Horizon Media · 5 hours ago
SVP, Motorsports
New York, New York
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $350K/yr
12+ years expHorizon Media is seeking a Senior Vice President of Motorsports to further develop the growth of their motorsports division. The role involves strategizing and implementing growth strategies, building relationships with clients and partners, and overseeing the onboarding of new clients.
AdvertisingBrand MarketingDigital Media
Responsibilities
Lead team(s) in the management and implementation of growth and strategy plan
Oversight of negotiation process – ensure clients objectives are being met, partnerships are yielding positive ROI and team is securing partnerships within budget parameters
Oversight of partnership operations, ensuring teams are working effectively, communicating efficiently and organizational structure is productive
Proper delegation of day-to-day responsibilities to team members
Utilize creative and innovative thinking skills to develop partnership concepts and strategies for clients
Ensure all client projections/new revenues are communicated to finance lead in a timely manner; escalate billing issues to finance
Facilitate communication with internal counterparts, vendors, rights holders and upper management
Communicate regularly with agency partners to ensure partnership strategy aligns/supports the larger media strategy; stay abreast of any business adjustments, new client initiatives, market expansion, etc. that could impact the sponsorship strategy and portfolio
Build and maintain long-term business relationships (internal and external)
Meet with properties/vendors regularly to understand the latest industry developments
Develop, maintain and advance professional and personable relationships with clients and partner agencies at appropriate level
Oversight of team’s day-to-day communication and coordination between client (or Business Solutions team), rights holders and vendors
Manage the development of client strategies and objectives, working closely with clients to continuously update/revise based on brand/business/customer needs
Drive new partnership solutions to deliver on client’s goals and evaluate current health of client business via analysis of relevant business metrics (ROI/ROO); introduce advanced measurement solutions and customer insights to help guide long-term activation approach and establish annual benchmarks for success
Monitor marketplace, identify new pursuits, and proactively present opportunities to grow client’s existing portfolio
Ensure client portfolios are being managed up to the highest standards
Manage complex client issues that require difficult solutions and/or involve multiple agency resources to solve; deliver written responses and solutions to client issues
Contribute, build and maintain positive and dynamic culture across the agency, inclusive of team-building efforts and social activities
Manage the professional development of each direct report
Set career development goals, track performance, and hold team members accountable
Work with team members to improve skill sets and remove barriers to effectiveness
Provide constructive feedback in real time
Support HS&E’s new business efforts with strategic solutions, insights and concept development ideation
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 12+ years of marketing and sponsorship experience at an agency, team, league, rights holder or brand with a proven performance record
Bachelor's Degree
Experience in sports partnerships at the professional level on a domestic and global scale
Deep understanding of the sports & entertainment landscape, experience working with sports sponsorships and live entertainment required
Experience with relationship management of clients, agencies and vendors
Experience working across organization and interfacing with a variety of stakeholders
Ability to think strategically and creatively, and to communicate such thoughts proactively, efficiently and effectively
Must be solutions oriented and focused on proactive problem solving and advanced troubleshooting
Excellent time management, written and oral communication skills, including ability to develop well organized decks to sell in ideas and work and convey agency POVs
Experience managing a staff of no less than two (2) account team members
Ability to operate with urgency and motivate those around you to do the same
Ability to remain organized across multiple workstreams and teams activating in parallel
Ability to travel for activations and client meetings
High level of proficiency with Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Retirement savings plans
Company paid holidays
Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
Mental health and wellness resources
Pet insurance
Childcare resources
Identity theft insurance
Fertility assistance programs
Fitness reimbursement
Company
Horizon Media
Horizon Media is the largest and fastest growing privately held media services agency in the world.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2021-12-08Private Equity
Leadership Team
Richard Arenaro
Executive Vice President, CTO & CISO
Allan Johnston
SVP, Head of Program Management
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