Company Information
For more than 20 years, AEG has played a pivotal role in transforming sports and live entertainment. Annually, we host more than 160 million guests, promote more than 10,000 shows and present more than 22,000 events around the world. We are committed to innovation, artistry, and community, and leverage the power of our 300+ venues, leading sports franchises, marquee music brands, integrated entertainment districts, premier ticketing platform and global sponsorship activations, to create memorable moments that give the world reason to cheer.
Our business is interwoven with the human mind and heart, and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive company that reflects the artists, athletes, and fans that we host; reach beyond traditional boundaries to support the communities in which we operate; and minimize our impact on the environment by adopting sustainable practices throughout our business operations.
If you want to be challenged to up your game and make a difference, then join us in giving the world reason to cheer!
Job Summary
The Account Executive, Activation, is responsible for supporting a team of network asset managers, managing designated corporate network partnerships, and coordinating key division events for the LA Kings and Ontario Reign. This role will act as an executioner of partners' brands, understanding the business objectives, challenges, opportunities, to provide and determine their needs to make their event successful while partnering with arena operational staff.
Essential Functions
- Responsible for organizing, maintaining, and fulfilling all corporate sponsor agreements and their outlined contractual obligations.
- Report sponsorship data on a weekly basis to management and create season recaps for current partners. Assist Finance with tracking and contract fulfillment.
- Participate in planning events for sponsors, such as Reign Gala for Be Perfect. Directly responsible for attendance and hospitality in Ontario Reign Presidents Suite.
- Provide on-going customer service for assigned corporate sponsorships through various means including, but not limited to, direct contact and corporate partner gatherings.
- Responsible for working and attending team events, promotions, venue events; cultivating and building a good working relationship with different personnel and departments with the team.
- Collaborate with Kings Sponsorship activation to ensure multi-team sponsors are activated in the Inland Empire as well as Los Angeles.
Required Qualifications
- BA/BS Degree (4-year)
- 2-4 years related work experience
- Experience with advertising/sponsorship in local corporate market and/or industry is preferred
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Highly organized, detail oriented and able to manage multiple priorities and projects at once
- Excellent at relationship building and people skills
- Ability to multitask and solve problems efficiently and quickly
- Self-motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to professionally handle highly sensitive and confidential information
- Ability to handle minor lifting and load/unload merchandise
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word; ability to learn required business systems
- Regular attendance and hours in conformance with the standards, which may be established by AEG from time to time, is essential to the successful performance of this position. Due to the cyclical nature of the entertainment industry, the employee may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the company including working game nights and event weekends.
Pay Scale: $69,000
Bonus: This position is eligible for a bonus under the current bonus plan requirements.
Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental and vision insurance, paid holidays, vacation and sick time, company paid basic life insurance, voluntary life insurance, parental leave, 401k Plan (with a current employer match of 3%), flexible spending and health savings account options, and wellness offerings.
AEG reserves the right to change or modify the employee’s job description whether orally or in writing, at any time during the employment relationship. AEG may require an employee to perform duties outside their normal description.
AEG's policy is to hire the most qualified applicants. We are an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any individual, employee, or application for employment on the basis of race, color, marital status, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other legally protected status recognized by federal, state or local law.