Sponsorship Associate (External Agency Staff)

The Sponsorship Associate will be a critical member of the Sponsorship team, supporting the management and execution of League partners’ contractual agreements. This role will help manage the day-to-day requirements of League partners and work across the League to support initiatives with partners. 

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day responsibilities for managing a minimum of 8 partners
• Fulfilment of contractual deliverables in partner deals
• Fund management (Secure invoices, secure payment, track fund)
• Manage client's creative approval process 
• Work with PR, Brand, Legal, and applicable internal groups for alignment on partner programs
• Support on upsell deck development for sales pitches
• On-site activation lead and execute partner experiences at NFL events
• Cross-departmental support on projects to secure and execute partner deliverables (Pro Bowl, Honors, Kickoff, etc)
• Client hosting and building relationships for the future

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 1-3 years minimum experience in sports/agency or relevant experience
• Sales experience preferred
• Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• CRM (Salesforce/Dynamics)
• Adobe (Photoshop)

Other Key Attributes / Characteristics

• Self-starter with strong work ethic
• Team player
• Good communication skills
• Problem solver
• Creative thinker
• Good with time management
• Organized

Physical Demands

• Planning and executing partner programs at League events
• Hosting, hours talking and taking care of client needs

Travel

• Around planning and executing Global events (25% of time)

Terms / Expected Hours of Work

• Positions are required to work 40 hours per week. Work in this particular role may exceed 40 hours per week.
• Some weekend work for hosting clients and event management.
• This job posting is for a position with one of the NFL’s third-party agency partners that provides services to the NFL. The individual selected for this role will be an employee of that third-party agency and not the NFL. All compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment are handled by the agency. The assignment to provide services to the NFL will be limited in duration but may be extended for an additional period by agreement between the NFL and the agency.

Salary / Pay Range

This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.