Sponsorship & Partnership Activation Lead

goldenstate; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision benefits

401K match

Generous PTO including vacation and p.

Warriors home tickets

Job summary

Golden State is seeking a Manager, Partnership Development to lead sponsorship activation and account management for corporate partners. Based onsite in San Francisco, you will collaborate with internal teams to ensure top-tier execution, while identifying new opportunities and driving renewals.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in sports sponsorship or account management, with strong communication, relationship-building, and strategic marketing skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 5 years of corporate sponsorship and/or account management experience, preferably within the sports industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite/Google Suite.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with clients and peers at all levels within the organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, service, and resolution skills.
• Skilled understanding of social media marketing and the digital space.
• Excellent problem solving, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to balance multiple projects at once in a fast-paced work environment.

Responsibilities

• Fulfill sponsorship agreements with corporate partners by collaborating with internal teams to ensure a high level of execution, customer service and fulfillment of all deliverables within budget parameters.
• Build and sustain strong corporate partner and agency relationships.
• Develop and implement new and creative marketing/activation strategies, methodologies and tactics based on corporate partner needs, research, data, success rates, and market trends to meet corporate partners goals and objectives and ensure 100% client satisfaction.
• Identify, present and sell new activation opportunities to assigned accounts; drive renewal revenue by using internal resources and sales strategies.
• Manage partnership details via CRM system.
• Create and present execution recaps and selling presentations.
• Plan and deliver events, promotions and VIP experiences.
• Attend Warriors home games, and special events.
• Identify, present, and sell opportunities across all Golden State properties to assigned accounts.

Job description

Golden State is seeking a Manager, Partnership Development to lead sponsorship activation and account management for corporate partners. Based onsite in San Francisco, you will collaborate with internal teams to ensure top-tier execution, while identifying new opportunities and driving renewals.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in sports sponsorship or account management, with strong communication, relationship-building, and strategic marketing skills.