About us
Joining the Hawthorn Football Club represents a unique opportunity to work in a fast paced, elite sporting environment where you can be yourself and thrive.
Our Club’s values and One Club philosophy across our men’s and women’s football programs ensures that inclusion and diversity are at the core of all we do. You will work and thrive in an environment that is committed to excellence and supported by a culture of wellbeing, work and family balance.
Our strategic priorities guide the Club to deliver long term objectives to continually grow, innovate and achieve on-field success. We are excited that our new state of the art home Kennedy Community Centre in Dingley is scheduled for completion in 2025.
We are committed to creating a supportive environment in which people feel connected to our football club and to each other. Importantly we want to have fun!
About the role
We have fantastic opportunity for a talented Partnerships Executive to join the commercial team.
Reporting to the Commercial Partnerships Manager, this role will provide a high level of service and support to the Clubs corporate partners. This role will have a strong focus on developing and maintaining positive relationships with clients through regular and responsive communication and delivering upon results.
A day in the life of this role will include, but not limited to:
• Management of club AFL & AFLW partner accounts including major, mid-tier and corporate partners
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with club partners & external stakeholders to meet partner expectations through regular and responsive communication
• Implement & manage a range of administrative duties related to delivery of sponsor benefits including branding, player appearances, match day entitlements, digital entitlements and ticketing requirements
• Develop, coordinate and oversee partner activations across AFL and AFLW match days and club events such as opening training.
Please note this role does include attendance at events outside of normal business hours and attendance at match days across the AFL/W seasons.
Our ideal candidate
As a self-motivated individual, you will have a sound understanding of account management and the commercial sporting environment, with 2-3 years’ experience that is backed by a degree in marketing, business, or sports management.
With a results-driven approach and drive to achieve, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment with an ability to multitask and deliver upon competing demands. Digitally savvy, you have an ability to identify opportunities and leverage partnerships.
A natural at building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, you will have superior communication skills and ability to manage expectations. You are a friendly and dynamic individual, with a can-do attitude and a team first mentality.
Due to the nature of the industry, the ideal candidate must be flexible in their availability as weekend work will be required for this role.
Our offer to you
As a Hawthorn Football Club employee, you will work in a supportive, values driven and harmonious team. You will be challenged and provided with opportunities to learn new things, grow, and develop. Our initiatives which drive wellbeing, connection and performance include:
• Emerging Leaders Development Program -bespoke inhouse program to develop our future leaders
• Club wide wellness days
• Access to gym facilities
• Summer Hours (Dec/ Jan) with half day Friday’s
• Flexible work arrangements
• Special offers and discounts through our Corporate Partners
• Industry leading Parental Leave Policy
• Professional development opportunities – inhouse and external
• One Club memberships to enjoy games with your family and friends
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Please send your cover letter and resume to apply.
Applications Friday 4th October 2024.
The Hawthorn Football Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and diverse candidates. We welcome applicants who reflect the diversity of the Australian community and encourages applicants from the following backgrounds to apply:
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• Culturally and linguistically diverse
• LGBTIQ+
• People with a disability
• People who live in rural and regional locations
We provide a welcoming, safe, and flexible approach to work and provide an environment that benefits from and enables the best from everyone.
As an organisation we are committed to protecting children and young people from harm. It is essential that anyone involved with the Hawthorn Football Club understands their responsibility in relation to child safety. Our organisation requires all applicants to obtain a ‘Working with Children Check’ prior to appointment.
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