Partnership Marketing Manager

Unrivaled Sports; New York (NY); Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A national youth sports platform seeks a Partnership Marketing Manager to manage and enhance partner relationships and activations. This role involves liaising with internal teams to drive partner growth while ensuring top-notch communication and project management. The ideal candidate should possess a bachelor's degree and 3-6 years of relevant marketing or campaign experience, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and relationship building. A remote position located in Hub Cities is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of partner marketing, account management, or campaign experience.
• Proven expertise in developing and delivering integrated marketing campaigns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as day-to-day contact for current partners, onboarding and managing relationships.
• Manage activation schedule and execute activations with stakeholders.
• Liaise with venue and league operators to understand needs.

Skills

Partner relationship management

Integrated marketing campaigns

Communication skills

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field

MBA preferred

Job description

Job Title: Partnership Marketing Manager

Entity: Unrivaled Sports

Reports To: Senior Director of Partnership Marketing

Location: Remote, but located in our Hub Cities (NYC preferred)

About Us

Unrivaled Sports is a national youth sports platform dedicated to delivering the best, most memorable experiences for young athletes across the country — powered by 15 premier venues, 700,000+ athletes annually, and 2 million yearly visitors. With unmatched scale, premium facilities, and a commitment to elevating the athlete experience, Unrivaled is building a national youth sports brand, with the continued buildout of a best-in-class partner portfolio that enhances every touchpoint of the athlete and family journey.

About the Role

The Partnership Marketing Manager will play an integral role supporting Unrivaled Sports’ growing portfolio of national strategic partnerships. This role will play a prominent role in managing partner relationships and best in class partner activations with an eye towards maximizing partner-specific value. This position will also interface with various departments across the company to support partnership initiatives, and help drive partner growth and retention. This role reports to the Senior Director of Partnership Marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as day-to-day contact for current partners, onboarding and managing relationships
• Manage activation schedule; calendaring, planning and executing activations working with key internal and external stakeholders
• Liaise with the Unrivaled Sports network of venue and league operators to understand specific constraints and needs
• Work with the Partnership Marketing team members to enhance current partnership activations, identify new revenue opportunities, and provide additional strategic value for partnerships
• Maintain benchmarks and collect & report documentation of partnership activity, including content and data

Education & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field. MBA preferred
• 3-6 years of partner marketing, account management, or campaign experience, ideally with a league, agency or team.
• Proven expertise in developing and delivering integrated marketing campaigns and events
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and strong cross-functional and partner relationship skills
• Proven project management, communication, and organization; detail-oriented and deadline-driven
• Collaborative team player excited to support a mission-driven organization during a high-growth phase