Sponsorship Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Sponsorship Manager for a fully remote contract opportunity supporting a high-visibility Brand Marketing and Events team within the financial services industry. This role is ideal for a sponsorships, brand partnerships, or experiential events professional who enjoys building strong sponsor relationships, coordinating complex event activations, and delivering measurable value for partners and attendees.

The Sponsorship Manager will support sponsorship initiatives across a growing portfolio of events, including flagship conferences and major brand activations. This is a great opportunity to work with collaborative marketing, creative, legal, finance, production, and agency partners in a fast-paced environment where organization, relationship management, and attention to detail are highly valued.

This role offers the chance to contribute to meaningful brand partnerships, work alongside supportive senior leadership, and play a key part in creating polished, high-impact event experiences. Candidates who are proactive, relationship-driven, and comfortable managing multiple sponsors and deadlines will be well positioned for success.

Key Responsibilities

• Support sponsorship strategy, planning, and execution across major events, conferences, and brand activations.
• Conduct sponsor prospect research, competitive benchmarking, list development, and initial outreach support.
• Coordinate sponsorship contracts, approvals, onboarding, deliverables, timelines, and fulfillment trackers.
• Serve as the day-to-day contact for assigned sponsors, managing communications, assets, deadlines, and activation requirements.
• Partner with Creative, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Production, Programming, and agency teams to execute sponsor deliverables.
• Support on-site sponsor activations, post-event reporting, recap materials, performance insights, and continuous improvement opportunities.

Compensation and Benefits

• Compensation: $85 to $105 per hour.
• Employment Type: Temporary contract.
• Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week.
• Work Arrangement: Fully remote, U.S.-based.
• Location Preference: Candidates in San Francisco or New York City are preferred.
• Travel: Required for key events throughout the year, including on-site sponsorship activations.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Manage sponsorship fulfillment, sponsor onboarding, activation planning, and partner deliverables across live events.
• Coordinate sponsorship contracts, approval workflows, creative assets, compliance reviews, and cross-functional timelines.
• Support on-site sponsorship execution, including booths, branded signage, promotional materials, sponsor sessions, and vendor coordination.
• Prepare post-event sponsor recaps, performance metrics, photography, activation results, and partner follow-up materials.
• 4+ years of experience in event sponsorships, sponsorship fulfillment, brand partnerships, or experiential event management.
• Hands‑on experience managing sponsor relationships and executing sponsorship activations at owned brand events.
• Strong understanding of sponsorship strategy, activation planning, sponsor deliverables, package development, and contract coordination.
• Experience coordinating sponsorship packages, partner agreements, and contractual fulfillment.
• Excellent relationship‑building and communication skills with the ability to work with sponsors, senior leaders, agencies, and internal stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating cross‑functionally with Legal, Finance, Marketing, Creative, Event Production, Programming, and Compliance teams.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple sponsorships, priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Familiarity with sponsorship analytics, event performance metrics, reporting tools, and post‑event recap development.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑visibility environment while maintaining accuracy, professionalism, and strong attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting flagship conferences, large‑scale corporate events, or high‑profile brand marketing events.
• Financial services industry experience or experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience coordinating sponsor speaking engagements, session participation, travel logistics, hotel accommodations, guest lists, and complimentary passes.
• Background working with external agencies, third‑party vendors, event production partners, and creative teams.
• Candidates based in San Francisco or New York City are preferred.

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