Position: Director of Corporate Partnerships
Department: Business Development
Reports to: CRO/CEO
Background: Sporting Club Jacksonville, or “Sporting JAX” is the club founded in 2020 by a local Jacksonville ownership group and named in collaboration with the First Coast community in 2023.
The club’s goal is to operate a men’s professional USL Championship club, a women’s professional USL Super League club and a USL Youth Academy through work with city and county authorities to develop a 15,000-capacity community stadium and training facilities to host the clubs in Northeast Florida.
The ownership group is led by successful business entrepreneur Ricky Caplin and includes sporting legends Tim Tebow and Fred Taylor, as well as experienced professional soccer executive Steve Livingstone and local community innovator Tony Allegretti. Additionally, UF women’s soccer coaching legend Becky Burleigh leads Sporting JAX’s efforts as a consultant to the women’s pro team.
The club is a community-oriented organization focused on providing opportunities for youth development, fostering competition, and delivering exceptional professional soccer experiences.
The club’s stadium and facilities will reach out beyond soccer to other sports and other sporting communities. Sporting JAX exists in part to advance soccer and an equal playing field in our community as well as provide a “sporting chance” for the underserved and marginalized.
Position Summary: The Director of Corporate Partnerships is a full-time
position leading the corporate partnerships sales and fulfillment team. This individual will be responsible for directing the sales and fulfillment team and selling and
marketing integrated corporate partnership programs that incorporate all soccer and stadium-controlled assets.
These assets would include, but are not limited to stadium naming rights, matchday, youth sports, concerts, signage, TV, livestreams, radio,
print and digital. The Corporate Partnerships Director will be responsible for managing and overseeing the entire sales process from the research and
prospecting phase for new business to the execution of the contractual agreements with the corporate partners and managing the on-going relationships, fulfillment and renewal with those partners. He or she will be responsible for creating marketing partnership materials and proposals, sales retention, corporate activation, and partnership fulfillment.
Working in a small team and reporting to the CRO/CEO, the ideal candidate will be a “sales focused” producer whose core responsibility will be to lead the team in identifying, developing and closing on new business. This is a selling and managing role.
Responsibilities:
NO PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS, PLEASE. Those selected for further consideration will be contacted directly.
The information contained in this job description is not exhaustive of all the duties and responsibilities, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. At the discretion of management, duties, and responsibilities may change due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons at any time.
Sporting JAX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, class, religion, country of origin, political belief, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any factor protected by law.