Partnership Content Strategy Lead

San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The San Jose Earthquakes are seeking a Manager, Partnership Content Strategy to elevate how we present partnership stories in pitches, proposals, and renewals.

You will own the quality and consistency of partnership presentations, build templates for key buyer personas, develop testimonial materials, and manage multiple projects with a service-oriented mindset, reporting to the Vice President of Sponsorships.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years' experience in marketing, design, content, agency, sports, or partnership sales.
• Strong presentation development skills in Canva; Photoshop or Adobe Creative Suite preferred.
• Ability to create product and asset mockups for partner proposals required.

Responsibilities

• Support every partnership sale, renewal and upsell with best-in-class decks, proposals, and renewal presentations
• Develop, adopt, and evolve the Quakes partnership story
• Develop strategic partnerships revenue generating collateral (pitch presentations, overview decks, use cases, recaps, etc.)
• Own Canva (or future presentation platform) as the team’s presentation tool, improving deck quality, consistency, and turnaround time with an eye towards process improvement.
• Create and maintain deck templates specialized to core partner personas
• Build the first version of each idea decks and proposals from rep requests
• Lead initial drafts of tailored proposals, including required custom mockups
• Build and maintain a library of storytelling elements: partner testimonials, fan survey data, asset libraries, success stories, campaign results, and Quakes business updates
• Collaborate closely with the Manager, Partnerships AI Operations on developing streamlined process throughout the sales cycle.
• Contribute to brainstorms and ideation collaborating with key internal departments and stakeholders
• Internally source, gathering, organizing, and verifying data to develop sponsor programs and sales materials
• Serve as the primary relationship liaison to data vendors such as Navigate, YouGov, and Sponsor United to ensure the team has real-time data (valuations, audience/demographic, consumer insights, etc.).

Skills

Marketing experience

Design experience

Content creation

Partnership sales exposure

Canva proficiency

Tools

Canva

Photoshop

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

The San Jose Earthquakes are seeking a Manager, Partnership Content Strategy to elevate how we present partnership stories in pitches, proposals, and renewals.

You will own the quality and consistency of partnership presentations, build templates for key buyer personas, develop testimonial materials, and manage multiple projects with a service-oriented mindset, reporting to the Vice President of Sponsorships.