- Looking for an exciting career opportunity in the sports industry?
- MCG location
The Melbourne Football Club is the oldest sporting club in the world and the founding club of the AFL. With over 30,000 members, the Club, competes in a 22 round plus finals competition and is based at Australia’s sporting icon, the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Club has gone through a period of significant change and has embarked on an exciting new journey to create a sustainable and ultimately successful sporting organisation.
We are seeking an energetic Account Manager (Sales) to contribute to the Club’s broader sales programs efforts, including sponsorship, stakeholder and advertising. Working as part of the MFC commercial team, this role will be responsible for a sales portfolio of existing and new customers.
Specifically within this role responsibilities will include:
- In conjunction with the Manager – Sales, generating new sales from a sponsorship and advertising sense
- Responsibility for corporate sales accounts and for business development of key stakeholder organizations
- Growing the MFC corporate network and reinforcing MFC’s corporate brand
- Integrating with the Relationships and Events department to ensure sales client’s objectives are met.
Demonstrated ability in sales, a network of sales clients, you will hold a relevant tertiary qualification and have 3+ years experience in a sporting environment. We are looking for someone with a network of sales clients/relationships, a strong work ethic who will bring fresh ideas to the table to keep the Club’s sales efforts vibrant, competitive and productive!
If you are passionate about sports and AFL, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a strong commitment to service orientation and team work you may be an ideal candidate for this role.
Successful candidates will require a current Working With Children Check and Drivers Licence. There is also a requirement to assist on match days and other events as required by the Club, which include weekends.
To apply click here below and follow the prompts (include a covering letter and resume).
Applications close on 14th December 2013.
Due to the high level of interest only short listed applicants will be contacted. This role is not open to Agencies.
