Director of Sports Partnerships

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nevada.

📋 Description

• Implement a targeted sports sponsorship strategy for a designated portfolio of properties.

• Oversee activation and hospitality frameworks across brand marketing, omnichannel media, premier hospitality, and onsite experiential activations.

• Act as a subject-matter expert on trends in the sports business, competitive benchmarking, and emerging activation platforms.

• Identify, assess, and develop business cases for new partnership opportunities.

• Cultivate and sustain relationships with sports leagues, franchises, athletic talent, and agency partners.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on cross-promotional value, events, sports visitation, and brand loyalty.

• Monitor, analyze, and report on KPIs and contractual obligations.

• Coordinate campaign valuations, ROI analyses, and recap reports.

• Negotiate and commercially structure sponsorship agreements.

• Oversee contract lifecycle workflows, inventory allocation and fulfillment, account documentation, and executive presentation materials.

• Establish, forecast, and manage operational and activation budgets.

• Lead, manage, and mentor a junior team, including setting performance targets, evaluations, and workload distribution.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in entertainment, sports, events, or related fields.

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

• Experience in partnership management or a similar environment in sports, resort, entertainment, or sponsorship.

• Familiarity with Invite Manager and KORE Konnect.

🏝️ Benefits

• Wellness programs that promote mental and physical health.

• Discounts on hotel accommodations, dining, retail, entertainment, and exclusive partner benefits for travel and technology.

• Complimentary parking during and outside of shifts.

• Healthcare support.

• Financial assistance.

• Generous time-off options.

• Career development programs.

• Networking opportunities.

• Community volunteer initiatives.