As the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Corporate Partnerships team, we value, collaboration, creativity, and intentionality. Bring your professionalism and experience to our team, working in the dynamic environment of professional sports sponsorship. As a Partnership Activation Account Manager, you will collaborate on projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our sponsors and uphold the integrity of the Thunder brand! You will provide support in the creation, development and execution of various sponsored initiatives, community engagement programs and marketing events, working closely with colleagues across the organization to build lasting relationships with a wide variety of successful companies.

In this role you will:

• Lead and build high value partnerships that are customized, integrated, and flexible that serve to meet each partner unique marketing goals and objectives
• Serve as day-to-day account manager of assigned partnership accounts
• Plan various corporate partnership activations, including in-game promotions, events, in-market activations, and partner digital/social campaigns
• Work with internal departments on the planning, budgeting, execution, and operation of corporate partner hospitality events both at the arena and offsite.
• Act as a marketing and advertising consultant to sponsor contacts to ensure effective campaigns are crafted and implemented using Thunder inventory
• Liaise with internal departments such as Broadcasting, Events & Entertainment, Interactive Media and Marketing to drive effective and timely promotional content
• Use an established budget to ensure that promotional activations are crafted within the sponsor’s fiscal parameters
• Optimally collaborate with other Thunder departments to coordinate and special hospitality events at Paycom Center and other locations while adhering to budget guidelines
• Play a crucial role in maintaining collateral, articles, photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, statistics, etc. for use in preparing and presenting inclusive sponsor recaps to key decision makers during the contract renewal process
• Complete and monitor sponsor promotions and activities including but not limited to in-arena activations, in-game promos, and client hospitality
• Lead and supervise all account history, relationship details and partnership activation details in CRM on a consistent basis

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Marketing, Advertising, Sports Management, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 2-3 years of working in sponsorships, marketing or agency related field preferred
• Knowledge of sales tactics and client relations
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks with strong attention to detail and listening skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint is vital
• Experience with Photoshop is preferred
• Bi-lingual fluency in Spanish and English highly beneficial
• Ability to optimally work with many different personality types
• Strong time management and excellent administrative skills
• Self-motivated and highly diligent to work independently

Additional details:

Work schedule will include office hours plus game-night responsibilities on evenings, weekends and holidays and may include working for extended periods of time with consistent interpersonal interactions. Primary work location is Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Physical requirements of the position include the ability to lift and carry boxes up to 50 pounds and work in-arena in the presence of loud music or crowd noise and flashing or strobe lighting. This is a full-time, non-exempt position reporting to the Director, Corporate Partnership Activation. Employees are encouraged to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

We offer a positive office environment and a robust benefits package including excellent medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with matching funds, paid downtown parking, tuition reimbursement, employee ticket options, family gym membership subsidy, parental leave, team shop discount, and more!

We invite you to apply here.

At the Oklahoma City Thunder and Oklahoma City Blue we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and we know that teams with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills make a stronger company. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we consider applicants fairly on the basis of qualifications, experience and business needs and provide equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, age, sex, gender identity, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status. We also consider applicants regardless of past legal system involvement, considering the needs of the role, nature of and recency of legal history. We are committed to a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees through our culture of RAVE – Respect and Value Everyone.