Creative Circle

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Our retail client is looking for a Sponsorship Manager to join their centralized marketing team. This is a full-time, direct-hire position. The team is onsite four days per week in Portland (Monday-Thursday) and remote one day per week. This role will lead the centralization and strategic development of sponsorships across the enterprise, including partnerships with professional sports teams. You'll work closely with a sports marketing agency, internal stakeholders, and external partners to assess sponsorship value, align messaging, and drive meaningful brand activations. Role Overview • Lead the development and execution of a centralized sponsorship strategy across divisions and sports teams • Collaborate with a sports marketing agency to evaluate team packages and maximize ROI • Partner with campaign management, merchandising, and customer communications teams to activate sponsorships across channels • Align sponsorship messaging and assets with brand strategy and contractual commitments • Present sponsorship performance, innovations, and recommendations to senior leadership • Work closely with sourcing on business requirements and contract alignment • Develop playbooks and toolkits to standardize sponsorship execution and asset management • Engage directly with external sports teams and internal stakeholders, including divisional presidents and VPs of marketing Ideal Qualifications • 5+ years of experience in sports sponsorships, media planning/buying, or agency-side partnerships • Experience working with or for sports teams, sports marketing agencies, or brands with sponsorship programs • Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills • Proven ability to navigate complex, politically sensitive environments • Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially with executive audiences • Comfortable building structure in a newly formed team and evolving program • Bonus: Experience in retail or consumer packaged goods (CPG) In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Benefits Our client offers benefits such as PTO, paid holiday time and sick time, standard medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k with match, profit sharing/stock sharing plans, and annual bonuses. Email Your Resume In Word To Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also: kristi.seifert@jobalert.creativecircle.com • Please do NOT change the email subject line in any way. You must keep the JobID: linkedin : KS20-1876328 -- in the email subject line for your application to be considered.*** Kristi Seifert - Senior Recruitment Manager For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States. This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 09/04/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed. Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle. ,