Senior Manager, Global Partnerships

This is a Full Time Job

Role Summary:

WWE is seeking a sales executive to drive the growth of our sponsorship business. The role will focus on developing sponsorship sales across WWE's portfolio of assets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a pipeline of qualified prospects large enough to meet or exceed financial goals

• Leverage knowledge and relationships with brands and sponsorship agencies to develop revenue opportunities

• Expedite the sales cycle through an understanding of client marketing needs, WWE capabilities, and accurate articulation of WWE's value proposition

• Identify client business challenges and translating them into opportunities to sell WWE partnerships & sponsorship solutions

• Manage client relationships from initial pitch, through transition/onboarding, onto long-term engagements of ongoing strategic management and leadership

• Creatively explore upsell/leverage opportunities with existing sponsorship and media partners

• Inspire clients and team members by contributing creative sales ideas that impact overall goals and objectives

• Build deep trusted relationships/partnerships with sponsorship decision-makers within brands and their agencies to serve their interactive marketing needs

• Accurately forecast revenue and proactively mediate challenges that impede sales growth

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of sponsorship sales experience

• Proven track record of successfully closing six and seven figure media deals

• Strong knowledge of the sponsorship/media landscape including industry trends, key players and terminology, with the ability to craft integrated marketing plans and solutions

• Highly organized and detail-oriented

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including creation of convincing and strategic sales approaches, proposals, documentations and presentations

• Must be flexible with working nights, weekends, and holidays

• Ability to work in Stamford (CT) and New York City

• Ability to travel as required by partner needs

• Bachelor's degree required

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