Senior Account Manager, Partnership Accounts - Partnership Marketing

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Account Manager, Partnership Marketing manages and grows a portfolio of corporate partnership accounts across the Florida Gators Athletic Programs. Reporting to the Account Director, Partnership Marketing, this role serves as a primary day-to-day relationship manager for assigned partners, ensuring strong execution, effective account management, and an excellent partner experience.
The Senior Account Manager builds trusted client relationships, oversees partnership activation and fulfillment, helps identify opportunities for account growth, and collaborates across internal departments to deliver marketing solutions that support partner objectives and Florida Gators Athletics’ revenue goals. This role embraces a hospitality-first approach while contributing to the continued growth and success of Gator Nation.

This position requires the incumbent to be familiar with integrated sponsorship platforms, including in-venue advertising, digital media, social media, hospitality, experimental marketing, and premium experiences; have strong administrative, interpersonal, communication, presentation, and customer service skills; be organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated; work independently and as part of a collaborative team; multitask effectively; engage effectively with others of diverse cultures or backgrounds; and work a non-standard work week which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.

This posting will remain open until a qualified candidate is chosen.

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate area of specialization*

• Four years of experience in partnership marketing, sponsorship activation, account management, client services, or sports marketing*

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Digideck, SponsorUnited, Blinkfire, CRM platforms, and large language models e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing corporate partnership accounts

• Marketing or account experience or interest in collegiate athletics, professional sports, media, agencies, or multi-property sponsorship organizations

*An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted in lieu of listed requirement.

BENEFITS:

Comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to health, dental, life, LTD, AD&D, pension plan (upon eligibility), tuition assistance, athletic event tickets, employee events and recognition programs as well as possible relocation assistance. Competitive compensation package commensurate with candidate’s previous experience and qualifications. You can view our full benefits guide on the official job posting by clicking here.