Associate, Partnerships at Momentum Worldwide in New York, NY

Summary: Momentum Worldwide is an agency focused on creating memorable experiences for brands and their audiences. The Associate, Partnerships will provide strategic counsel to guide clients' sponsorship investments within sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, while supporting various deliverables related to sponsorship consulting and industry insights. Responsibilities: - Support client deliverables related to sponsorship consulting and industry research & insights - Deliverables include: strategic POVs, sponsorship evaluations, property analyses, competitive audits, landscape overviews, and other related work - Interpret relevant first and third-party data sets, inclusive of research, and uncover key insights for client consumption - Ability to distill findings into digestible takeaways and present recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders - Liaise and cultivate relationships with client counterparts on any day-to-day work that arises - Serve as a point of contact for Business Leadership and other internal stakeholders - Identify and support areas of sponsorship tool development or methodological enhancement - Support thought leadership initiatives, conducting research and monitoring the industry and landscape based on key advancements and innovations - Engage in trend spotting, looking for correlations or relationships between performance factors and outcomes across the sponsorship space - Assist various internal and external projects related to both existing clients as well as any growth-focused initiatives (e.g., RFP responses, pitches, presentations) Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree required; preferably in Marketing or a related field of study - 1+ years of client leadership/client management and sponsorship experience - Knowledge of or desire to learn the sponsorship landscape as it relates to sports, music & entertainment or arts & culture - Strong proficiency in Microsoft Suite, particularly with PowerPoint and Excel - Strong verbal & written communication skills; adept at communicating effectively and influencing clients and internal stakeholders - Experienced in strategic thinking and ability to see, articulate, and drive to the big picture - Passion and solution-orientated approach to problem solving - Capacity to storytell through the use of data and insights - Ability to perform well in a fast-changing environment with multiple priorities; ability to prioritize and multitask accordingly - Displays natural intellectual curiosity – always seeks to understand the 'why' - Supports Momentum's 'Be One' values – seeks to be a good teammate - Contribute to an environment that facilitates mutual respect and partnership across functions, and facilitates innovative thinking, appropriate risk taking, and open lines of communication Preferred Qualifications: - Agency or other relevant sponsorship experience preferred, but not required Required Skills: Sponsorship marketing, Client management, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Data analysis, Strategic thinking