Commercial Partnerships Executive - Women's Football Awards

Handle Recruitment are partnering with a leading B2B awards business to support on the launch of their newest festival focused on celebrating women's football.

This is a temporary opportunity for four to five months on a part-time basis, typically two days a week with some flexibility requested.

Reporting to the CEO, the ideal candidate will be responsible for driving award entries from women's football clubs, sports and experiential agencies, selling partnership packages to brands, and tickets to the awards ceremony.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Selling entries into the awards categories and selling tickets to the awards ceremony.
2. Selling partnership/sponsorship packages.
3. Managing and maintaining relationships with partners.
4. Building pipelines for ticket sales, sponsorship and awards entries into the awards categories.
5. Providing a weekly sales progress report to the CEO.

To be successful in this role you will have:

1. A proven track of selling sponsorship packages to brands in the football space, ideally in the women's game.
2. A passion for selling and all things commercial.
3. Contacts within the women's football sector.
4. Ability to sell tickets to events and awards entries.
5. Contacts and relationships with brands.
6. Ability to develop relationships with potential and key clients.

Please apply for a further conversation!

Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.