Manager, Game Day Promotions - Portland, United States - teamworkonline

Description

Job Title: Manager, Game Day Promotions & Programming
Reports To: Vice President/ Communications & Assistant General Manager, Corporate Sales
Hours of Work: As required, Monday to Friday, weekends if and when needed
Contract Type / Length: Full Time, Exempt
Location: Portland, Maine

The Portland Sea Dogs, Double-A Eastern League affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, are seeking a highly motivated, organized, and creative thinker to fill the role of Manager, Game Day Promotions & Programming. The Manager, Game Day Promotions & Programming will help create the teams' annual promotional schedule to increase ticket revenue, drive overall attendance, and enhance the fan experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Promotional Duties:

• Collaborate with the Vice President/ Communications and the entire staff to develop, schedule, and execute promotional and theme nights throughout the season.

• Work with various departments to coordinate all elements of promotions including videos, music, graphics, food, tickets, and marketing.

• Schedule and book entertainment , character appearances, etc.

• Work with MiLB/ MLB to ensure promotions adhere to MilB/ MLB policies.

• Create and coordinate the execution of in-game promotional events

• Reach out to local groups to add elements to community events and promotions

• Work with the sales team to provide them with sellable promotional inventory.

• Ordering and coordination of promotional items including giveaways, jerseys, theme night supplies, etc.

• Assist in maintaining the team website with the latest promotional information

• Attend MiLB meetings regarding league-wide promotions and implementing events into our schedule

• Coordinate National Anthem performers

• Collaborate with the Vice President/ Communications on Email Marketing campaigns including "Know Before You Go", "Homestand Previews", and "Win Back".

• Collaborate on the development and creation of digital marketing campaigns

Social Media Marketing Duties:

• Monitor and respond to fan social media posts/ questions

• Develop promotional content for social media platforms including documentation of in-game events and promotion of future events

• Collaborate with the Vice President/ Communications to develop paid social media campaigns

• Assist with the creation of sponsored content posts

• Grab content for sponsorship proof of performance reports.

Sponsorship Fulfillment Duties:

• Work with Sales Manager to be part of the sponsorship team assisting with client fulfillment needs for Sea Dogs sponsors and partners. Duties include:
• Attending client meetings
• Create Digidecks for proposals and season recap/proof of performances
• Coordinate ticket distribution for clients
• Coordinate ad copy and videoboard graphics
• Handle social media content for partnership programs
• Work with existing partners to fulfill aspects of their agreement
• Help to identify new sales opportunities or areas of growth with existing partners and new clients for partnership

Qualifications
· Bachelor's Degree preferred
· Minimum 1-2 years experience in promotions or related field, experience in Minor League Baseball of sports industry preferred
· Highly organized and detail-oriented
· Strong internal drive and work ethic; willing to go above and beyond to deliver for the organization
· A creative problem solver and strategic thinker
· Excellent communication and presentation skills
· Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
· Skilled in basic graphic design...Photoshop/ Canva
· Passionate about providing over-the-top customer service experience to clients and fans

• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Skilled in social media marketing

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.