Manager, Experiential Operations, Emerging Business

THE·TEAM is a leading global sports, music and entertainment company that provides representation and marketing services to talent, brands and properties. VENTURES·TEAM aims to accelerate growth for existing and new businesses. THE·TEAM harnesses deep expertise and diverse suite of offerings and connections to help build companies that complement THE·TEAM's business across sports, music and entertainment.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, THE·TEAM's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities. For more information, please visit THE.TEAM.

Job Overview

We’re looking for a Manager, Experiential Operations, Emerging Business to join us at THE·TEAM. The successful candidate is a self-motivated, driven and enthusiastic individual who is looking to make a measurable and positive impact on everything you do. Harnessing and delivering upon the passion of consumer engagement, guest services and activation surrounding best-in-class campaigns within the experiential industry is a critical component of this role.

As a Manager, you will be an integral part of the integrated team, managing the successful delivery of brand activations, camps, clients, events, and client service, from brief to execution.

What You’ll Do

The successful candidate will have proven sponsorship/experiential related skills within a professional environment, using creative thinking and individual initiative, including the following:

• Ownership of large-scale projects to support the day-to-day management of accounts
• Manage day-to-day client relationships, establish credibility and anticipate client needs
• Support in the strategic development of brand activations that deliver on client requests and objectives, demonstrating critical thinking and creative solutions
• Ensure projects are correctly budgeted for and managed throughout, including detailed reconciliations
• Develop status documents, project critical paths and enforce deliverable dates
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative and teamwork focused environment that aligns with THE·TEAM's company culture, principles and values
• Demonstrate sound troubleshooting and creative problem solving skills
• Maintain an effective working relationship with key stakeholders to ensure all parties receive appropriate attention, support, and ensures THE·TEAM is in lock-step with objectives
• Act as liaison with operators, organizations, partners and properties, while managing a network of vendors to drive the desired experience and results
• Conduct pre and post event reports, including key learnings, insights, analysis, implications and recommendations
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, particularly in Keynote / PowerPoint and Excel
• Noted ability to build creative and visually impactful presentations that creatively and coherently articulate the various client briefs, opportunities and potential campaigns
• Experience in managing mid-to-large size events that include building out guest services, experiences, and brand activations both individually and with 3rd party operators
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Experience, poise and confidence in presenting to senior level executives
• Relevant sponsorship and event operations experience (preferably in the experiential, sports and/or entertainment field)
• Proven ability to handle client communications, conflict resolution, and compliance on client deliverables
• Laser sharp attention to detail
• Entrepreneurial drive, supported by a proactive self starter mentality
• Thrive working in a team environment
• A passion for sports and entertainment (passion and knowledge for camps will be considered an asset)
• An energetic, cooperative and pleasant personality – we want to work with good people!
• 2 years relevant experiential &/or sponsorship industry experience
• Agency experience would be considered an asset
  
  

Base salary range: $65-80K, plus bonus potential if applicable for role.

Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role

THE·TEAM does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.