Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the client’s golf, and broader sports, sponsorship portfolio
• Build and cultivate strong relationships with clients, properties, talent, and vendors
• Lead consumer activation planning and execution for a tentpole event sponsorship, including vendor management, client approvals, and oversight of on-site staff
• Collaborate with partner marketing teams to develop and execute co-marketing programs, including oversight of sponsorship assets and partner communications/approvals
• Manage talent, including coordinating ambassador appearances, contracting non-ambassador talent and on-site handling
• Lead client and partner status calls, providing updates, tracking progress against deadlines, and defining next steps
• Provide POVs and strategic recommendations for activation concepts and partnership opportunities
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution
• Oversee key program elements from planning through execution
• Manage budgets, finance trackers, and program reconciliations

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant sponsorship and/or agency experience
• Proven experience in golf sponsorship industry preferred, but not required
• A strategic problem solver with demonstrated ability to work as part of a team to solve problems efficiently and independently
• Strong organizational and leadership skills, with a dedication to developing talent underneath and around you
• Experience delivering integrated sponsorship activations and campaigns
• Outstanding project management and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously and produce quality work within strict timelines
• Exceptional financial competence, including building, managing, and reconciling budgets
• Superior verbal and written communicator - able to scale and adapt communications for different audiences to optimally and succinctly articulate agency positioning and expertise
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word)
• Flexibility and willingness to travel domestically and work weekends or holidays as needed. Anticipated travel level: Moderate (20-40%)

Preferred

• Proven experience in golf sponsorship industry preferred, but not required