Manager, Corporate Consulting

Background:

Founded in 1994, Genesco Sports Enterprises (GSE) provides strategic sponsorships consulting for its corporate clients and a wide array of activation services including social media engagement, sales program development, hospitality and meeting services, experiential marketing, research & insights, talent procurement and property negotiation. Our mission is to help our corporate clients grow their business by efficiently and effectively managing their sports sponsorships and investments. GSE is headquartered in Dallas, and has regional offices throughout the country.

Job Description:

GSE is looking for a dependable, innovative, organized, and self-motivated individual to manage a key client out of the Philadelphia area. The candidate will be leading sports-marketing for a brand with a strong tradition of activating its respective sports partnerships. This role will be responsible for presenting thought leadership, sports portfolio recommendations, investment planning and proactive business solutions to the client. This person will manage a partnership with a league and negotiate several team & athlete relationships. The Manager will help with strategic planning and activation for the brand, and collaborate with the client’s other agencies across media, PR, creative, etc. The ideal candidate will be a professional with the ability to communicate with key clients and partners; forward-thinking with an open mind to new ideas; and will have the ability to fit into the GSE work environment of extremely driven and dedicated individuals. This role will be a hybrid work environment, split between working out of the client’s offices and remote.

Responsibilities:

· Ensure/oversee the execution of all assets at a league, team, and athlete level

· Lead with asset tracking/activation processes across all local team sponsorships

· Lead with ticket management processes across all local team sponsorships

· Liaise between client and sports properties both nationally and in key markets

· Provide strategic recommendations & evaluations on team sponsorship proposals

· Assist with negotiating annual partnerships with teams

· Provide strategic recommendations with athlete talent annually

· Demonstrate experience in building out sponsorship models and recommendations for the client based on their goals and objectives

· Manage timelines as well as internal and external processes related to sponsorship negotiations and activation

· Develop meeting documents, presentation materials, and recaps

· Traffic all creative approvals for client’s sponsored properties and talent

· Work with GSE’s research department to develop in-market analysis that is used to guide investment recommendations and strategies for the client

· Assist with the measurement tools and reporting for local team sponsorships with GSE Research and Insights

· Support general account management, projects, events and other ad-hoc needs across all client properties

· As needed, assist in the development on new business pitches/strategy with the GSE Senior Leadership team

· Provide leadership to the clients on a daily basis

Requirements:

· Bachelor's degree

· 2-5 years sports sponsorship experience

· Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

· Ability to work independently and as a collaborative teammate

· Creative problem-solver and leader

· Excellent time management

· Strong organizational and communication skills with attention to detail

· Understanding of the sports marketing & sponsorship business

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office – Word, PowerPoint & Excel skills are required

· Positive and helpful attitude

· Ability to travel up to 25% (heavy in the NFL season and months leading into the season)

· Ability to lift at least 25lbs

· Must be able to attend key meetings and events, possibly including holidays and weekends

Compensation:

· Competitive salary, commensurate with experience

· Full benefits