The Partnerships Director will develop an effective sponsorship strategy and build and maintain strong relationships with our existing partners.
You will be a driven individual with previous experience in a senior partnerships role. You’ll have worked on the end to end sales environment from identifying, to pitching, through to winning business from clients and partners. You take ownership and responsibility for your projects day-to-day, and most of all, you’ll have the drive to deliver excellence for your clients, establishing long-term, mutually satisfying partnerships.
Via desktop research and personal networks, you will build a pipeline of potential brand partners and useful contacts and cultivate new business while expanding opportunities for existing clients.
The TV Festival is a not-for-profit trading subsidiary of the TV Foundation, a charity dedicated to ensuring fairness in the TV industry and supporting excellence. This post is particularly suited to an experienced sponsorship professional wishing to use their skills in aid of a uniquely rewarding organisation.
You will collaborate with the Festival Director, Talent Schemes Director and other team members to identify opportunities for both the TV Festival and the charitable work of the TV Foundation, allied with editorial objectives. We are looking for a strong ideas person able to create bespoke packages for a wide variety of cretively-driven partners.
Reporting to the CEO, you will be supported in your role by a Partnerships Executive year-round and a team of freelancers closer to the event in August.
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