International Partnerships Manager

AEG’s Global Partnerships works across all AEG businesses and are responsible for securing and delivering first class sponsorship and partnership activations with the world’s most prestigious brands.

As International Partnership Manager (Activation) you’ll manage international venue partnerships for the Global Partnerships division outside of North America. You will be adept at working with big brand partnerships and deliver these across markets, whilst working alongside the local AEG teams. You will ensure execution and results are achieved at the highest standard.

Within the UK, you will also support The O2 team with the activation of key account partners. Through effective contract delivery, you’ll support the commercial objectives of Global Partnerships supporting senior colleagues on key partnership renewals.

You will also:

• Collaborate with partners to implement activation plans, attend and lead weekly status meetings
• Act as primary day to day point of contact for partners
• Fully understand partners’ brands, business, objectives and measures of success
• Implement monitoring & evaluation methods for partner activity to ensure positive ROI outcomes
• Manage and develop relationships between partners and internal stakeholders to ensure activation is delivered successfully
• Take ownership of assigned projects or responsibilities to support the wider partnerships team, for example, partner ticketing, F+B reporting, and photography requirements
• Lead on partner ticket management, requests, delivery and reporting
• Develop and present annual reviews for nominated partners
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the entertainment and events industry and future trends in sponsorship
• Manage budgets, monitoring and reporting spend

We’re looking for someone with Partnerships activation experience, who has a passion for working on Brand partnerships and who has experience in ticketing management.

You’ll be an expert at managing multiple partners. An effective relationship builder, you’ll be someone who partners will want to work with and internal stakeholders will want to support.

You’ll also

• Be skilled at conflict management
• Have acute attention to detail
• Want to deliver the best and wow customers
• Be a solutions driven and creative thinker
• Be confident under pressure

So, are you ready to join an amazing team who won Rights Holders of the Year? If so, then we’d love to hear from you.

We’ll give you a thorough induction on how we work at AEG. Our induction and onboarding programme is a great way to meet other new starters and to learn about our culture and values. We will give you training in our systems, policies, and procedures so that you’ll be set up for success. From the moment new employees join us, they’re welcomed with open arms and a plethora of exciting perks. Not only can they choose a free show and to climb The O2, but we also ensure that our employees are continuously engaged and rewarded throughout their journey with us.

To find out more about AEG’s Global Partnerships team visit: https://www.aeggp.com/

Where This role will be based at our vibrant head office in Blackfriars, a short walk from Southwark tube station and Blackfriars train station. We offer flexible start and end times and also welcome flexible working conversations.

So why apply?

AEG is an inclusive organisation where we value everybody’s contribution. We empower and trust our people to do the right thing. We go the extra mile, for our customers and each other, every time. We are always open to new ideas and respect all opinions. We support and bring out the best in each other. We really value our people and inspire them to be the best in class, always!

You can find out about our Vision and Values here: https://aegeurope.com/about-us/vision-values/

AEG have 8 Employee Network groups, through these we empower our employees with a stronger voice in the decisions made across our business to continuously improve our workplace.

Our benefits can be found here: AEG Benefits

Our commitment to inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe in equality of opportunity for all and our approach to recruitment and selection is fair, open and based purely on merit. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. If you require reasonable adjustments in any recruitment process with us, please make us aware.