Corporate Partnerships - Coordinator, Partnership Activation

The Coordinator, Corporate Partnership Activation will be responsible for providing a high level of service to both current and future Nashville Soccer Club corporate partners. Our ideal candidate has experience developing sophisticated, creative, and impact-driven partnership strategies. This position reports to and works directly with the Director, Corporate Partnerships for Nashville Soccer Club.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nurture authentic, meaningful relationships with partners.
• Develop sophisticated knowledge of your partner roster, learning and understanding the nuances of partner businesses.
• Construct written strategic planning documents for each of your partner accounts, outling unique success metrics and asset fulfillment timelines for each.
• Schedule and lead regular status calls with partners, ensuring ongoing communication with key partner contacts.
• Consistently deliver creative implementation recommendations for partners including retail activation, matchday activation, special event, and community outreach ideas.
• Insert oneself into the revenue generation process by identifying new opportunities to expand partner relationships, while assisting with the production of proposals and contracts.
• Annually review partner goals and define objectives, accompanied by the production of season-in-review documentation intended to recap each partnership in its entirety.
• Project and maintain annual partner budgets.
• Ensure all partnership elements comply with Club, stadium, and Major League Soccer commercial guidelines.
• Work matchdays, weekends, and special events at GEODIS Park (including concerts and other ancillary events) to entertain prospects and existing partners.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Business Management, Marketing, or Sports-related fields.
• Preferably two (2) years of relevant experience with demonstrated success in Agency, Brand Management, Marketing, or Sponsorship-related roles.
• Strong attention to detail including sound self-organization skills.
• Highly proactive communicator and self-starter who anticipates and solves challenges before the arise.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and verbal and written communication skills, with proven success working across internal departments.
• Must possess an innovative, strategic, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Relentless work ethic – Must be a team player with a “get the job done” attitude.
• Ability to flourish while under pressure, managing multiple partner projects and schedules amid changing expectations and deadlines.
• Experience using and working within Canva and the Microsoft Office product suite (Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Word, etc.).
• Experience using various sponsorship metric tracking softwares, including Blinkfire, Salesforce, etc.