Summary:

Reporting to the Senior Director, Sponsorship Activation, the Coordinator, Corporate & Strategic Partnerships supports the entire Corporate & Strategic Partnerships department, both Sales and Service, through the execution of administrative duties and the completion of sales and service tasks as assigned.

The Nationals are a military-friendly organization actively recruiting veterans and spouses.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Administrative Support

• Assist the Vice Presidents of both Corporate & Strategic Partnerships and the Senior Director, Sponsorship Activation (departmental leadership) with the general business operations of the collective Partnerships Department.
• Provide general administrative support such as preparing correspondences, forms and reports, arranging meetings, processing confidential reports and documents, filing electronic and hard copies, tracking deadlines and internal approval paperwork/contracts and taking meeting notes as needed.
• Develop, coordinate and assist with special projects including game day hospitality, external events and department outings.
• Support departmental leadership by maintaining daily appointment calendars, processing expense reports and any travel and lodging arrangements as required.
• Participate and contribute to weekly sales, service or department team meetings and training sessions.
• Manage department accounts payable (i.e., invoicing, follow up, purchase requests, vouchers, etc.).
• Assist in the development and preparation of department presentations.

 Activation Team Support

• Assist the Activation Team with the execution of sponsorship activations.
• Manage multiple small service partner accounts, ensuring that all contractual sponsorship elements are fulfilled including tickets, signage, F&B and merchandise.
• Coordinate partner and department suite menus and serve as main point of contact with F&B vendor.
• Assist at games with suite visits and other special events and functions as required.
• Provide clients with superior service in a timely and efficient manner relative to suite, ticket and event marketing requests.

Sales Team Support

• Assist the Partnerships Department with research, prospecting and lead generation, sales reports, and expense reports.
• Assist with the building of sales proposals through PowerPoint.
• Assist with the preparation of sales contracts and sales planning.
• Coordinate other activities with sponsorship sales team as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• BA/BS preferably in Marketing or Business or equivalent military experience
• A minimum of 1-2 years of related experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities necessary to perform essential functions

• Excellent organizational abilities to handle multiple tasks, establish priorities, and consistently meet deadlines.
• Understands the need for data integrity and pays attention to maintaining accurate and timely data.
• An effective communicator both orally and written with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Computer proficiency and technical aptitude with the ability to utilize MS Word, Excel and the Internet
• Competency in Power Point and presentation building skills
• Proficient with basic budget management and calculations.
• Ability to travel around the ballpark visiting clients during home games.
• Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends and holidays as needed
• Strong work ethic and a desire to build a career in professional sports.
• Uphold Core Values: Excellence, Performance, and Accountability. These core values set the tone in everything we do, help us succeed on and off the field, make a difference in the community and provide the best guest experience in sports.  It is important that the person in the position commits themselves to these core values so that we can constantly move forward in the same direction – Together.

Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Office: Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Work may require occasional weekend and/or evening work.
• Job requires employee to function in a high activity and heavily crowded outdoor professional sports venue. May work at heights. Employee will be exposed to inclement weather of varying degrees.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for long periods of time, walk long distances, and climb up/down stairs. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or sit and must lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.