Youth Soccer Partnerships & Event Sales

Rated Sports Group; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rated Sports Group is seeking a driven sales professional to expand youth soccer partnerships and drive event participation across tournaments, showcases, and ID camps. You will build relationships with club leaders, identify best-fit opportunities, and become the primary contact for partner accounts.

The role blends sales, business development, and relationship management with a focus on growing participation and multi-event opportunities across North America.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in sales, partnerships, business development, or account management.
• Experience within sports or youth soccer strongly preferred.
• Existing relationships within youth soccer are a major asset.
• Proven ability to meet or exceed sales targets.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable with outbound prospecting and developing new business.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with Executive Directors, Technical Directors, Directors of Coaching, Coaches, and Club Administrators.
• Serve as a key contact between Rated Sports and club partners.
• Conduct outreach via phone, email, meetings, events and industry networking.
• Understand each club’s competitive needs and connect teams with Rated Sports events.
• Develop long-term relationships driving repeat participation.
• Drive team registrations across tournaments, showcases and ID camps.
• Generate new club and team opportunities and convert prospects.
• Grow participation from existing club accounts and identify multi-event opportunities.
• Represent Rated Sports at tournaments, showcases, meetings and events.
• Maintain an organized sales pipeline and track outreach and conversions using CRM.

Skills

Sales experience

Relationship-building

Communication

Negotiation

Outb ond prospecting

Youth soccer connections

Sales targets

Job description

Rated Sports Group is one of North America’s leading youth sports event operators, delivering high-level tournaments, showcases, and ID camps designed to elevate competition and player exposure. With a growing footprint across North America, we work with clubs, academies, coaches, and soccer organizations to create high-quality event experiences.

We are looking for a driven, relationship-focused sales professional to join our team in Youth Sports Partnerships & Event Sales.

THE ROLE

This role is responsible for developing relationships with youth soccer clubs and organizations while driving team participation across the Rated Sports portfolio of tournaments, showcases, and ID camps.

You will serve as a key point of contact for club partners, helping identify the right competitive opportunities for their teams while building relationships that lead to repeat and multi-event participation.

This is a hands-on role combining sales, business development, account management, and relationship building.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain relationships with Executive Directors, Technical Directors, Directors of Coaching, Coaches, and Club Administrators
• Serve as a key point of contact between Rated Sports and club partners
• Conduct consistent outreach through phone calls, email, meetings, events, and industry networking
• Understand each club’s competitive needs and connect their teams with appropriate Rated Sports events
• Develop long-term relationships that drive repeat participation

Event Sales & Business Development

• Drive team registrations across Rated Sports tournaments, showcases, and ID camps
• Generate new club and team opportunities
• Convert prospective teams and clubs into registered participants
• Grow participation from existing club accounts
• Identify multi-event and premium showcase opportunities
• Meet and exceed individual sales targets and KPIs

Market Development

• Identify and onboard new clubs, academies, and soccer organizations
• Help expand Rated Sports into key youth soccer markets across North America
• Build relationships across the youth sports ecosystems
• Identify new markets, leagues, and growth opportunities
• Represent Rated Sports at selected tournaments, showcases, meetings, and industry events
• Maintain an organized and active sales pipeline
• Track outreach, conversations, opportunities, and conversions using CRM tools
• Develop account plans for priority clubs and strategic prospects
• Maintain consistent follow-up with prospective and existing partners
• Collaborate with marketing and event operations to support a strong customer experience

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of experience in sales, partnerships, business development, or account management
• Experience within sports or youth soccer strongly preferred
• Existing relationships within youth soccer are a major asset
• Proven ability to meet or exceed sales targets
• Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• Comfortable with outbound prospecting and developing new business

This is a full-time position offering a competitive base salary plus commission, with performance-driven earning potential tied to individual sales results and event growth.