Hybrid Partnerships Manager

Posted 3 months ago

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About the role

  • Partnerships Manager managing key partners within the global brands portfolio for football partnerships. Facilitating rights delivery and enhancing commercial value for clients in women's football.

Responsibilities

  • Day-to-day management of several partners across the UWF portfolio.
  • Ensure effective delivery of rights across the various competitions and supporting partners’ marketing activations and campaigns, with a planning-led approach.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with partners and stakeholders.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to commercial partners, guiding rights usage and marketing activations.
  • Coordinate and lead account status meetings and support with reporting and performance tracking across accounts.
  • Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including UEFA, UC3 and partner agencies, across areas including marketing, social, digital, CRM, commercial operations, ticketing and legal.
  • As required, travel within Europe to visit UEFA/UC3 and commercial partners.

Requirements

  • Proven experience (c. 5 years) of managing and activating partnerships for major brands within the sports environment, ideally within European football.
  • A strong ability to demonstrate partnership ROI through data analysis.
  • A proactive, can-do approach to account management, constantly interrogating our work and suggesting new solutions/opportunities which deliver value for partners.
  • Experience in building lasting working relationships with clients, sponsors and stakeholders, ‘a people person’.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Demonstrable ability to work and deliver, whilst remaining calm under pressure.
  • Excellent planning, time management and organisational skills with an eye for detail.
  • A thorough understanding of the sports sponsorship industry.
  • Fluent written and spoken English, other languages beneficial.

Benefits

  • Renowned Team Days often throughout the year
  • Summer Away Days
  • 23 standard days of holiday (+ 1 Birthday, +2 for a ‘Big Life Event’ and +1 Admin Day), closure of office over Christmas (plus Bank Holidays)
  • Discretionary Bonus based on company performance
  • Performance Reviews every 6 months with discretionary salary increases
  • Private healthcare (Vitality) and/or Health Care Plan (Medicash)
  • Mobile phone contribution
  • Sport Challenge contribution
  • Gym membership contribution
  • 2x annual kit drops

Job title

Partnerships Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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