Director - Global Partnerships
Apply NowCompany: Foley Entertainment Group LLC
Location: Las Vegas, NV 89110
Description:
The Company:
Foley Entertainment Group (FEG) manages the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights, the American Hockey League (AHL) team named the Henderson Silver Knights, and an expansion Indoor Football League (IFL) team named the Vegas Knight Hawks that began playing in March of 2022. FEG also owns/operates the practice facility for the Golden Knights named City National Arena, the practice facility for the Silver Knights named Lifeguard Arena, and The Dollar Loan Center.
FEG is committed to creating one of the best cultures in sports for our team members to be a part of and are currently seeking an experienced candidate for the position of Director of Global Partnerships. At FEG, we pride ourselves on a consultative, collaborative, innovative approach to corporate partnerships. The Director of Global Partnerships will be responsible for driving revenue across the enterprise by developing creative partnerships with local, regional, and national companies and building strong long-term relationships with those brands.
Essential Functions:
The Director, Global Partnerships will be responsible for prospecting, negotiating, and ultimately closing new sponsorship deals across the enterprise, with a primary focus on selling Golden Knights assets. This person will also assist in activating sponsorship deals, and other duties as assigned. The position will be based in the Henderson/Las Vegas, NV area and report to the SVP, Partnerships.
Primary Responsibilities:
Prospect heavily for new sponsors for all FEG sports properties, with a primary focus on driving revenue for the Vegas Golden Knights as well as multi-property deals.
Conduct research to understand each company's business and industry.
Coordinate internal brainstorming meetings with other FEG departments to develop innovative assets and ideas that align with their goals and objectives.
Present, negotiate and close new sponsorship deals.
Develop and execute strategies to reach revenue targets primarily via new business sales with occasional upselling and renewals.
Superior organizational skills, multi-tasking skills, time-management skills, and attention to detail
Superb written and verbal communication
Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills
The ability to work independently and demonstrate innovation and initiative
A strong work ethic and the ability to thrive in a deadline driven environment
Proficiency in MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Ability to attend all HSK and VKH games to entertain prospects and clients, ensure proper gameday asset fulfillment, etc.
Maintain excellent communication between the Partnerships department and other departments such as Community Relations, Ticketing, Game Entertainment, Legal, Communications & Content, Hockey/Football Operations, etc.
Foley Entertainment Group, LLC. is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an e-mail to HR@vegasgoldenknights.com to let us know the nature of your request. This employer participates in E-Verify EOE/AA/Disabled/Vets Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
Foley Entertainment Group (FEG) manages the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights, the American Hockey League (AHL) team named the Henderson Silver Knights, and an expansion Indoor Football League (IFL) team named the Vegas Knight Hawks that began playing in March of 2022. FEG also owns/operates the practice facility for the Golden Knights named City National Arena, the practice facility for the Silver Knights named Lifeguard Arena, and The Dollar Loan Center.
FEG is committed to creating one of the best cultures in sports for our team members to be a part of and are currently seeking an experienced candidate for the position of Director of Global Partnerships. At FEG, we pride ourselves on a consultative, collaborative, innovative approach to corporate partnerships. The Director of Global Partnerships will be responsible for driving revenue across the enterprise by developing creative partnerships with local, regional, and national companies and building strong long-term relationships with those brands.
Essential Functions:
The Director, Global Partnerships will be responsible for prospecting, negotiating, and ultimately closing new sponsorship deals across the enterprise, with a primary focus on selling Golden Knights assets. This person will also assist in activating sponsorship deals, and other duties as assigned. The position will be based in the Henderson/Las Vegas, NV area and report to the SVP, Partnerships.
Primary Responsibilities:
Prospect heavily for new sponsors for all FEG sports properties, with a primary focus on driving revenue for the Vegas Golden Knights as well as multi-property deals.
Conduct research to understand each company's business and industry.
Coordinate internal brainstorming meetings with other FEG departments to develop innovative assets and ideas that align with their goals and objectives.
Present, negotiate and close new sponsorship deals.
Develop and execute strategies to reach revenue targets primarily via new business sales with occasional upselling and renewals.
Superior organizational skills, multi-tasking skills, time-management skills, and attention to detail
Superb written and verbal communication
Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills
The ability to work independently and demonstrate innovation and initiative
A strong work ethic and the ability to thrive in a deadline driven environment
Proficiency in MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Ability to attend all HSK and VKH games to entertain prospects and clients, ensure proper gameday asset fulfillment, etc.
Maintain excellent communication between the Partnerships department and other departments such as Community Relations, Ticketing, Game Entertainment, Legal, Communications & Content, Hockey/Football Operations, etc.
Foley Entertainment Group, LLC. is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an e-mail to HR@vegasgoldenknights.com to let us know the nature of your request. This employer participates in E-Verify EOE/AA/Disabled/Vets Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.