talented people make it happen, from the head office to the kitchen counter.

What the Role Will Do:

• Work closely with the Marketing Manager, Sponsorships to assist the daily management of a national sports and events sponsorship portfolio, including budgeting, contracts, activations and co-promotions
• Maintain relationships with key sponsorship stakeholders at partner organizations (teams, event management companies) across Canada
• Support creative and media for key sponsorship activations eg. Score a Slice Promotions. Coordinate with stakeholders internally and externally in executing programs
• Assist with maintaining and updating tracking documents for key sponsorship activations, ensuring accurate documentation of key performance indicators (KPIs), results, and other relevant insights to measure campaign effectiveness and ROI
• Maintain awareness of the sporting calendar and sports culture to brainstorm and execute relevant “in-the-moment” executions
• Collaborate across the marketing team to create engagement and dialogue with social media audiences related to promotional or sponsorship calendar activity (not customer service). Work with internal and external creative partners to develop content
• Assist in the management of Sponsorship budgets
• Develop internal communications for the effective implementation of programs and adoption at the restaurant level
• Identify and review new sponsorship or community engagement opportunities and provide recommendations

Your Requirements:

• 1 year of marketing and advertising experience. Sponsorship experience an asset
• A keen interest in sports and sports sponsorship, knowledge of sporting calendars and culture
• Proven experience executing sponsorship activation plans in media and events
• Keen eye for detail and proofreading
• Copywriting skills an asset
• Food Service industry experience is an asset
• Event planning and execution skills
• Effectively handles a fast-paced environment with frequently changing needs and requests
• Self-starter with the ability to work autonomously and proactively to uncover opportunities to move the business forward
• Solid presentation skills: ability to effectively influence an audience through fact-based analysis, confidence in recommendations, and a positive demeanour
• Strong collaborator: seamlessly managing up and across teams to ensure buy-in, awareness of activity, and integration
• A team player: works respectfully, inclusively, and positively
• Passion for the Pizza Pizza brand!

Reports to:

Marketing Manager, Sponsorships

To help us find the best fit, Pizza Pizza uses AI (machine-based systems that infer from your data to recommend or predict candidate matches), but our team of humans always makes the final hiring decision. If you’d like to opt out of AI screening or need a reasonable accommodation, simply reach out to us at 416-967-1010