Job Opportunity: Brand Relationship Coordinator
An opportunity has arisen for us to employ a full-time (with an option of flexible working for the right person) Brand Relationship Coordinator, to oversee the implementation of key Commercial Partnership projects in the UK.
We’re looking for someone who will work with skateboard brands and other commercial partners to deliver partnership activations, as well as with the SBGB communications team to create engaging content to promote brands alongside SBGB to engage with the skateboard community.
You will need a good understanding of skateboard brands and other commercial partners within the Action Sports environment, in order to build the best relationships and network with the right people to ensure flourishing partnerships that benefit the brands, SBGB and skateboarding.
Key Purpose of Role
- To oversee the implementation of key Commercial Partnership projects in the UK.
- To work with colleagues to create engaging content to promote brands alongside SBGB to engage with the skateboard community.
- To deliver partnership activations.
Key Responsibilities
Partnership Activation Coordination (40% time)
- Work as the main point of contact for our partner brands, taking responsibility for ensuring successful delivery of those partnership deliverables.
- Lead the events programme attached to partnership / sponsorship, managing and delivering them to an agreed level with internal team approval and delivery.
- Align with the social media team and community teams on cross over projects that require their involvement to ensure brands are visible to the public
Key Account Management (40% time)
- Manage internal and external enquiries on existing or new partnership matters.
- Support in the delivery of partnership obligations, which could include products, branding and signage logistics.
- Ensure clear communication and reporting throughout the partnership development process to allow collaboration with SBGB team members and ensure opportunities for growth are recognised.
- Create monthly reports for each partner brands, to display successes and planning for the future
- Create monthly analytics reports for social media channels, website and any press coverage.
Business Development (20% time)
- Create content and case-studies to showcase our partnerships and increase in-bound opportunities.
- Identify new partner opportunities through outreach to brands and developing existing conversations.
- Attend industry shows, conferences and networking events representing SBGB
Skills and Experience Required
Essential selection criteria
- Relevant commercial / brand or sponsorship experience.
- Experience, passion and understanding of skateboarding.
- Knowledge of skateboard brands in the UK.
- Excellent inter-personal skills, written and verbal.
- Experience with marketing and social media (and reporting of analytics).
- Experience in managing successful sports related events/projects.
- Ability to deliver to agreed outcomes.
- Experience of maintaining partnerships with different stakeholders
- Ability to project manage commercial and sponsorship programs that deliver against agreed deliverables that align to the agreed budgets.
- IT experience.
- A shared belief in the core values of Skateboard GB.
- Full Clean UK Driving license, with access to a car or preparedness to travel utilizing public transport.
Desirable selection criteria
- Knowledge of sports development pathways
- Knowledge and experience of sector kitemarks
- Awareness of risk assessments, health and safety & safeguarding issues within a sporting environment and events
If you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of this Job Description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at SBGB, and your perspectives and lived experiences could be just the things we need to create the changes that’ll transform skateboarding for the better, for everyone.
Essential Information
Duration
Full-time (with option to be part-time for the right person, not less than 3-days a week). Fixed Contract to 30th May 2026.
Remuneration
£30,000 (pro-rata if part-time) / Workplace pension contribution / 25 days holiday per year plus statutory days.
Hours of Work
37-hour week which represents full-time hours. Flexibility is required to work evenings and weekends.
Base
Working from Home, with national travel.
Requirements
Full clean UK driving licence and own vehicle (a mileage allowance will be paid)
To Apply
Please submit your CV together with information on how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role (please see the person specification).
Please submit applications to: [email protected]
Closing Date: 12 noon on 11th October 2024.
Further Information
Who we are
Skateboard GB is the UK-wide governing body for skateboarding with responsibility for talent, Olympic and world-class performance, in addition to grassroots skateboarding.
What we do
Skateboard GB exists to give skateboarders the opportunity to “Skate More, Skate Better” ensuring we are skater-focused in everything that we do; as we aim to lead, support, empower and facilitate.
Our Values
As an employer and as a team, Skateboard GB are committed to:
- Trust and respect (for each other, our community, and for people’s different needs, beliefs, abilities and perspectives);
- Learning, collaboration and ideas (valuing ideas from all perspectives and trying to ensure diverse and inclusive representation)
- Supporting and caring for each other; and
- Progressing the values, culture and purpose of skateboarding (whilst understanding that there are many different equally valid perspectives of what skateboarding’s value, culture and purpose may be)
It is important that we live these values through our recruitment policy and practices. If you’re not sure you meet every single requirement in this Job Description but believe you have a lot to offer in this role, we are keen to hear from you. Remember that a wide range of surveys have shown that women, people of colour and people with disabilities often only apply for jobs if they meet all the criteria for skills and past experience, whilst men and/or people who are white and/or able-bodied are more likely to apply for job roles where they only meet some of the criteria
You can find out more about Skateboard GB’s current strategic plan and priorities here: