Partnerships Senior Account Manager

Duties:

* Jaguar TCS Racing is part of the JLR Motorsport department and competes in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

* JLR Motorsport and Jaguar TCS Racing sits within the CEO / Chief of Staff function and is responsible for all strategy, planning and delivery of successful motorsport activities for both Jaguar and Land Rover brands.

* Within this function is the Motorsport Partnerships & Sponsorships department whose responsibility includes identifying, sourcing, activation and management of JLR Motorsport’s commercial partners.

* The role is a 12-month maternity cover for a Partnerships Senior Account Manager position, who will have responsibility for management of existing partners and their marketing activation planning, execution and measurement.

Duties will include:

* Management and responsibility for commercial partnership activation within the JLR Motorsport function including marketing, communications, PR, experiential and hospitality activity.

* Responsibility for regular partner status/planning meetings and workshops, including facilitation of senior review meetings

* Partner marketing campaign development and associated PR/Communications activity, including working with JLR Motorsport PR & Communications department on media programmes and partner content development

* Partner brand approvals process management and ongoing review process

* Delivery of partner events and hospitality both at race and away from race environments, working with the JLR Motorsport Events team.

* Annual Rights tracking and management against contractual deliverables for all partners

* Measurement and evaluation, including partner reporting, utilising agency strategy and consultancy team support

* Activation programme and rights fees finance management, invoicing and reporting

* Core process management for partner rights delivery e.g. asset hubs, approval processes

* Support of partner activation including showcars, senior management / driver / team appearances and asset requirements at race and out of race events

Skills:

* Proven excellent experience in sports/motorsport sponsorship industry

* Excellent communication skills – both spoken and written

* Experience of successful stakeholder management

* Experience of financial planning, budget management

* Experience of successful strategic partnership campaign development

* Strong ability to prioritise a pressured workload to meet tight deadlines

* Proactive, responsive and flexible approach, with the ability to operate outside sphere of prescribed role if required

* Commercially astute – used to working in a global motorsport and sport business environment

* Highly developed negotiation skills

* Experience in communications, PR, social media and/or events and hospitality delivery

* PC Skills & Web-based knowledge

* Ability to drive in the UK

Education:

* University degree or equivalent preferred

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