Trade Nation

Partnerships & Sponsorships Manager

Trade Nation

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Overseeing the delivery of all contractual rights across Trade Nation’s sponsorship portfolio.
  • Acting as the day-to-day point of contact for rights holders, ensuring smooth execution and effective issue resolution.
  • Tracking rights delivery to ensure all assets, benefits and obligations are fulfilled through to the end of the season.
  • Managing and supporting Trade Nation’s involvement in sponsoring financial events, influencer partnerships and podcast collaborations.
  • Ensuring all activity aligns with compliance requirements, brand guidelines and commercial objectives.
  • Working with internal teams to maximise content, CRM and storytelling opportunities arising from partnerships.
  • Planning, managing and delivering Trade Nation golf days with Mashie Golf, including venue coordination, guest management, rights holder liaison and on-site execution.
  • Managing all partnership ticketing and hospitality allocations across sponsorships.
  • Coordinating guest lists, invitations, approvals and on-the-day logistics.
  • Liaising with internal stakeholders and rights holders to ensure a premium guest experience and strong brand alignment.
  • Acting as a key point of contact for senior management and the executive team, reporting on partnership performance and providing insights to inform strategic decision-making.
  • Supporting the delivery of Trade Nation’s evolving partnerships strategy, implementing new approaches and managing transitions in activity.
  • Assisting with the evaluation, onboarding and activation planning of future partnership opportunities.
  • Supporting commercial discussions and contract negotiations with prospective partners, working closely with legal, compliance and senior stakeholders.
  • Working closely with Social, Brand and CRM teams to integrate partnerships into wider marketing campaigns.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading sponsorships/partnerships in at least one of the following: sport, gaming/esports/e-gaming, financial services or media/publisher partnerships, with end-to-end delivery
  • Strong understanding of rights delivery, activation and rights-holder relationships.
  • Understanding of financial compliance and industry regulations surrounding partnerships in the industry.
  • Experience managing ticketing processes, hospitality and live events.
  • Highly organised, detail driven and comfortable managing multiple stakeholders.
  • Confident working cross-functionally with marketing, CRM and sales teams.
  • Able to operate autonomously and take ownership in an interim environment.
  • Comfortable stepping into an existing portfolio and delivering immediately.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
sponsorship managementrights deliveryactivation planningticketing processeshospitality managementevent managementcontract negotiationscompliance understandingstakeholder managementpartnership evaluation
Soft Skills
highly organizeddetail drivencross-functional collaborationautonomous operationownershipissue resolutioncommunicationstrategic decision-makingguest experience managementplanning