Partnerships Account Executive

Who are we: Everton Football Club is one of world sport's most respected and revered names - a by-word for innovation and professionalism during the course of a glittering history that spans three centuries.     
     
One of the 12 founder members of the Football League, Everton has played more games in English football's top flight than any other club.       
     
While rightly proud of our rich past, and Goodison Park, our home of more than 130 years, we are now setting our sights on an exciting future at a state-of-the-art new stadium currently being constructed on the banks of the iconic River Mersey.     
     
In doing so, we remain committed to developing and supporting teams across our men’s, women’s and Academy set-ups that inspire and compete at the highest level of the game.       

Our values underpin how we behave, how we represent our club in our city and across the world of football, and how we look after one another and our community. They provide a framework for how we work and engage with partners, suppliers and, most importantly, our fans.  

About the opportunity: We have an exciting opportunity for a Partnerships Account Executive to join the Club’s Partnership Management Team. 

In this exciting role you will support the delivery of exceptional service to existing and future club partners, ensuring all partners receive their full allocation of rights and additional added value.  

You will build and nurture excellent relationships across your designated portfolio and develop key internal relationships to ensure Club partners have the toolkits they need to activate their partnerships to the fullest. 

Other key responsibilities include: 

• Supporting the delivery of best in class partnership management for your designated partner portfolio, ensuring the delivery of contractual rights through strategic partnership activations that deliver against pre-agreed objectives 

• Establishing yourself as the initial point of contact across all of your designated partners, taking ownership of actionable tasks whilst building great relationships with key partner contacts and internal stakeholders 

• To be responsible for the approval of partner marketing material that makes use of Club IP, ensuring the creative meets all Club brand guidelines 

• Developing and leading on a productive and efficient communication structure with partners, ensuring that all files, contact reports and CRM systems are maintained and communicated to the wider team

• Ensuring marketing plans are in place for each partner and are updated on an ongoing basis including all current and relevant information concerning each partner 

• Utilise all available measurement and reporting programmes in order to build a reporting structure to track partnership performance, whilst taking responsibility for producing case studies to fully review partner activations 

• Responsible for managing and maintaining partner inventory usage and tracking 

Who we are looking for;  

• An enthusiastic, hard working problem solver who thrives working as part of a team and when given autonomy and ownership of projects 

• Though not essential, previous experience working within partnerships or account management within the sports or marketing/advertising industries is advantageous 

• A highly organised individual who is proactive in their approach and possesses strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with key partner contacts 

• Excellent IT skills and proficient in using Microsoft packages including Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role 

This position is on a permanent contract working 35 hours per week.     

The location for this role is within our Club’s iconic headquarters in the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, with the opportunity to work flexibly with our Hybrid working approach.   

The closing date of this advert is on Thursday 10th October 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substantial amount of applications.     

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The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.           

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.         

Equity & Inclusion       

Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, those who identify as female and those from racially diverse communities. We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team via email - careers@evertonfc.com       

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.