Account Executive, Corporate Partnerships

Responsibilities:
• Reports to and supports VP, Corporate Partnerships
• Work to sell all St. Louis Blues/Enterprise Center sponsorship elements, including but not limited to: in-arena signage, media opportunities, website/social media, promotions and premium night giveaways, etc.
• Prepares sales proposals and makes sales calls
• Develops and maintains lists of prospective sponsors and actively and aggressively calls on prospects to generate new sales.
• Maintains strong up-to-the-minute awareness of business community, marketing trends and opportunities to effectively generate new sponsorship sales.
• Maintains strong awareness of promotional activities of other professional sports team to generate ideas for local use.
• Assists Activation and Service Team as needed
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree required
• 2-4 years sales experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office;
• knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint preferred
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; strong attention to detail required
• Ability to work well within a team environment
• Must be proactive and able to think quickly and independently
• Expected to work non-traditional hours including nights, weekends and holidays

Expectations:
• Work schedule of 9-5 in the office unless communicated to department members
• Works on home games to meet and entertain prospects / clients
• Update and maintain a Weekly Prospect Pipeline for sales meeting review
• Weekly review of progress made on current pipeline
• Present yourself in a professional manner both to clients and team members
• Regular benchmark check-ins on progress towards your yearly Net Growth Sales Budget

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.