Partnerships Manager

Partnership Manager

As part of our growth plans for 2023, we are seeking a partnerships manager with an immediate start. The role will oversee current and new partner & client relationships for Big Grill Festival, and new events coming on stream in 2023. This is a great opportunity to join a fast-growing festival, events and entertainment business rolling out new events in 2023 and beyond.

You will work alongside the festival director, management and production teams to seek out and deliver world class marketing partnerships across our festivals and events. This role is ideally suited to someone who has worked on the agency or brand side of festival/event activations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage ongoing relationships with key partners, clients, their agencies and teams to deliver world class marketing partnerships across our assets
• Actively seek out new partnerships for current and future events
• Manage day-to-day relationships and operations to ensure timely delivery of contractual obligations
• Work alongside our production team to deliver partner activity on time and in full
• Be a great storyteller- develop and present pitches and activation ideas internally and to our clients
• Regularly seek out new opportunities, ideas and best in practise marketing partnerships reporting back to festival director and management team
• Provide weekly updates to the festival director
• Ensure high level of back office organisational and administrative skills
• Contribute to the overall creative & idea-generation process for new and current events

Requirements:

• 3 years experience in a similar role with an agency, rights holder or brand
• Event or project management and experiential marketing experience is essential
• An understanding of the festival, events and experiential marketing industry
• Self-driven and highly motivated to succeed in a fast-growing business environment
• Strong communicator with the confidence to communicate and pitch to key decision makers and rights holders
• Experience in the hospitality industry is a distinct advantage
• Experience in an account management or sales role a distinct advantage
• Experience working in a festival environment a distinct advantage
• The ability to work and deliver under pressure in a high-pressure environment
• A positive, forward thinking mind-set with one eye on the future
• Strong negotiator with ability to handle objections and solve problems on the fly
• Fluent in English
• Available to work from our Rathmines office daily, particularly during event periods
• Be proficient in excel/google sheets and presentation software

Benefits:

• Generous salary & bonus package available
• Phone allowance
• Hybrid office/remote working during certain periods
• Regularly attend festivals and events in Ireland and abroad for research and networking

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: €32,500.00-€70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Employee discount
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Commission pay
• Performance bonus
• Retention bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Rathmines West, Dublin: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• event management: 3 years (required)
• sales: 1 year (required)
• Account management: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Rathmines West, Dublin