About the position
Excel Sports Management is an industry-leading sports agency representing top-tier talent, blue-chip brands and marquee properties. Our success is rooted in our people, our high character reputation and our commitment to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace. We focus on team chemistry, collaboration, strong relationships, valuable networks, and ambitious ideas to deliver innovative solutions that keep our clients and agency ahead of the curve. Our Associate program is a paid opportunity that allows participants to contribute to the organization’s success while at the same time applying learnings from the classroom. This semester we will continue with a hybrid program and will offer each participant the opportunity to gain in-office experience for approximately 3-days a week. Associates are responsible for their individual transportation and housing needs.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Brand Marketing team with research and brainstorms to create market opportunities for clients.
- Assist in the management and data upload/tracking of client deliverables.
- Assist the Brand Marketing team with confidential client projects.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the coordination and planning process of marketing events and/or appearances for clients.
- Learn the process of negotiation and execution of marketing contracts and/or appearances.
- Learn the process of pitching new brands/clients.
- Learn how to build and maintain positive client relationships that result in enhanced partnerships and increased ESM opportunities.
- Assist Brand Marketing team with research and brainstorms to create sponsorship activation, hospitality, and marketing initiatives.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the coordination and planning process of marketing events and/or appearances for clients.
- Learn how to develop ideas for engaging event branding, collateral, and on-site materials.
- Learn how to create planning tracking tools and on-site materials: rooming lists, confirmation documents, food and beverage schedule, transportation manifest, etc.
- Conduct research, analysis and provide recommendations in an effort to gain greater knowledge of our industry.
- Support the day-to-day management of Excel Sports Management (ESM) Brand Marketing clients across all sponsorship marketing and activation initiatives.
- Learn how to build and maintain positive client relationships that result in enhanced partnerships and increased ESM opportunities.
- Facilitate and support the daily client interaction across brand, property and agency partners to support the sponsorship function and associated programming.
- Support in the development of creative platforms and new consumer engagement activations across current and future client sponsorship opportunities.
- Coordinate client-vendor relationships and necessary activation deliverables on behalf of clients.
- Learn how to create activation briefs, recaps, event itineraries and staff plans.
- Help in the planning and support client status calls which include scheduling, preparing agendas, and creating/maintaining status documents.
- Support teammates across the group to ensure flawless client-service and a second-to-none agency experience.
- Have access to the Excel team for industry advice and learnings.
- May occasionally be assigned projects outside the Brand Marketing group to gain exposure to other divisions within Excel.
Requirements
- Be available to work under 30 hours per week.
- Be available to report to the New York Office approximately 3-days a week.
- Have a senior standing in college (must have completed your junior year of undergrad) OR be enrolled in a graduate school OR have a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree.
Benefits
- Paid opportunity
- Hybrid program with in-office experience
- Access to industry advice and learnings from the Excel team
