Sponsorship Specialist

**Sponsorship Specialist - Brand & Customer Experience**
- **Permanent Role**:

- **Brisbane Location**

**About the role**:
Contribute to strengthening and differentiating Suncorp's portfolio of brands through innovative external sponsor partnerships and engagement strategies that support the business by delivering:

- Reach and exposure in priority markets, brand consideration, appeal and competitor differentiation.
- Attract and deepen relationships through integrated brand engagement and experiences.

**More specifically, you will**:

- Contribute to commercial outcomes through strong brand alignment to the sponsorship portfolio.
- Support the optimal leverage of the sponsorship portfolio through operational excellence in innovation, planning, delivery and measurement.
- Assist in managing the day-to-day operations of sponsorships and third-party partners, agencies and suppliers to deliver sponsorship programs.
- Lead on the portfolio's ticketing and hospitality program and delivery across a wide stakeholder group.
- Drive strong working relationships with marketing peers, internal stakeholders and partners.
- Maintain a deep understanding of brand and customer needs, behaviours, interests for priority segments, connecting with customers where they are most engaged and passionate.
- Implement contractual benefits for all key sponsorship assets.
- Assist to plan, brief, develop and execute sponsorship leverage campaigns across paid, owned and earned channels.
- Influence marketing stakeholders to deliver market-leading sponsorship and leverage programs and experiences in alignment with the brand propositions and campaigns
- Assist with planning and activation across sponsorship partners/ third-party providers, media and events (including event response) where required.
- Demonstrate test and learn methodologies with a commitment to effective measurement and program optimisation.
- Assist in the reporting on sponsorship campaign results, ROI and share learnings with the wider marketing team.
- Leverage internal and external research, competitive and industry intelligence to ensure activities are current, fluid and two-way with customers/ communities.
- Assist where required in the continuous review of sponsorship strategy to identify synergies, gaps, overlaps and divestment strategies (in line with supporting brands to keep, get and grow customers).
- Support on commercial negotiations with external partners to secure opportunities at fair value and relevant benefits, while maintaining a strong positive reputation for the business.
- Contribute when required to written/verbal sponsorship strategies to stakeholders and senior management.
- Contribute to the management of sponsorship budgets, invoice processing and monthly forecasting to deliver target cost base.
- Adhere to and execute robust program governance - legal, data, brand alignment, risk etc.
- Respond to internal and external sponsorship requests.
- Role model the Suncorp Behaviours and Code of Conduct.

**About You**:

- Degree in Marketing or equivalent
- Preferred 5 years+ marketing experience in a similar environment with a focus on marketing, sponsorship and customer engagement strategies.
- Background in sponsorship portfolio management.
- Extensive experience in building and deploying sponsorship, communications and media activation strategies.
- Experience managing brand activations and ticketing programs.

**Key Capabilities**:

- Effective communication, consulting and relationship management skills
- Commercial acumen and results focused to drive business value
- Strong planning, conceptual thinking skills, problem-solving and analytical skills
- Development of business cases demonstrating ROI
- Proven ability to initiate and manage change, as well as drive innovation
- Ability to request, understand and interpret marketing data to identify opportunities and threats
- Ability to manage a portfolio budget and forecasting
- Ticket management
- Level of negotiation skills (preferred)
- Planning, organising and attention to detail
- Leadership and teamwork.

**What we can offer you**:

- Discounts and offers on a range of insurance products
- A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks secondary carer parental leave, and unlimited paid emergency response leave.
- Invest in your brighter future with ongoing study support and career development programs.
- Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave.
- Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council.

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