Twitch is seeking a Head of Global Sponsorship Sales to join our sales leadership team in NYC! Reporting directly to the Chief Revenue Officer, this position will be focused on building out Twitch’s sponsorship strategy across the globe. This role will be instrumental in driving multi-year sponsorship partnerships among premium esports and entertainment properties to align the power of reach to our unique audience of engaged viewers found on the Twitch platform.
Responsibilities
Create and execute a unified global sponsorship and event strategy for Twitch and our partners, with a focus on esports rights and IP Twitch represents, Twitch Owned and Operated IP rights, First Party Twitch events and activating at 3rd party events.
Build deep relationships with Sponsorship teams at key clients globally, including their sports and entertainment marketing and activation agencies.
Partner closely with Media and Advertising sales team to offer customers holistic 360 degree marketing solutions.
Evangelize the Twitch sponsorship offering and represent Twitch at global esports and pop culture events to create high impact ways for our advertising partners to activate with us
Recruit, manage and motivate a team of sponsorship sellers to successfully achieve sales goals while working cross functionally with the Events, Marketing, Partnerships, Content, and Legal teams at Twitch
Leverage new and existing IP rights and media assets to generate multi-million dollar long term corporate partnerships
Work closely with the media and strategic planning teams to develop a strong model that will drive incremental media and sponsorship revenue in a holistic approach
Build relationships with the most progressive esports and entertainment owners to acquire more sponsorship assets
Have 10+ years of sports and entertainment sponsorship sales leadership experience
Proven success in IP management, licensing partnerships, as well as experience with naming rights negotiations
Established relationships with progressive esports owners and Fortune 500 company C-level executives
Genuine passion for Twitch’s engaged community to best align the sponsorship strategy to our advertisers in an authentic way
