Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of sponsors’ contractual elements, including but not limited to traditional media assets, in-market promotions, in-arena activation, hospitality, experiential, and community programs
• Develop and deliver effective and measurable sponsorship platforms for sponsors by managing expectations, communicating timelines, and ensuring contractual asset fulfillment
• Use a variety of methods and resources to creatively engage with, and enhance partner relationships, using industry knowledge and brand awareness to overcome challenges, create business opportunities, and exceed company objectives
• Develop creative, mutually beneficial activation plans across ticketing, digital content, marketing, and community initiatives
• Develop template and plan per sponsor to demonstrate ROI of marketing partnership initiatives and oversee development of mid-year and year-end partnership recaps and case studies.
• Contribute to overall department revenue goals through current sponsor partnership renewals and upselling opportunities
• Maintain accurate reporting processes, CRM database (Salesforce/KORE), procedures and partner database management
• Liaison between corporate partnerships and Maine Mariners foundation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required (preferably in Marketing or Sports Management)
• 7+ years of professional sports sponsorship experience in a high-performance sponsorship environment, executing against multiple deals within property portfolio
• Availability to work non-traditional hours—nights, weekends, and holidays—in sync with the ECHL calendar
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with corporate clients and co-workers
• Strong project management, cross-functional leadership, and deep analytical capabilities for post-event reporting
• Creative problem solver with the ability to quickly understand brands/partners’ business models and how to grow their business
• Highly driven self-starter, with ability to work independently without supervision, exercise discretion and independent judgment and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Salesforce and KORE; Canva experience is a plus

Preferred

• Canva experience is a plus