Job Description
Position: Director, Corporate Consulting for FIFA World Cup 26
Location: New Jersey / New York
Company Background:
Founded in 1994, Genesco Sports Enterprises (GSE) is a corporate sports marketing consulting agency. We develop effective and efficient sports sponsorship strategies to grow our clients' business.
Job Description:
- Genesco Sports Enterprises is expanding its established internal soccer group and is looking for highly-motivated Directors to lead client programs for FIFA World Cup 26 and other high-profile soccer partnerships
- New team members will be responsible for planning and delivering day-to-day management of clients’ sports marketing programs - bringing passion, attention to detail and a proactive approach to their role
Responsibilities:
- Strategic day-to-day management of client programs and partnerships
- Dedication to detail, by leading the asset and deadline planning, creative approvals and communications with clients and partners
- Lead delivery of integrated soccer campaigns - including concepting, identifying opportunities to drive value from current partnerships
- Responsible for detailed planning and analysis of program logistics and co-ordination, budgets, finance trackers
- Provide partner/athlete/talent recommendations and support negotiations
- Manage events and activation of partnerships, including pre-event preparation tasks (coordinate staff, activations, guest list, etc.) and live event leadership
- Foster collaborative relationships with clients, sports partners, vendors
- Analyze the performance of partnerships and provide recommendations for optimizing
Qualities required for role:
- Soccer experience, with experience working with FIFA is highly desirable
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years related work experience
- Can-do, solutions-oriented attitude with strong work ethic
- Outgoing personality and friendly client/customer-service demeanor
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office – Word, Power Point & Excel skills are strictly required
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Attention to detail and follow-through
- Proficiency in Spanish (oral and written) is a plus
- Ability to lift at least 25lbs
- Ability to travel up to 15%
Compensation:
- Competitive salary, commensurate with experience
- Full benefits
No Relocation Provided
Contact: Christian Etheart (cetheart@genescosports.com)
Job Tags
Work experience placement, Relocation,