Responsibilities

• Own the life-cycle of the partnership:
• Onboard new partners by getting them familiar with the Lakers brand, NBA guidelines and begin relationship building
• Prepare contract breakdowns for each partner to provide details of assets and material deadlines as part of a proactive season planning process
• Coordinate the fulfillment of partner contractual obligations including media, signage, print, digital, social media, in and out of arena promotions, emerging demographic marketing, community relations, tickets and hospitality
• Prepare and develop thorough recap presentations for partners that showcase asset performance and strengths and opportunities that can be applied to future execution
• Utilize market research/analytics to evaluate best practices, category/sponsor trends and the competitive landscape to contribute to best-in-class activation plans
• Identify new solution-based concepts/ideas for potential and existing sponsors to maximize ROI
• Research and identify vendors to amplify activations and deliver innovative opportunities
• Maintain sponsorship rate card and show competency in ability to execute strategic, business minded asset pivots, as needed
• Capable of pulling and interpreting performance metrics for partner campaigns

Requirements

• A minimum of five (5) years’ full-time work experience (sports team activation experience preferred)
• CRM, Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite
• Strong attention to detail and ability to drive operational efficiencies
• Strong Interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates solution-oriented mindset that leads to compromise during conflict
• Natural mentorship skills
• Demonstrated track record of cross-functional work and breaking down barriers of communication
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and goals
• Proven ability to navigate office politics and create internal buy-in around new ideas
• Proven track record of prioritization, organization, and the ability to multi-task

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree (Marketing, Sports management or Business Administration preferred)
• People management/leadership experience preferred