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Ad Sales Marketing Manager, Sponsorship Marketing (Golf)
Our client is seeking a Marketing Manager, Sponsorship Marketing to support integrated sponsorship solutions across their golf media platforms and properties. This role sits at the intersection of Sponsorship Sales, Marketing, Production, and Content, serving as a strategic connector from concept development through execution and fulfillment.
The ideal candidate brings sports ad sales marketing experience from a legacy media environment, is highly organized, and can hit the ground running in a fast-paced, collaborative setting.
Key Responsibilities
Pre-Sale Marketing & Client Solutions
- Locations: Stamford, CT or Ponte Vedra, FL
- Work Model: Hybrid (4 days onsite)
- Contract: 6-month W2 contract
- Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, and PTO included
- Hourly Rate: $45–$50/hour
Our client is seeking a Marketing Manager, Sponsorship Marketing to support integrated sponsorship solutions across their golf media platforms and properties. This role sits at the intersection of Sponsorship Sales, Marketing, Production, and Content, serving as a strategic connector from concept development through execution and fulfillment.
The ideal candidate brings sports ad sales marketing experience from a legacy media environment, is highly organized, and can hit the ground running in a fast-paced, collaborative setting.
Key Responsibilities
Pre-Sale Marketing & Client Solutions
- Partner with Sponsorship Sales to participate in meetings with advertisers, agencies, and internal Client stakeholders to identify business objectives
- Lead internal briefings with cross-functional teams (sales, production, marketing, digital, social)
- Develop strategic, on-brand proposal concepts aligned to advertiser KPIs and Golf brand priorities
- Present and pitch ideas clearly and confidently to internal and external partners
- Translate advertiser goals, sales strategy, and audience insights into compelling marketing platforms
- Ensure ideas are purposeful, strategic, and scalable across platforms
- Develop integrated sponsorship concepts across linear, streaming, digital, social, and experiential channels
- Build clear, persuasive narratives using PowerPoint and Word
- Own activation and sponsorship fulfillment planning for assigned accounts
- Ensure delivery against client KPIs and contractual obligations
- Create recap and renewal materials to support long-term partnerships
- Serve as a central point of communication across Sales, Production, Content, Marketing, Digital, and Social teams
- Manage approvals, timelines, and asset coordination to keep projects on track
- Communicating with stakeholders via Teams and email
- Gaining approvals and aligning cross-functional partners (approximately 50% of the role)
- Organizing strategic thinking and preparing concepts for market
- Gathering assets and building cohesive storytelling decks
- Join a highly collaborative, close-knit team of six across Connecticut and Florida
- Work closely with Production and Content teams
- Embedded within a larger Sponsorship Sales organization
- No direct reports
- 5 years of experience in Ad Sales Marketing or Sponsorship Marketing
- Experience within a sports network or legacy media company (e.g., ESPN, Golf Channel, major broadcast networks)
- Proven ability to develop sponsorship solutions for sports properties
- Strong strategic thinking, storytelling, and presentation skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Experience with consulting agencies or cross-functional creative teams is a plus
- Sports-focused sponsorship and ad sales marketers
- Candidates from legacy media environments
- Strategic thinkers who can seamlessly connect sales, creative, and execution
Salary : $45 - $50