Account Manager, Partnership Marketing

Position: Account Manager
Division: Partnership Marketing, Brands
Reports To: Account Director
Location: New York City
Salary: $80K-$90K annually

Company

Allied Sports launched in 2019 with a singular mission - to lead modern marketers in the undeniable shift from Sponsor to Storyteller. Today, we are an independent, full-service agency operating from the Allied Global Marketing network. Led by industry veterans with a rookie spirit, our award-winning team helps buyers and sellers in sports find, negotiate, and activate high-performing partnerships. Sports Business Journal named Allied Sports one of the Best Places to Work in Sports in 2023 and 2024, and Front Office Sports named the agency among the Best Employers in Sports for 2024.

At Allied Sports, we let our values speak louder than our value proposition.

• Driven - All grit, no quit. We love what we do and use that drive to help our clients win every day.
• Versatile - Built for change. We strive for continuous improvement; progress, not perfection.
• Meticulous - Do the corners because details matter. Little things done well make big things happen.
• Real - We lead with transparency and vulnerability to empower teammates who feel heard and seen.
• One - We, not me. We always put team first and find every opportunity to reward the assist.

Opportunity

Allied Sports is hiring an Account Manager to join our Partnership Marketing team. We are looking for a motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic person to join our team to lead day-to-day management of a Partnership Marketing client's sponsorship portfolio.

Responsibilities

The position of Account Manager is client-facing and expected to maintain an in-depth understanding of clients' businesses and forge partnerships with client-side counterparts, partners and vendors.

• Lead day to day management of clients' sports team and venue portfolio primarily focused on asset allocation and utilization as well as contract execution.
• Lead development and execution of customer hosting programs. This will include, but is not limited to: preparing presentations, event materials, communications, and event briefings, recaps/reporting to be distributed to a C-Suite level audience, the client, agencies, vendors and/or other counterparts.
• Coordinate and manage activation programming with client functional teams and relevant agency partners in connection with client's sponsorship platforms.
• Provide strategic thinking and POVs. Specific initiatives could include asset allocation, event activation development, customer engagement, hospitality programming, media integration strategy, etc.
• Manage client-vendor relationships and coordinate necessary deliverables on behalf of client.
• Manage project budgets and invoicing deadlines.
• Lead key meetings with internal & external constituents.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience across specific disciplines such as sponsorship, asset management, hospitality, customer hosting, and C-suite engagement.
• Experience in the professional/ collegiate sports landscape or music space.
• Ability to effectively project manage multiple deliverables under tight deadlines.
• Proactive, self-starter with ability to think strategically and tactically; can problem solve independently.
• Experience with on-site event management and event execution.
• Desire and confidence to present materials to clients and C-Suite executives.
• Excellent time management, written and verbal communication skills to communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally.
• Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (in particular PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Able to work weekend, holiday and non-traditional hours, as required.

Considerations

• Base salary range in New York, NY: $80K-90K annually
• This represents the salary range that Allied Sports, in good faith, might be willing to pay for this job at the time of this posting. Actual base salary depends on several factors, including market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), and level of responsibility. Allied Sports expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Allied Sports would consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range only in truly exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials, or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position.
• Hybrid schedule: Office in New York, NY with 3 days in-office (Tues-Thurs) and 2 days remote (Mon & Fri)

Allied Sports is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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