Sports Partnerships Manager: Strategy, Activations & Growth

Edelman; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental insurance

401K

Paid time off

Travel assistance

Wellness programing

Job summary

DJEH is seeking a Manager, Sports Partnerships to lead the strategy and execution of sports partnerships and activations. The role focuses on translating client business objectives into compelling marketing programs and maintaining strong partner relationships across leagues, teams and rights holders.

You will collaborate with internal teams and agencies to create activation ideas, manage budgets, and deliver high-quality client recommendations and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3–5 years of relevant experience within a sports marketing or partnership context.
• Strong knowledge of the sports industry, teams, leagues, and rights holders.
• Experience managing projects and workstreams with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with direct client or partner interaction and relationship building.
• Strategic and creative thinking linking client goals to sports/culture opportunities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills for client work.
• Strong organizational and project management capabilities in fast-paced settings.
• Ability to drive work forward independently and engage leadership as needed.
• Strong research and analytical skills translating industry trends into insights.
• Familiarity with budgets, pricing structures, and account financial management.
• Existing relationships with brands, teams, leagues, or rights holders is a plus.
• Experience mentoring junior team members is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and key workstreams from strategic development through execution and launch, ensuring timely, on-budget delivery.
• Understand clients’ businesses and objectives to identify strategic opportunities within sports.
• Serve as day-to-day client contact, building trusted relationships and providing proactive guidance.
• Maintain relationships with rights holders, leagues, teams, properties, talent representatives, agencies, vendors, and external partners.
• Develop activation ideas that integrate brands into sports and communicate key messages to audiences.
• Translate client objectives into work plans, timelines, deliverables, and budget parameters.

Skills

Sports marketing

Partnerships

Project management

Client service

Strategic thinking

Relationship management

Job description

DJEH is seeking a Manager, Sports Partnerships to lead the strategy and execution of sports partnerships and activations. The role focuses on translating client business objectives into compelling marketing programs and maintaining strong partner relationships across leagues, teams and rights holders.

You will collaborate with internal teams and agencies to create activation ideas, manage budgets, and deliver high-quality client recommendations and dashboards.