Project Coordinator, Partnerships & Sports Marketing

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Gallagher has a robust sports and entertainment portfolio, spanning all major men’s professional sports leagues, several women’s professional sports leagues, numerous iconic entertainment organizations and renowned charitable organizations. The Coordinator, Community & Content will directly support the coordination and execution of partnership marketing content and community efforts, such as building and maintaining an editorial content calendar, coordinating volunteer efforts for partnership community events, collaborating across multiple internal and external teams, and more.

To be successful in this role, a candidate should be highly detail-oriented, adaptable, and collaborative, and must be able to effectively communicate with external and internal audiences with knowledge of Gallagher's general marketing and partnership marketing goals and strategy.

Position Detail:

• Pay: Starting at $60K/yr depending on experience
• Location: 2850 West Gold Road, Rolling Meadows IL
• Schedule: Hybrid M-F 8am - 5pm CST
• Benefits start day 1!

Responsibilities

• Captures deadlines and specifications for partnership content and community needs and ensures team’s adherence to deadlines.
• Maintains central view of current and upcoming projects across both partnership content and community events
• Manage internal and external communication for community events including coordination, invites, recaps, and post-event surveys
• Manages internal workflow of projects to ensure flawless execution and timely delivery of content assets and community events
• Works with the Partnership Marketing leadership on project prioritization.
• Keeps Partnership Leadership apprised of project statues as requested, escalating needs or issues in a timely manner.
• Assist in planning, organizing, and executing community events and activities across partners
• Coordinate logistics, schedules, and resources for community events and content capture and ensure all activities run smoothly

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field.
• 2-3 years experience in a supportive marketing role.

Preferred Requirements

• Background in sports administration and/or a supporting capacity in sports marketing.
• Working knowledge of marketing and partnership principles.
• Strong technical skills across Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong communication and customer-facing skills are required.
• Ability to write and edit copy to support social media posts
• Familiarity with project management tools are preferred.
• Some travel may be required to support community events and/or content production.

Behaviors / Soft Skills

• Self-motivated and a self-starter, you have a forward-thinking mindset and take initiative.
• Possesses strong communication skills and demonstrates the ability to interact effectively across multiple teams, levels and functions in a team-oriented environment.
• Possesses a flexible approach to change; works effectively in a variety of situations; constantly seeks improvements.
• Understanding of sports and entertainment industry trends a plus.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.