What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Partnership Strategy position at Premier Lacrosse League PLL?
ROLE: Manager, Partnership Strategy
LOCATION: NY or LA office (NY preferred)
COMPENSATION: $75,000-$85,000; The total compensation package includes Health, Life, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 401(k) plan, Equity Sharing, Unlimited PTO, and Paid Parental Leave
ABOUT
LOCATION: NY or LA office (NY preferred)
COMPENSATION: $75,000-$85,000; The total compensation package includes Health, Life, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 401(k) plan, Equity Sharing, Unlimited PTO, and Paid Parental Leave
ABOUT
The Premier Lacrosse League is a North American outdoor professional lacrosse league featuring the world’s 200 best players. The Premier Lacrosse League was co-founded by lacrosse superstar Paul Rabil and his brother, serial entrepreneur and investor, Mike Rabil, and is backed by an investment group composed of Joe Tsai Sports, Brett Jefferson Holdings, The Raine Group, The Chernin Group, Arctos Sports Partners, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and other leading sports and media executives, entrepreneurs and investors. PLL games are distributed through an exclusive media-rights agreement with ESPN. The league has partnered with blue chip brands, such as Ticketmaster, Whirlpool, Cash App, Gatorade, Champion and Progressive.
COMPANY VALUES
- Stay grounded
- Think critically
- Encourage creativity
- Persevere through the noise
- Operate like an owner
- Be helpful
ROLE SPECIFICS
The Premier Lacrosse League is seeking a Manager, Partnership Strategy to lead multiple revenue-generating workstreams and league initiatives. Reporting to the Director of Partnership Strategy, the candidate will support the Business Development team throughout the entire deal development process. This person is a storyteller who is both creative and analytical. A keen eye for formatting, editing, and design, this person is detail-oriented and is an experienced deck builder. This person can boil complex information down to its simplest and most digestible form.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage sponsorship inventory to ensure strategic deployment of assets
- Develop new slides for pitch decks/sales team based on the latest data, insights, sales assets, and partner opportunities
- Support sales team across the entire deal-making process including:
- Intake Meetings and Strategy
- Data and Insight Gathering (Need: Dissecting Data)
- Pitch Development (Need: Creative Juices)
- Deck Building (Need: Strong deckbuilding skills, an eye for design and detail– an understanding of Photoshop/Illustrator is a plus)
- Deal Valuation (Need: Comfortable with numbers and basic spreadsheets– an understanding of media planning is a plus)
- Inventory Management (Need: Strong Organizational Skills)
- Contract Development (Need: Strong Organizational Skills)
- Additional workstreams include, but not limited to: creation of partnership case studies, project management for annual Business Development Upfront, distribution of mass sales emails to industry leaders
REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum of 4 years experience working in marketing, with a preference in sports/sports sponsorship
- Strong PPT / Google Slides deck-building skills
- A love for creative copywriting and storytelling
- Understanding of the sports sponsorship landscape
- Strategic thinker who can manage both short-term and long-term projects simultaneously
- Comfortable interacting with external parties
- Strong organization skills and ability to handle multiple workstreams concurrently
- Passion for the mission and values of the PLL
- Encourages creativity while developing new pitches and sales materials
- Operates like an owner
- Thinks critically, especially regarding how leveraging partner assets can help the PLL grow
- Perseveres through the noise, with outstanding attention to detail
- Be Helpful: understand cross-departmental touchpoints of partnership management and help other departments, just as they help our team
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000
