Creative Strategist, Partnership Sales & Activation

Responsibilities

• Develop original creative concepts and partnership narratives that connect a prospective partner's brand goals to Bay FC's platform, audience, and cultural moment
• Build and design compelling pitch decks working from deal memos, strategy briefs, and verbal direction, often on tight timelines
• Use data and insights provided by our Business Insights team and market intelligence to surface the "human truths" and industry narratives that make a pitch land
• Track cultural trends, brand behavior, and the broader women's sports landscape to identify angles and opportunities that keep Bay FC's sales story ahead of the conversation
• Translate complex sponsorship packages into clear, two-sided stories: what the partner gets and why it maps directly to their business objectives
• Serve as the main ideation engine for Existing or new partners to assist upsells, renewals, one off opportunities and new Partner pitches
• Conduct brand and prospect research to tailor each pitch to a specific company's goals, not a generic template
• Contribute to brainstorms and ideation sessions, bringing a brand strategist's POV to partnership concept development
• Maintain and evolve Bay FC's partnership sales presentation standards and library of assets, to position us to move quickly

Qualifications

• 4–7 years in a creative agency, brand strategy, communications planning, or integrated marketing role; sports industry background not required, genuine cultural curiosity and an excitement about providing real solutions to marketers IS required
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic narratives and present them to senior audiences through compelling deck work
• A strategy-first thinker who can also physically build the deck, proficiency in Keynote, PowerPoint, and/or Google Slides required; Adobe Creative Suite a plus
• Strong instincts for brand storytelling, with the ability to connect data and insight to creative ideas
• Comfortable working in ambiguity, responding to rough direction, and producing polished work quickly
• Deep interest in culture, brands, and how they show up in the world — sports, entertainment, media, technology
• Collaborative, low-ego, high-output

Pay

The anticipated salary for this role starts at $120,000. Hired applicant will be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience, skills, and scope.