Sr. Account Executive/ Account Executive, Sponsorship Sales (Virginia Tech Sports Properties)

Location: Blacksburg, Virginia, United States — On-site

Salary: $70,000–$80,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is a sports marketing and media company that helps brands engage sports fans through linear, digital, experiential, collegiate, and high school sports assets.

What you will do

• Develop and execute sales plans for Virginia Tech athletics sponsorships.
• Identify and prospect local, regional, and national sponsors through networking and market research.
• Create sponsorship inventory, revenue projections, partnership strategies, presentations, and proposals.
• Assess client needs, develop marketing objectives, and present creative integrated sales concepts.
• Draft and negotiate contracts, close new and renewing corporate sponsorships, and prepare sponsor recaps.
• Represent the university sports property and hirify.global at client meetings, game days, evening events, and presentations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3–5 years of direct sales experience in a sports multimedia environment.
• Experience with integrated and conceptual sales.
• Strong communication and professional sales presentation skills.
• Ability to generate ideas, provide creative solutions, and work with clients, operational leaders, and senior executives.
• Ability to work on-site in Blacksburg, Virginia, attend game days and evening athletic events, and travel for client presentations.

Culture & Benefits

• Team-oriented and competitive work environment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.
• Office-based, sedentary role requiring the ability to lift up to 50 lbs and sit, stand, and walk up stairs.
• Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role.