Regional Flex League Representative

Universal Tennis; United States; On-site; USD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tiered commission

Flexible hours

Job summary

Universal Tennis is seeking a passionate local representative to grow UT Flex Leagues in your community. You will drive signups, maintain ongoing communication with players, and collaborate with clubs and coaches to expand engagement.

Support from UTR Sports with marketing tools and materials will help you execute outreach and events. You will own the growth plan, host meetings, and leverage digital channels to raise awareness.

Qualifications

• Active/established Tennis player and/or coach
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to own tasks from ideation to execution
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to convince/sell/recruit and network within tennis

Responsibilities

• Drive new players to sign up and play in Flex Leagues
• Communicate with existing players to keep them engaged
• Host meetings with local clubs, facilities, coaches and organizers
• Promote UT Flex Leagues via digital channels and on-site materials
• Distribute UT Flex Leagues collateral and signage in the local area
• Work with marketing team to implement promotions and ideas

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Digital marketing proficiency

Excellent written and verbal comms

Networking in tennis

Sales and recruitment

Education

Undergraduate degree preferred

Job description

Looking to work with UTR Sports and grow tennis in your community? UTR Sports Flex Leagues is a program where we pair local players up for a 5-week league. Players and their opponents are responsible for scheduling the ‘when’ and ‘where,’ and post their own scores when the matches are complete. Our team is very passionate about Flex Leagues and we are looking for equally passionate local individuals to bring Flex Leagues to their community. This individual will be a member of the UTR Sports team and have the opportunity to grow their Flex League and tennis in their community as a whole. Primary responsibilities involve driving new players to sign up and play in Flex Leagues as well as ongoing communication with existing players to keep them returning for more. UTR Sports will support you with marketing tools, promotions and ideas for you to drive growth in your area.

Services you’ll engage in

• Personal outreach via email, call and text to tennis contacts (i.e. players, friends, coaches, tennis influencers)
• Announcement email introducing yourself as our representative in your market + monthly email/text to members/players/coaches to promote the upcoming sessions
• Inclusion of UT Flex Leagues in your digital channels - ie, newsletters, FB/IG/twitter, etc.
• Hosting meetings with local clubs, facilities, tennis shops and key coaches or independent organizers to promote Flex Leagues and encourage referrals through these relationships.
• Driving in real-life awareness/brand building using on-site flyers, banners, netsigns, etc.
• Distribution of provided UT Flex Leagues collateral/signage and business cards at your facility and other local tennis facilities, shops, etc.

Requirements

• Active/established Tennis player and/or coach while showing passion for growing the game of tennis
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to own and complete tasks from ideation to execution to measurement
• An energetic, focused, charismatic, ambitious attitude and willing to do what it takes - the numbers tell a story
• Passion to educate and sell while focused on solutions - you’re not easily intimidated
• Digital/social marketing proficiency - twitter, IG, FB, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to convince/sell/recruit and network within tennis
• Ability to document and give feedback from clients to certain UTR team members
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Perfect follow through, extreme ownership, highly responsive
• Professionalism, integrity, honesty and ability to confidently represent UTR
• Preferred undergraduate college degree or appropriate 2+ years of professional experience

Benefits

This position will be a contract based position with a tiered commission structure. Hours are flexible.

UTR Sports Overview

The mission of UTR Sports is to make tennis more affordable, accessible and fun for all players, regardless of age, gender, level and socioeconomic status. The UTR Engagement Platform is anchored by the UTR Sports Rating (UTR) Powered by Oracle, the world’s most accurate singles and doubles tennis rating system; and provides the tools and solutions to make the UTR Sports Rating relevant and valuable to players, coaches and organizers in their local domain. UTR Sports is creating opportunities and pathways for players from all over the world, in all stages of life, to find better matches and unlock a more fun and flexible tennis experience. Today, UTR is the official rating of Tennis Channel, the ITA (the Intercollegiate Tennis Association), WTT (World TeamTennis), PTR (the Professional Tennis Registry), USPTA (the United States Professional Tennis Association), Orange Coach, Les Petits As, and many more. UTR Sports continues to grow in partnerships, features, services and players, resulting in the need for building a team of Flex League Managers across the United States.

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