Partnerships Manager, Sports

BBTV helps the world's largest brands and creators build engaged audiences on popular video platforms and provides end-to-end solutions to content owners including proprietary tech, enhanced distribution & monetization. We have built proprietary VISO technologies leveraging machine learning, digital signal processing and big data to power our platform and ecosystem. BBTV is the second largest video property worldwide in terms of unique viewers following only Google, reaching tens of billions of monthly impressions.

Reporting to the VP or Creator Growth, the Partnership Manager, Sports will be responsible for the strategic management of BBTV’s client portfolio in the premium sports vertical. Your primary focus will be the management and development of our most important relationships in professional sports by leveraging BBTV’s expertise to help them to profitably engage with the creator economy to grow their audiences and business.

Above all you are a master at building business relationships at the highest level. You must have the ability to sell BBTV to our partners, identify new opportunities, execute on key projects, and measure their success. You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and get things done. Specifically, you will collaborate closely with team members across the entire BBTV ecosystem, engaging core business drivers and ultimately driving success for your portfolio of clients.

Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the VP of Creator Growth you will support our full service digital business for a few, select enterprise partners in the premium sport vertical
• Develop trusted relationships with your portfolio of key client executives
• Identify opportunities to grow existing brand/client relationships, develop presentations and pitch solutions to solve for clients’ business needs and grows BBTV’s revenues
• Bridge client relationships and the internal execution needed to deliver world class execution of services for those partners
• Monitor and review project execution against client objectives within contracts parameters and budget
• Activate stakeholders across the organization as needed to ensure deals are flawlessly executed and BBTV exceeds our partners’ expectations
• Liaise with and direct the Talent Management and Content Acquisition teams to identify Creators (both new acquisition and any in our network) that are aligned to specific monetization opportunities and provide support as an SME to close those opportunities
• Manage and continually optimize a cross functional process and structure to operationalize unique solutions for Creators and enterprise brands
• Help BBTV prioritize resources and elements across the company to deliver solutions
• Identify core areas for improvement and work with the various teams to address, to ensure BBTV’s centers of excellence continue to push the boundaries of what is possible
• Responsible for executive reports and dashboards to monitor financial outcomes as well as oversee monthly, quarterly and annual client reporting.
• Other duties that may be required from time to time

Requirements:

• We are looking for someone with demonstrable success in account management at a very high level; you should have approximately 5-7 years experience in an agency like setting or within brand management at a client organization and specific experience with top sport leagues
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in how brands are built in the digital media landscape
• Experience working with and presenting to senior client stakeholders and C-Suite executives
• An understanding of how the creative process works in developing new brand concepts, and be fluent in articulating the value to clients
• Expert in creating value through creator activations, brand deals, integrated brand deals
• Manage and lead team that can execute flawlessly to the last detail
• Understand and be able to articulate how Google Ad Manager, programmatic Ad strategy, content management, rights management, creator activations, and UGC all fit into our clients’ digital landscape
• A post-secondary degree in a relevant field (business, media, marketing) preferred or equivalent industry experience

Our Team is Everything!

We offer competitive compensation packages, flexible hours and operate on a horizontal management structure that rewards creativity and values transparency.

From our commitment to giving back (support for everyone to volunteer with a charitable or community initiative), our culture committee (social events, team-building, diversity and inclusion), and our support for personal and career development through our learning & development program, we’re not your typical 9-5 gig.

BBTV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our goal is to foster a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the individuals we serve and to provide employees with a meaningful and inclusive work environment, free of discrimination and harassment.

BBTV believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Indigenous people, people of color, people of all genders or non-genders, and people with disabilities of all types are encouraged to apply.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.