- Completed business studies degree
- Minimum of 1+ year of professional experience in a sales role
- Experience in designing and marketing sponsorship concepts
- Strong sales skills, as well as enjoyment in selling and customer consulting
- Excellent communication skills and a high level of persuasiveness, ideally bilingual
- Analytical skills, economic understanding, and organizational ability
- High level of customer orientation and quality awareness
- Strong affinity for advertising, technical, and digital products
- Excellent MS Office skills
- Willingness to work on weekends
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Sponsoring Manager (all genders)
Permanent employee, Full-time · Berlin
YOUR MISSION
Are you hands-on and think outside the box? Become part of the IFA Sponsoring Team and make an impact in one of the world's largest tech events.
We’re looking for someone who brings fresh ideas, enthusiasm, and a can-do attitude. If you're ready to be a part of a dynamic team driving innovative sponsorships, we want to hear from you.
General Responsibilities
- Identify and creatively develop sponsorship opportunities and activations that appeal to both existing clients and new, non-endemic brands.
- Conduct thorough market and industry research, analyzing company backgrounds and marketing strategies to craft sponsorship packages that align with potential clients’ business objectives.
- Stay up-to-date on cutting-edge marketing trends and sponsorship best practices to drive the development of innovative, forward-thinking concepts.
- Collaborate closely with internal teams (content, marketing, operations) and external agencies to create inspiring, well-researched, and engaging sponsorship initiatives.
- Produce detailed sponsorship presentations with activation ideas and concepts that resonate with brand partners.
- Build and maintain a comprehensive database, network, and relationships with potential high-value sponsorship partners, especially in non-endemic sectors, to drive future growth.
- Proactively engage, pitch, and manage sponsorship clients, overseeing the full delivery of sponsorship packages (before and during IFA).
- Act as an internal consultant to the sales team, sharing sponsorship opportunities for their accounts and communicating sponsorship programs internally.
- Ensure timely and complete delivery of all sponsorship benefits across all programs.
- Coordinate with the Operations/Production team (agencies) regarding the feasibility and implementation of sponsorship concepts.
- Work closely with PR and marketing teams to integrate sponsorship programs and brand activations into broader campaigns and communications.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for non-endemic sponsors during the execution phase and as an internal liaison with the operations/production team (agency).