Partnerships & Marketing Coordinator

Job Title:

Partnerships & Marketing Coordinator

Reports To:

Director of Partnerships & Impact

Department/Team:
Partnerships & Marketing

Status:
Full Time

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Hourly: $22-24/hour

Spokane Sports strengthens our community through the power of sports. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we create, bid on, and host impactful sporting events that drive economic growth, inspire connection, and enhance community pride. Our values of people-first, innovation, authenticity, integrity, and community impact guide everything we do.

• Coordinate project briefs, timelines, approvals, and deliverables across partnerships, marketing, events, agencies, freelancers, and vendors.
• Maintain shared project trackers, calendars, files, contact records, and asset libraries, and support clear intake and handoffs for new requests.
• Follow up on action items, identify missing information, and flag timeline or workload risks before they become roadblocks.
• Coordinate routine vendor logistics, including gathering estimates, organizing assets, confirming specifications, and tracking delivery.

• Maintain accurate sponsor and partner records in Salesforce and shared trackers, including contact information, activation plans, commitments, deliverables and key dates.
• Maintain the corporate partner and sponsor prospect pipeline, keep contact information and next steps current, and conduct prospect research as assigned.
• Coordinate partner recognition and sponsorship fulfillment across events, digital channels, signage, collateral and community initiatives.
• Collect and organize partner logos, brand guidelines, bios and other assets needed for activation and recognition.
• Gather and organize proof of performance, including photos, reach metrics, placements and activation recaps.
• Support outreach preparation, meeting follow-up, proposals, renewals, stewardship and impact reporting.

• Support content calendars and campaign work across social media, email, website, print, and community channels under the direction of the Marketing Manager.
• Draft and edit routine copy, schedule approved content, make website updates, and support email production.
• Create simple, on-brand materials using established templates and coordinate with designers or agency partners when more advanced creative work is needed.
• Capture and organize photo and video content, and assist with campaign reporting by gathering performance data and organizing results.

• Coordinate with the events team to track partner ticket allocations and support timely delivery.
• Provide on-site support for Spokane Sports-owned events and partner activations, with a primary focus on marketing and sponsorship execution.
• Coordinate signage, promotional materials, partner assets, and event-specific content needs with internal teams and vendors.
• Capture real-time updates and sponsor visibility, and assist with setup and breakdown related to marketing, partner, and community activations.

• Strong project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple timelines, details, and stakeholders at once.
• Proactive, resourceful approach with strong follow-through and comfort taking ownership of next steps.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences.
• Strong creative judgment and attention to brand consistency, layout, messaging, and presentation.
• Comfort with project management tools, spreadsheets, shared file systems, social platforms, email platforms, and website content management systems.
• Working knowledge of tools such as Canva or Adobe Creative Cloud is helpful, but advanced graphic design expertise is not required.
• Collaborative and service-minded, with the ability to take direction from multiple functional leaders, maintain clear priorities, and adapt when timelines shift.
• Commitment to Spokane Sports’ mission, values, and community impact.

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, sports management, project management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Two or more years of experience in project coordination, account coordination, marketing, partnerships, communications, or a related role preferred.
• Experience working in an agency, in-house creative team, or other deadline-driven, client-service environment strongly preferred.

• Standard office environment with regular time spent onsite at events and partner activations.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends during peak event seasons, with adjusted weekly schedules to maintain a 40-hour work week.
• Ability to travel locally for meetings, events, and activations as needed.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. and support on-site event setup and breakdown.