Corporate Partnership Account Coordinator

Cincinnati Bengals; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Bengals is seeking an account management support role to assist activation execution, maintain client service standards, and collaborate across departments for smooth fulfillment of partnership assets.

The role emphasizes building strong internal and external relationships and offers opportunities to grow skills in sports marketing, activation, and client service in a fast-paced sports environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, Marketing, Business, or related field.
• 1–3 years in sports marketing, client service, activation or agency work preferred.
• Strong work ethic, positive attitude and proactive approach.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects.
• Creativity in developing marketing and activation ideas.
• Comfortable speaking publicly to groups.
• Well-organized with keen attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 (Teams, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with CRM platforms (KORE or similar) and sponsorship systems (Activate) is a plus.
• Familiarity with market insights and valuation tools (YouGov, SponsorUnited, Relo Metrics) is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing day-to-day relationships with internal teams and partners.
• Support the planning, execution and fulfillment of assigned partnership contracts.
• Attend internal and partner meetings to review partnership fulfillment status, discuss opportunities, resolve issues and coordinate upcoming programs.
• Coordinate and support partner events such as game presentations, player appearances, speaking engagements, corporate outings and community outreach initiatives.
• Assist with the planning and execution of partnership assets, including in-venue signage, digital & social media, TV & radio assets, hospitality and experiential activations.
• Collaborate with internal departments to ensure timely and successful delivery of all partnership elements.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong positive working relationships with corporate clients and co-workers.
• Support internal teams with logistical needs and ongoing project coordination.
• Maintain organized documentation and create recap reports to demonstrate activation success and ROI to partners.
• Compile partnership recaps, midseason updates and end-of-year reports for assigned accounts, highlighting activation performance and strategic insights.
• Support team efforts to track and fulfill partnership assets throughout contract periods.

Skills

Communication skills

Public speaking

Relationship building

Multi-tasking

Proactive

Creativity

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, Marketing, Business or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

CRM: KORE or similar

Sponsorship Activate

Market insights tools: YouGov

SponsorUnited

Relo Metrics

Job description

Position Overview

This role supports account management efforts by assisting with activation execution, maintaining strong client service standards and collaborating across departments to ensure smooth fulfillment of partnership assets. The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude, outstanding communication skills and the ability to build strong internal and external relationships. This position offers opportunities to develop skills in sports marketing, activation and client service within a fast-paced sports environment.

Position Overview

This role supports account management efforts by assisting with activation execution, maintaining strong client service standards and collaborating across departments to ensure smooth fulfillment of partnership assets. The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude, outstanding communication skills and the ability to build strong internal and external relationships. This position offers opportunities to develop skills in sports marketing, activation and client service within a fast-paced sports environment.

Key Responsibilities

Partnership Management & Activation Fulfillment

• Assist in managing day-to-day relationships with internal teams and partners
• Support the planning, execution and fulfillment of assigned partnership contracts, ensuring partners’ goals and objectives are met.
• Attend internal and partner meetings to review partnership fulfillment status, discuss opportunities, resolve issues and coordinate upcoming programs.
• Coordinate and support partner events such as game presentations, player appearances, speaking engagements, corporate outings and community outreach initiatives.
• Assist with the planning and execution of partnership assets, including in-venue signage, digital & social media, TV & radio assets, hospitality and experiential activations.

Cross-Departmental Collaboration & Communication

• Collaborate with internal departments (fan development, digital, ticketing, football operations, stadium operations, etc.) to ensure timely and successful delivery of all partnership elements.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong positive working relationships with corporate clients and co-workers.
• Support internal teams with logistical needs and ongoing project coordination.

Administrative & Reporting Support

• Maintain organized documentation and create recap reports to demonstrate activation success and ROI to partners.
• Compile partnership recaps, midseason updates and end-of-year reports for assigned accounts, highlighting activation performance and strategic insights.
• Support team efforts to track and fulfill partnership assets throughout contract periods.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, Marketing, Business or related field.
• 1-3 years of experience in sports marketing, client service, activation or agency work preferred.
• Strong work ethic, positive attitude and a proactive approach to tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to multi-task, work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Creative thinking in developing marketing and activation ideas.
• Comfortable speaking publicly and working in front of groups.
• Well-organized with keen attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 suite (Teams, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with CRM platforms (KORE or similar) and sponsorship systems (Activate) is a plus.
• Familiarity with market insights and valuation tools (YouGov, SponsorUnited, Relo Metrics) is helpful.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.