Vice President, Brand Marketing

New York, USA (On-site)

$200K/yr – $225K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive enterprise client partnerships and revenue growth in a senior agency leadership role focused on sports/entertainment brands.

  • Own revenue targets and growth strategy across assigned accounts
  • Must-have: 14+ years in agency/sponsorship leadership with enterprise portfolios
  • Standout: deep knowledge of sports, music, entertainment trends to unlock opportunities

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as executive business lead across your client accounts.
  • Develop and champion multi-year partnership visions tied to enterprise-level objectives.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior and C-suite stakeholders
  • Identify systemic business challenges and frame opportunities that position the agency as indispensable.
  • Maintain executive-level visibility into client health, competitive positioning, and category evolution.
  • Ensure deep client understanding across the portfolio—anchoring strategy in business realities, organizational dynamics, and market context.
  • Own revenue targets and growth strategy across assigned accounts.
  • Lead expansion planning across new markets, business units, and capabilities.
  • Identify whitespace opportunities and drive cross-sell integration.
  • Oversee renewal strategy, contract negotiations, and long-term commercial frameworks.

Requirements

  • 14+ years of experience in agency, sponsorship marketing, or brand leadership roles.
  • Experience working with leagues/teams across NBA, NHL or MLS a plus
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale or enterprise-level client portfolios.
  • Proven success driving substantial revenue growth and retention.
  • Strong commercial negotiation and long-term contract experience.
  • Significant experience mentoring senior business leaders.

Preferred

  • Experience with industry & cultural expertise across sports, music, entertainment, and culture to identify emerging opportunities and right-fit deals.
  • Executive presence with ability to influence C-suite stakeholders.
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Excel Sports Management

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Excel Sports Management is an industry-leading management and marketing agency that represents top-tier talent, blue-chip brands and marquee properties. Established in 2002, Excel is based in New York City and has offices in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Chicago and London .

Founded in 2002
USA
890 employees (153 in marketing)
100% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
29.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.9%
Direct
50.8%
Referral
7.7%
Social
4.3%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~890

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
135 (15% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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