Account Executive
Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Include, but are not limited to:
- Actively and enthusiastically selling and promoting Valley Health as a local and national sponsorship opportunity.
- Researching, cold-calling, and conducting face to face meetings with existing, new, and existing partners and prospects.
- Achieving sales revenue goals by aggressively pursuing all prospects and leads in accordance with the department’s strategic plan.
- Building complex proposals customized to client business objectives and renewing expired contractual agreements as needed to maintain sponsor relationships.
- Championing corporate objectives by serving as liaison between Churchill Downs Racetrack and all assigned sponsors.
- Attending networking events, business, and association meetings to develop and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with existing sponsors, key stakeholders, and potential clients.
- Communicating and collaborating with Partnership Activation, Operations, Marketing and other departments as needed..
- Communicating with and supporting Partnership activation, fulfillment, and other teams as needed.
- Documenting and communicating client needs to all team members as appropriate to ensure complete fulfillment and success.
- Utilizing technology to consistently track prospects, leads, trends, sales, and customer satisfaction.
- Interacting with the Legal department to successfully negotiate sponsorship contracts.
- Representing Churchill Downs with a positive, professional manner and providing exceptional customer service at all times.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
· No supervisory responsibilities.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university in Marketing, Sports Administration or related field. Master’s Degree a plus.
- Two (2) to four (4) years related experience and/or training in sports sponsorship sales.
- Team player spirit with an exceptional customer service attitude.
- Ability to leverage an existing network of relevant professional contacts.
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills with an ability to handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
- Ability to exercise sound business judgment generating effective solutions quickly and/or raising issues to management as necessary.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as demonstrated professionalism and diplomacy.
- Strong PC skills, including Microsoft Office Suite and Photoshop.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including some weekends and evenings.