Corporate Partnerships - Coordinator, Partnership Activation

RiseMe; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nashville Soccer Club is seeking a Coordinator, Corporate Partnership Activation to deliver service to current and future corporate partners in Nashville. You will develop sophisticated partnership plans, write strategic documents, and lead calls with partners to ensure activation success.

The role emphasizes proactive communication, attention to detail, and collaboration across departments to drive revenue and meet sponsor goals at GEODIS Park.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Marketing, or Sports-related fields.
• 2 years of relevant experience in Agency, Brand Management, Marketing, or Sponsorship roles.
• Strong attention to detail and self-organization.
• Proactive communicator who anticipates and solves challenges.
• Excellent verbal and written communication across internal teams.
• Innovative, strategic, and solutions-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Nurture authentic, meaningful relationships with partners.
• Develop knowledge of partner roster and business nuances.
• Create written strategic plans with success metrics and asset timelines.
• Schedule and lead regular status calls with partners.
• Provide creative implementation ideas for activation and events.
• Identify opportunities to expand partner relationships and assist with proposals.
• Annually review partner goals and produce season-in-review documents.
• Project and maintain annual partner budgets.
• Ensure compliance with Club, stadium, and MLS guidelines.
• Support matchdays and events at GEODIS Park to engage prospects and partners.

Skills

Communication

Detail-oriented

Proactive

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Problem-solving

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Marketing, or Sports-related fields

Tools

Canva

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Word

Blinkfire

Salesforce

Job description

The Coordinator, Corporate Partnership Activation will be responsible for providing a high level of service to both current and future Nashville Soccer Club corporate partners. Our ideal candidate has experience developing sophisticated, creative, and impact-driven partnership strategies. This position reports to and works directly with the Director, Corporate Partnerships for Nashville Soccer Club.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nurture authentic, meaningful relationships with partners.
• Develop sophisticated knowledge of your partner roster, learning and understanding the nuances of partner businesses.
• Construct written strategic planning documents for each of your partner accounts, outling unique success metrics and asset fulfillment timelines for each.
• Schedule and lead regular status calls with partners, ensuring ongoing communication with key partner contacts.
• Consistently deliver creative implementation recommendations for partners including retail activation, matchday activation, special event, and community outreach ideas.
• Insert oneself into the revenue generation process by identifying new opportunities to expand partner relationships, while assisting with the production of proposals and contracts.
• Annually review partner goals and define objectives, accompanied by the production of season-in-review documentation intended to recap each partnership in its entirety.
• Project and maintain annual partner budgets.
• Ensure all partnership elements comply with Club, stadium, and Major League Soccer commercial guidelines.
• Work matchdays, weekends, and special events at GEODIS Park (including concerts and other ancillary events) to entertain prospects and existing partners.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Business Management, Marketing, or Sports-related fields.
• Preferably two (2) years of relevant experience with demonstrated success in Agency, Brand Management, Marketing, or Sponsorship-related roles.
• Strong attention to detail including sound self-organization skills.
• Highly proactive communicator and self-starter who anticipates and solves challenges before the arise.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and verbal and written communication skills, with proven success working across internal departments.
• Must possess an innovative, strategic, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Relentless work ethic – Must be a team player with a “get the job done” attitude.
• Ability to flourish while under pressure, managing multiple partner projects and schedules amid changing expectations and deadlines.
• Experience using and working within Canva and the Microsoft Office product suite (Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Word, etc.).
• Experience using various sponsorship metric tracking softwares, including Blinkfire, Salesforce, etc.