The Department
The partnerships department is responsible for acquiring and managing the commercial partners of Aston Villa Football Club. The partnership management team are the gatekeepers for delivering partnership rights and therefore work closely with all areas of the Football Club. The team works at a fast pace and due to the nature of delivering partnerships activations across a broad spectrum of brands, working days and projects will be extremely varied.
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Partnership Account executive to join an ambitious partnerships team based at Villa Park. The role will be responsible for managing accounts for some of the Clubs most important strategic partners.
You will have the ability to drive partners forward and create best in class activations and case studies. The ideal candidate will be proactive and take responsibility to ensure their partners are managed to the highest possible standard and must be comfortable demonstrating and leading on areas of partnership management such as onboarding, rights delivery, reporting and relationship building.
The Person
The ideal candidate will have a passion for working with big brands in a fast-paced environment and will be an excellent relationship manager with an acute attention to detail. You will have experience successfully managing partnerships and building best in class servicing processes.
You will lead by example, champion the Partnerships team both internally and externally and act as ambassador for Aston Villa Football Club.
As part of your application, please ensure you upload your CV and Cover Letter.
For further information, the Role Profile and to apply please go to careers.avfc.co.uk/jobs
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Equality Statement
Aston Villa Football Club celebrates the diversity of its Club and embrace equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and fully support The FAs Football Leadership Diversity Code.
We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.
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Formed in 1874, Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional football club based in Birmingham. Known as the Villans, they play in the Premier League, and are known to be one of the founding members of the Football League, established in 1888.
With a storied and successful history, Aston Villa have won significant honours both domestically and in Europe, including the European Cup & European Super Cup 1982.
Located near Witton in Birmingham, Aston Villa have played at Villa Park since 1897. With a capacity of 42,788 and four stands - The North Stand, the Holte End, Trinity Road Stand and The Doug Ellis Stand - it is England’s 10th largest football stadium by capacity.
Aston Villa Train at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground based in Bodymoor Heath, Warwickshire. Opened in 2021 after a £6 million investment, it is recognised as one of the top training centres in the country with heavy influence in it's design taken from leading NFL teams in the United States, such as the Minnesota Vikings TCO Performance Center.