Sponsorship Sales Lead.

We are Two Circles, a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business that grows audiences and revenues by understanding fans. We work with clients to help them influence fan behaviour, including spending habits, event attendance, and content consumption. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 900 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike, and Amazon. With nearly 1000 employees across 14 offices, we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses worldwide.

Our Rights Management division acts as a commercial sales resource for iconic sports and entertainment brands globally, successfully marketing the unique emotion of sport to drive commercial results for rights-owners. We have led and closed over $1.2bn in sponsorship rights for some of the world’s biggest sports properties, including recent record-breaking deals for UEFA Women’s Football, the All Blacks, and Mercedes F1. We aim to optimise revenues for our clients while allowing them to avoid the long-term fixed costs associated with maintaining large in-house sales teams.

We are looking to hire a proven sponsorship sales professional into the position of Sponsorship Sales Lead. In this role, you will lead high-profile sponsorship deals on behalf of premium rights holders globally. You will be required to pro-actively source and engage potential sponsors across various categories and geographical regions, select and qualify prospects, secure in-person meetings, and build relationships.

You will manage and build trusted relationships with decision-makers at global brands, influencing senior business decision-makers across different sectors and markets. Successfully executing competitive processes will result in the negotiation and conclusion of high-profile sponsorship deals.

The successful candidate should have a track record of delivering multiple sizeable sponsorship deals with premium global rights holders in sport or entertainment. High levels of influence and persuasion, along with experience in negotiation, are essential. Experience working across different countries, cultures, and time zones is also desirable.