Manager – Sports Brand Solutions
| Company | The Walt Disney Company |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Monica, CA, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $103500 – $145400 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- 5+ years related work experience
- Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires a high level of responsiveness.
- Proficient with Outlook, PowerPoint, Keynote, Word, and Excel
- Excellent written, verbal and listening communication skills
- An optimistic, solution-oriented, team player who leads by example
Responsibilities
- Develop multimedia sponsorship packages for NBA properties across TV, Digital, Social and On-Site activation platforms
- Serve as Ad Sales liaison to Production/Content
- Serve as a point person aggregating intel, managing timelines, and ultimately delivering completed opportunities to sales/clients
- Assist respective Executive Director and Senior Manager with their efforts to drive sponsorship opportunities across TV and digital platforms for NBA
- Acts as first line of defense to Associate Manager & Coordinator
- Grow and develop relationships with content and league partners
- Collaborate directly with content partners on sponsor opportunities and positions
- Manages all aspects of the on-air feature enhancement process
- Manage the creation of sponsorship related graphics and similar assets from start to finish, in partnership with colleagues in Sports Brand Solutions and Creative Services.
- Assist in creation and distribution of linear and addressable sales obligations
- Maintains current awareness of competitive sponsorship marketplace
- Researches and creates customized added value opportunities to maximize advertising sales revenue
- Provides recommendations on deal point letters on front end of negotiation
- Participates with Management in understanding more complex issues and resolutions
- Attend client meetings and participate on client calls, as needed
- Build multimedia sponsorship opportunities and manage execution of cross-platform deals
- Research and respond to RFP’s
- Obligations, proactive pitch materials, pricing requests, competitive reviews, etc.
- Coordination with Production, Digital Content, Programming, CreativeWorks, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in digital media sales preferred
- Experience in sports marketing, sales, or partnerships preferred
- Thorough understanding of NBA landscape
- Detail oriented and strong time management skills
- High level of creativity
- Strong written and presentation skills
- High level of customer service
- Self-starter with ability to work independently, while being accountable to team
- Flexibility to travel during week and weekends. Work is primarily in an office environment, with occasional event travel.