Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

As a member of our Global Partnerships team, the Coordinator, Brand Consulting & Solutions will be responsible for helping support the sales team and service team to drive new business development. This position will work hand in hand with the Director of Partnership Solutions on the Global Partnerships team to help conduct research, build sponsorship strategy, support across our entire team, and cultivate internal and external relationships to assist in bringing value and profitability to OVG across all OVG’s various verticals as needed. We are looking for hard-working, driven, eager, creative individuals who have a passion for sports and entertainment. 

This role pays an hourly rate of $22.00-$28.00.

Benefits for Full-Time roles: Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, 401(k) matching, and Paid Time Off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays).

This position will remain open until June 20, 2025.

• Closely partner with Sales, Data and Analytics, Creative Services, Partnership Activation, and client teams to develop ideas, platforms and partnership packages designed to arm the sales team with innovative and differentiating ideas for prospective partners. 
• Create collateral, including brand pitches, property overview decks, partnership recaps, case studies, and one-sheeters.
• Build and review P&Ls.
• Build data-driven stories by analyzing results and identifying key metrics. 
• Participate in brainstorming sessions to create partnership platforms that excite fans and authentically convey a brand’s message.
• Track and manage projects throughout the process to completion: in development, with creative for design, completed, awaiting client feedback, and needing revisions, as well as track any generated revenue for the team.
• Continuously update team organizational tools to ensure resources are accessible and efficiently leveraged by sales.
• Lead internal status meetings, vetting meetings, and vetting communications.
• Manage weekly scheduling and projects such as agendas and status reports.
• Help develop, refine, and deploy creative talents through marketing analysis to build a story to bring the brand to life through our properties/partnerships. 
• Collaborate with the Creative Services team to provide creative direction in developing sales presentations and resources for the purpose of revenue generation. 
• Support across the Solutions team on administrative and coordination tasks to keep the group organized.
• Grow and establish comfort in communicating with brand clients and other key stakeholders outside of OVG.
• Collaborate with the UBS Arena/New York Islanders teams, and other Global Partnerships teams (and arenas as needed on asset packages with each property. 
• Operate as an internal resource for the Solutions & Brand Consulting team as well as the overall Global Partnerships team by navigating how to find key resources.
• Other duties as assigned. 

• Bachelor’s degree required.  
• 1-4 years of professional sponsorship experience in a high-performance sales environment; Sports, Entertainment and/or Arena Industry experience preferred.  
• Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.  
• Must be dynamic, forward-thinking, extremely analytical and well organized.  
• Must have strong strategic thinking, storytelling, and planning skills.  
• Strong natural selling skills with proven experience in pitch and strategic positioning.  
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word); Familiarity with building visual decks in Keynote; Adobe Creative Cloud suite (InDesign, Photoshop, etc.) experience a plus. 
• Familiarity with Salesforce and Kore.
• Must possess problem solving capabilities to address and resolve issues that face a growing enterprise. When necessary, this candidate will be a strong and effective negotiator, comfortable in both complex negotiations as well as sophisticated business situations.  
• Must be comfortable engaging in a variety of different communicative modes (verbal, non- verbal, and written) and being attuned to others through strong active listening skills.  
• Must produce results and be bottom-line oriented yet will possess sensitivity towards people and values.  
• Professional manners, attitude and communication skills as well as the ability to work with others are required.  
• Strong understanding of / or experience with programs integrating social or digital media preferred.  
• Familiarity with the standard demographic research & analytics tools (i.e.- Scarborough, Repucom, YouGov, etc.) and ability to derive insights from the data.  
• Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations and information.  

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.