Associate Manager, Brand Consulting; Basketball

Position: Associate Manager, Brand Consulting (Basketball)
Location: New York

THE
· TEAM is proud to provide representation and marketing services to talent, brands and properties across 28 countries and more than 70 cities worldwide. Our brands and properties group partners with iconic brands and rights holders to turn relevance into revenue through integrated strategy and consulting, creative, live experiences and commercialization. We help clients understand, connect to and inspire global audiences by bringing together brands, properties and talent/creators to build meaningful relationships that drive measurable business outcomes.

Shaped by our belief in the unifying power of sports, music and entertainment, THE
· TEAM leads with intelligence, ideas and influence. For more information, please visit the.team .Job Overview:

THE
· TEAM is looking for a motivated individual to join the Brands Consulting team. This position is responsible for providing support to the account team members and assisting Managers with research, client reports and presentations, client services, project coordination, and implementation of timelines and budgets. Responds to client needs and requests and is expected to consistently provide excellent customer service to accounts, as well as represent client needs and goals within the organization to ensure quality.

What You'll Do:

Assists in the day-to-day management of vertical under the supervision of the Associate Director and other team members.

Performs research and analysis of various demographics and statistics to help inform strategic ideation around client / partner initiatives.

Works on strategies, programs and insights for long-term projects within vertical.

Monitors media, trends and changing sports, entertainment and cultural landscape to keep company executives and team members aware and to maintain THE
· TEAM’s position as the most knowledgeable in the industry.

Provides daily updates to the team on the status of ongoing NBA, WNBA and Pro Sports focused partnerships and helps manage expectations for agreements and next steps.

Works creatively with team members to develop and execute deck creation and report materials.

Coordinates client and company programs through various tools , email, phone calls, and conference calls.

Able to take ownership over specific partnership elements managed by multiple team members, while maintaining full knowledge of partnership in its entirety.

Performs various tasks as needed by internal team members such as research, reports, daily updates, editing of materials, talent identification, etc.

Stays up to date on client product/service offering and is able to thoughtfully present to potential partners.

Maintains positive relationships with clients to encourage new and repeat business opportunities.

Handles activation logistics, planning, implementation, and execution.

Creates various reports to support the client account teams.

Supports the creation and maintenance of proprietary Wasserman measurement tools and analysis.

May take on specialized roles or projects to assist the team such as working directly with third party vendors or partner agencies to execute client programs.

May work with internal client teams/partners to liaise with partners and provide materials necessary for partnership execution.

What We're Looking For:

Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree Up-to-date knowledge of the sports and entertainment industry, particularly within the NBA and WNBA, with a working knowledge of what’s happening across culture today and into tomorrow.

Must be proficient in Microsoft Suite, particularly with PowerPoint and Excel.

Analytical; must be comfortable working with numbers and distilling large amounts of data into digestible, easy-to-understand formats.

The ability to multi-task and self-manage to meet deadlines and…