Company Background:
Playfly Sports is the full-service, leading sports marketing and media company that enables brands to engage with sports fans on a local, regional, and national level through scaled linear, digital, and experiential assets. Playfly Sports drives outcome-based solutions into 90-million households via more than 7,800 live U.S. broadcasts of MLB, NBA, and NHL games; and influences sports fans of all ages through the management of college and high school multimedia rights, uniform branding, and high-profile sports sponsorship platforms. The company introduces high school and college students to career development opportunities in esports through Playfly Esports, operators of North America’s largest college esports league. Playfly Sports has the unique ability to partner, innovate, and advance the aspirations of athletes, brands, academic institutions, and sports fans across the U.S. Playfly Sports is Powered by Partnership. Visit Playfly Sports online at playfly.com.
Why You Should Join Playfly:
Playfly is a brand-new player in the sports and esports space and we are looking to expand our team! At Playfly you will work with a highly engaged and collaborative team. Join a company with a leadership team that values ideas, innovation, and different perspectives. At Playfly, we recognize we are only as good as the people we have working here! We provide excellent benefits including a generous time off package, health, and dental insurance, paid parental leave and a 401k plan just to name a few. We also provide you with an environment where you can demonstrate your strengths and gain knowledge to propel your career and continue growing.
Job Summary:
The Sales Coordinator is responsible for supporting Premier Partnerships’ East Region sales team on some of the most prestigious and high-profile sponsorship projects in the sports & entertainment industry. The primary day-to-day focus will be to assist the sales team with market analysis, prospecting research, and business development strategies. This position will have the unique opportunity to work directly with key industry executives, both internally and externally, while contributing throughout the entire sales process.
Essential Functions:
- Support East Region sales team with new business and sponsorship efforts
- Work closely with Consulting and Insights team to help identify new prospects for marquee assets
- Participate in client and prospect meetings, presentations, and ideation sessions;
- Collaborate with Marketing Services team to create, cultivate and activate new business opportunities
- Prospect for, outreach, and follow up with business leads
- Handle special projects and strategic sales initiatives as directed by the Vice President
- Develop strong internal relationships to assist with cross-team collaboration
- Be open and eager to learn new sales skills
Minimum Qualifications:
- A minimum of 1 year in sports sponsorship, sports sales or other related sales experience
- Knowledge of and interest in the sports sponsorship industry landscape
- Understanding of brand, traditional media, digital and social media, and marketing concepts
- Strong research, organizational & analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to form strong relationships with colleagues, clients, and other sports & entertainment organizations
- Must maintain a positive attitude, professionalism, integrity, motivation and a strong work ethic
- A minimum level of education: Bachelor of Arts/Sciences Degree (4-year accredited institution)
Compensation includes salary, incentive targets and company benefits.
The pay range for this role is $45,000 to $50,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
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.
