Sr. Manager - Sales and Sponsorship

Job Description : Sr. Manager - Sales and Sponsorship

DEPARTMENT : Sales

PRIMARY LOCATION : Bangalore

JOB SUMMARY :

We are looking for a dynamic Sales Manager to drive sponsorship sales and partnerships in the sports and entertainment. The role focuses on concept selling, building innovative solutions for clients, and delivering measurable results. The person should be highly motivated to create, identify, cultivate, and secure sponsorship deals for events, an initiative.

The role requires strong relationship building skills, a deep understanding of market trends, and the ability to tailor sponsorship packages that align with potential sponsors' business objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Concept Selling & Sponsorship Sales Development :

• Day to day work on strategic partnerships for key businesses, driving measurable and sustainable results.
• Contributing towards developing the market & implementing strategies for getting sponsorship for our teams and IP’s
• Taking charge on proactive client communications, in particular status meetings, partner management, project management, and pro-actively contribute to the team
• Prospecting and researching new brands and analysing sales opportunities
• Being responsible for all areas of event sponsorship sales process, including research, creating pipelines and databases, closing deals and negotiating with prospects
• Develop and pitch tailored sponsorship concepts aligned with client objectives.
• Secure high-value sponsorships for events, IPs, and activations.

Strategic Business Development and Advisory

New Business / Projects :

Relationship Management

Event Execution

PREFERRED SKILLS :

About Havas Media Network India

Havas Media Network India is a media conglomerate that operates within a global framework – Mx – to drive Media Experiences and invest in Meaningful Media to build Meaningful Brands. The network offers a wide range of integrated marketing solutions covering strategy, media planning & buying, PR, social media, mobile, sports & entertainment, data, research & analytics services across traditional and digital media. It consists of media networks – Havas Media, PivotRoots and Arena Media, and specialist brands – Havas Market (e-commerce), Havas Play (entertainment, gaming, sports and fandom), Havas Play Gameplan (sports marketing), Havas Programmatic Hub (programmatic trading desk), Havas Analytics (data & analytics), Socialyse (social media), KlugKlug (influencer marketing) & Havas Media Tribes (out-of-home).

For more information, visit https : / / in.havas.com / & follow Havas Media Network on social media.

About Havas

Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications networks, with more than 22,000 people in over 100 countries sharing one single mission : to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and people. Havas has developed a fully integrated model through its 70+ Havas Villages around the world, covering all communication activities. The teams of the three business units, Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network and Havas Health & You, work together with agility and in perfect synergy to offer tailor-made, innovative solutions to clients that support them in their positive transformation. Havas is committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong and can be themselves and thrive. Havas integrated into Vivendi, a global leader in media, entertainment, and communications, in December 2017.

Further information about Havas is available at www.havas.com.

About Havas India

Havas India gathers the expertise of 21 agencies, specialised divisions and strategic alliances across 3 verticals :

With its unique Village model, it is an integrated network present across 3 Villages in Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bengaluru, and regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai, with over 2000+ professionals and associates.

As one of India’s fastest growing and agile networks, Havas India has bagged multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last 2 years including the group being Great Place To Work® Certified™ twice in a row (Nov 2022 - Nov 2023 & Dec 2023 – Dec 2024), consistently being featured in the top 3 at R3 New Business League rankings, and winning at Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year awards, e4m Indian Marketing Awards 2023, ABBY One Show 2023, Campaign Women Leading Change awards, and more. Our CSR programs, DE&I initiatives, and being actively involved in various industry associations is what keeps us invested as a network that has a clear mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people.

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination.

opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

For more information, visit https : / / in.havas.com / and follow Havas India on social media.

Why Join Us? Be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of sports and entertainment marketing through creativity and innovation.

About Havas Play :

Havas Play, a global platform and a part of Havas Media Network specializes in sports, entertainment and content. We lead impactful partnerships, experiential campaigns for brands and connect audiences to meaningful experiences. We pride ourselves in creating Intellectual Properties and partnering with sports, lifestyle and cultural projects.