Sponsorship Sales Manager

Two Circles Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the sports industry seeks a Sponsorship Sales Manager to support high-profile sponsorship deals for premium rights holders worldwide. This role involves building strong relationships with sponsors and executing competitive processes for negotiations. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years of experience and a passion for sports, driving commercial results while fostering inclusivity and teamwork.

Benefits

23 standard days of holiday (+ 1 Birthday, +2 for a ‘Big Life Event' and +1 Admin Day)

Discretionary Bonus based on company performance

Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases

Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)

Renowned Team Days and Summer Away Days

2x annual kit drops

Qualifications

• Circa 3 to 5 years of business experience.
• Experience working across different countries and cultures is preferred.
• Passion for sport is imperative.

Responsibilities

• Support high-profile sponsorship deals globally.
• Proactively source and engage potential sponsors.
• Manage relationships with decision makers at global brands.

Skills

Relationship Building

Influencing

Communication

Emotional Intelligence

Selling Experience

Job description

The Two Circles purpose is to build a better future for the sports industry. We define better in terms of commercials, sustainability, inclusivity, and digitisation, for businesses, fans, media, owners and investors. We will grow the value of sports and we will do this by knowing fans best, through the power of the relationships that we build and the power of data that we process.

We are a Bruin Capital company, and we work with over 300 leading sports rights-owners including the NFL, Premier League, UEFA and F1, and we employ more than 500 people across London, New York, LA, Paris, Bern and Melbourne.

We are on a mission to build an inclusive business that creates life-enriching opportunities for our team.

Our Rights Management division acts as a commercial sales resource for iconic sports and entertainment brands globally. A pioneering rights-sales capability, successfully marketing the unique emotion of sport to drive commercial results for rights-owners and record impact for brands.

We have led and closed over $1.2bn in sponsorship rights for some of the world's biggest sports properties, including recent record-breaking deals for UEFA Women’s Football, the All Blacks and Mercedes F1.

We aim to optimize revenues for our clients whilst allowing each to avoid the long-term fixed costs associated with maintenance of large in-house sales teams. We are focused on solving problems and not selling assets, and we are ambitiously expanding our clients, geographies and our sales team.

Requirements

We're looking to hire a Sponsorship Sales Manager:

• In this role you will support high profile sponsorship deals on behalf of premium rights holders globally.
• You will be part of a team required to pro-actively source and engage potential sponsors on behalf of clients across a range of categories and geographies: select and qualify prospects, securing in person meetings and build relationships
• You will manage and build trusted relationships with decision makers at global brands around the World
• You will be part of a team that successfully executes competitive processes, resulting in the negotiation and conclusion of high-profile sponsorship deals.
• We'd like the successful candidate to have circa 3 to 5 years business experience and have a track record of building strong internal & external relationships together with the capacity to easily influence and persuade.
• Whilst we do not require sponsorship sales experience, we'd love it if applicants had some selling experience.
• We'd love you to have experience working across different countries, cultures and time zones.
• High level of emotional intelligence and a passion for sport are imperative!
• Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
• Summer Away Days
• 23 standard days of holiday (+ 1 Birthday, +2 for a ‘Big Life Event' and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
• Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
• Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
• Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
• 2x annual kit drops

Though these are the basics written down, we will principally be recruiting for energy, values and commitment - both to Two Circles and to your career.

Our recruitment process will be honest & thorough, and so will our roles. In return, we can offer honesty, integrity, and the chance to progress in the organisation as quickly as you develop within it.

Two Circles is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.