Strong Side Sports & Entertainment
Partnerships Executive
Strong Side Sports & Entertainment - Director
Dallas · TX · Hybrid
Sponsorship Services/Activation · Corporate Partnerships · Corporate Sponsorship Servicing - US
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Company Overview
Strong Side Sports & Entertainment specializes in growing our clients’ business through sports, entertainment and live event marketing. And we are really good at it...but we need help.
We’re looking for the next key member of our team – a Partnership Executive who has a passion for sports and entertainment marketing and uses their experience to develop and execute strategic partnerships for their clients. We are not a sales agency. We sit exclusively on the buy side of the negotiating table. We have an outstanding roster of clients and we take great pride in helping them manage their financial investments and ensuring that they get every penny of value out of each of their partnerships.
If you’re an experienced professional looking for an opportunity to join a small team with big dreams, we want you on our squad.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day client projects to ensure that sports and entertainment partnership needs are met and clients are serviced appropriately
- Act as liaison between clients and sports/entertainment properties
- Prepare client status reports, coordinate and actively present in client status meetings
- Lead the creation of briefing documents that detail and explain all contracted partnership assets and present them to partner agency creative teams
- Become proficient with Strong Side's proprietary valuation model, and use it to assist clients
with proposal evaluation and negotiation - Monitor and report on competitive activity in the sports and entertainment industries
- Work in collaboration with other team members to source, research, prepare and present pitch documents for new business opportunities
- Frequent in-market travel to client sports and entertainment events, activations, and meetings
- Occasional out-of-market travel to facilitate client sports and entertainment activations
- Facilitate event logistics, including on-site setup and breakdown as needed
Attributes
- Visionary Drive: A high-integrity leader with intrinsic motivation to exceed expectations. Demonstrates a relentless pursuit of excellence and the ability to play a key part in our company’s growth journey.
- Operational Accuracy: A detail expert and “buttoned-up” professional who maintains impeccable standards of quality.
Reliability: a high-stakes performer who thrives under pressure. Exercises sound judgement in time-sensitive environments, ensuring our team consistently his critical milestones and deadlines. - Resourcefulness: A proactive strategist who identifies opportunity and mitigates risk with minimal oversight. Ability to solve complex problems and operate efficiently with limited resources as necessary.
- Versatility: A dynamic executive capable of pivoting between high-level strategy and operational detail.
- Positive Attitude: Non-negotiable for us at Strong Side. An energetic, resilient leader with a can-do, solutions-first mindset. Must possess the emotional intelligence to assist in maintaining our high performance, growth-oriented company culture.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in advertising or marketing-related field
- A minimum of 8 to 10 years of relevant marketing experience
- Previous experience working for or with professional sports teams, college athletics and live
events or for a sports marketing agency is preferred - Must be available to work from our office in Dallas, TX
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Job Questions:
Excellent communication and attention to detail are necessary for this role. Give us your most relevant example of when you’ve worked directly for or with a sports team or organization and had to handle multiple projects at one time, giving them all your complete attention and executing them to their fullest potential.
This role will work directly with tribal casino and resort clients. Please confirm that this is not an issue.
Strong Side is a work from the office company. We are not remote or hybrid. Please confirm that you are willing to work from our Dallas-based office a minimum of four days per week, with Fridays being flexible in office or WFH. (If you do not currently live in Dallas, relocation would be required).
What is your current salary and what level of compensation are you looking for in your next role?
Extra credit: What is your most memorable sports experience and why?
