Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.
Led by the late great Bill Nicholson, the Club became the first in England to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1961, and the first in the UK to win a European Trophy two years later. Spurs has since been home to some of the game’s great entertainers, including Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Gareth Bale, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.
In April 2019, the Club opened an iconic new stadium that sits at the heart of a £1billion sport-led regeneration of North Tottenham. The stadium is the largest football club stadium in London and is a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts, and other major events, plus visitor attractions including Stadium Tours and the Dare Skywalk.
The stadium development scheme has to date created more than 4,000 new jobs for local people, with circa £300m pumped into the local economy each year.
Tottenham Hotspur has:
* A clear strategy to develop talent from within its Academy, showcased by a strong track record of Academy players graduating to the first-team squad.
* A £100m state-of-the-art Training Centre that supports the Club’s ambition to attract, develop and retain the best talent.
* Commercial partnerships with globally recognised brands including AIA Group Limited (AIA), one of the world’s leading providers of life insurance services, and Nike, the world’s leading sports footwear and apparel company.
* A commitment to minimizing its environmental impact across Club operations, being named as the greenest in the Premier League for the past three years. Tottenham Hotspur is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, committing to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and become net zero carbon by 2040.
* An award-winning Foundation that is renowned for creating opportunities to help enhance the lives of people in its local community through education, employment, health, and social inclusion programmes.
The Club is seeking a partnership manager to manage a portfolio of existing partners.
JOB PURPOSE
* Tottenham Hotspur values its partners extremely highly; each one of them has made a significant investment in the Club. The Club services the needs of these partners through the Partnership Activation Department, whose primary role is to ensure Club Partners derive maximum value and business benefits from their investment.
* The Partnerships Activation Department is split into pods, each of which includes a number of Club partners. Typically, each of these pods has a Tier 1 Partner at its head as the most senior partner within its scope of responsibility. Tier 1 Partners include the Club’s Shirt Partner, Kit Provider, Sleeve Partner, Training Wear Partner and future Stadium Naming Rights Partner.
* The Partnerships Manager’s role is the day-to-day relationship management with each of the partners in their pod, working with them to develop partnership activation plans that support and integrate with their overall brand and marketing objectives.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* To provide first class day-to-day account management to Club partners including the delivery of all contractual obligations
* General relationship management of each of the Club’s partners
* To work with partners to create detailed marketing and partnership activation plans
* To oversee and deliver all partner branding at the Club and on Club communication channels including the Club’s LED advertising system
* To plan and help deliver all player/manager appearances on behalf of Club partners
* To implement research and measurement programmes that demonstrate return on partner investment and to develop and deliver to each partner on a monthly basis, reports that illustrate their ROI
* To explore on an on-going basis, opportunities to create and deliver further value to Club partners where appropriate
* To proactively ideate creative concepts for Club partners where appropriate
* To manage on a day-to-day basis, all other more junior members of the team as well as to support their training and development
* To support the Partnership Lead in planning and implementing the budget of the relevant pillar
* To support on an on-going basis, the Head of Partnerships Development by supplying them with case studies highlighting how the Club delivers value to partners
* To maintain a thorough understanding of the sponsorship marketplace to ensure the Club is fully informed of industry trends and well placed to maximise related opportunities
PERSON SPECIFICATION
* Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas.
* Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates.
* Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility.
* Ideally be a marketing graduate (or equivalent) with an understanding of brand marketing and the marketing mix including in the digital space
* Strong communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and clients alike
* Excellent account and project management skills
* Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
* Excellent word, excel and PowerPoint skills
* Self reliance, drive, energy, innovation, creativity and a strong focus on delivery
* Experience of managing a rights delivery programme, preferably in a sporting rights environment
* Demonstrable record in delivering effective marketing campaigns
* Languages an advantage but not essential
* A passion for sport and entertainment
Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS and reference checks for this role.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club welcomes applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
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