Hybrid Manager, Brands

at Wasserman

• Job title: Manager, Brands
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $70,000 - $73,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: React
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Brooklyn, United States

About the role

• Manager in Brands division overseeing partnerships, executing programs in retail, social, and digital. Responsible for client satisfaction and strategic growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Leads the day-to-day management of select partnerships, with responsibility for crafting, executing, and measuring key retail, social, digital, and experiential programs.
• Supports the research and strategy work leading into key partnership renewals and assists the internal team with partner negotiations.
• Oversees activation budgets for the client’s sponsorships, with responsibility for internal tracking and reconciliation.
• Takes on specialized roles or projects, including working with third party vendors and partner agencies to execute client programs.
• Leads event logistics planning, implementation, and execution as applicable.
• Performs research and analysis of various demographics and statistics to help inform strategies and initiatives.
• Monitors media, trends and changing sports, entertainment, and cultural landscape to keep company executives and team members aware and to maintain Wasserman’s position as the most knowledgeable in the industry.
• Works creatively with client team members to develop decks and report materials.
• Coordinates client and company programs through various tools such as email, phone calls, and conference calls.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• NBA experience required
• 6+ years relevant experience with minimum 4 years of direct experience in account and project management (preferably in the sports or entertainment field).
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Suite, particularly with PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Must be able to multi-task and self-manage to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities.
• Must be flexible and comfortable to assume multiple roles as needed by the team.
• Possess exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Carries out responsibilities with minimal direction.
• Motivated, goal-oriented, persistent, and a skilled negotiator.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Ability to think creatively in a team environment.
• Must be flexible and react calmly under stressful circumstances.

Benefits

• competitive base salary plus bonus potential
• committed to making a meaningful difference and driving real change when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion.