Location: Sarasota / Lakewood Ranch, FL
Reports to: Head of Marketing
Employment Type: Full-Time
Start Date: January 2026
Compensation: $40 - $50,000 per year depending on experience. PTO, incentives and educational opportunities.
About Sarasota Paradise
Sarasota Paradise is Sarasota & Manatee County’s professional soccer club, joining USL League One in 2026. We play our home games at the Premier Sports Campus (3,500 seat main stadium). We are here to bring people together, create a pathway to the biggest stages of the world, and put our community on the global map. Our goal is simple: create a club that wins on the field and wins in the community.
The Role
We are looking for a high-energy, execution-focused Marketing Coordinator who loves soccer (or is ready to fall in love with it) and wants to own big pieces of our fan-growth engine in year one of professional play.
Day-to-Day You Will:
- Lead our street team & grassroots activation crew – getting out in Sarasota, Manatee, Bradenton, Venice, Siesta Key, Lido, Anna Maria, and beyond to spread the Paradise vibe
- Create or coordinate graphics and short-form video content (depending on your strengths – Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, etc.)
- Recruit, train, and manage our marketing interns and game-day promotional staff
- Build, schedule, and optimize email & SMS campaigns in ActiveCampaign (or quickly learn it if you know another CRM well)
- Execute campaigns across digital, social, partnerships, and community events
- Track results obsessively and suggest tests to beat last month’s numbers
- Jump on whatever else makes sense based on your background (photography, influencer outreach, TikTok/Reels strategy, etc.)
You’ll Thrive Here If You Have:
- 1–4 years of marketing experience (sports, entertainment, agency, or startup background is a huge plus)
- Hands-on experience with ActiveCampaign (or another major CRM – Klaviyo, HubSpot, Mailchimp Enterprise, etc.)
- Proficiency in Canva at minimum; bonus points for Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere)
- Proven success running email marketing or automation sequences
- Comfort managing people (interns, part-timers, street team)
- A “get stuff done” mentality – we move fast and measure everything
- Passion for (or curiosity about) soccer and building fandom from the ground up
What We Offer:
- Paid time off + all home game tickets + gear
- Opportunity to grow quickly – we are a startup-minded club; top performers move up fast
- Chance to help build a professional USL club from scratch
Selection Process:
Top candidates will complete a short behavioral & cognitive assessment (Predictive Index) to ensure great team fit. We don’t care about age, gender, race, where you went to school, or what you look like – we care about how you think, how you execute, and how well you’ll mesh with our current high-output team.
How to Apply:
Apply directly on TeamWork Online with:
- Resume
- A short cover letter (non-AI) or Loom video telling us why you + Sarasota Paradise = magic
- 2–3 examples of marketing work you’re proud of (graphics, email campaigns, videos, street-team activations, etc.)
We can’t wait to meet the person who helps put 3,000+ fans in the stands screaming for Paradise in 2026.
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Sarasota Paradise is an equal opportunity employer.
