Partnerships Senior Account Manager

​Duration: 12 months maternity cover

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