Sponsorship Manager

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Specd Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JOB TITLE**:Sponsorship Manager

**REPORTS TO**: Head of Marketing

**PURPOSE**:
To manage partner, ambassador, and sponsor relations, ensuring that all needs are attended to and also explore improvements to sponsorship agreements.

To build and execute a sponsorship strategy and ensure all relationships are fully leveraged to achieve maximum brand exposure for World Sports Betting.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**:

- Manage all elements of the sponsorship activity press conferences, promotional activity e.g., pre-event publicity stunts, hospitality programmes, branding requirements, use of sponsors' products, media management etc.
- Implementing any media-related activity as appropriate
- Monitoring ambassador activities to ensure they are in line with contractual obligations.
- Assisting with the management of events supporting areas such as event branding, activations and hospitality, media relations and all consumer interaction points.
- Recording all aspects of the sponsorship activity to help evaluate the success, or otherwise, of the activity against a number of pre-set key performance indicators, KPIs.
- Liaising on an everyday basis with sponsors, ambassadors, and partners.
- Relationship building and networking with clients, colleagues, selected media, and rights holders.
- Being part of a team that has responsibility for the success of all events and activations linked to the sponsorship and undertaking allocated tasks that contribute to this success.
- Preparing regular sponsorship reports.
- Regularly liaising with suppliers who contribute goods or services for an event, ensuring that the quality, price, and delivery schedule are in line with pre-set standards and limits.- Collating and analysing resultant media coverage.- Assisting the sponsor with any internal employee engagement activity which might be part of the sponsorship plan.- Taking responsibility for the measurement and recording of all of aspects of the sponsorship that have been identified as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) against which the performance of the sponsorship will be assessed.- Undertaking research for new business proposals and contributing material for presentations to potential new sponsors and/or ambassadors.- Doing whatever it takes to make a sponsorship successful

**PREFERRED SKILLS**:
- B-com degree.- 5+ years work experience in sports and/or sponsorship marketing.- Digital media experience.- Excellent professional analytical, writing, and interpersonal skills.- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while supporting team responsibilities and goals.- Deadline driven.- Strong negotiation skills.- Drivers License.

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