Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• This role will support our sport sponsorships by leveraging assets to drive business objectives, provide unique opportunities for our brand, and when applicable support other internal business units.
• Additional objectives include managing sponsorship asset execution, supporting sponsorship measurement efforts, supporting ticket fulfillment and hospitality, coordinating community and military activations, and enhancing American’s brand perception.
• The role is a part of the Sponsorships and Activations team within our Global Engagement Group.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Support overall development of comprehensive and strategic marketing plans and campaigns 
  
• Plan and execute both physical and digital sponsorship activations 
  
• Collaborate with multiple internal departments and external partners to drive sponsorships success
  
• Support the annual Sponsorship and Activation budget
  
• Manage the hospitality component of partnerships
  
• Take ownership of tasks/projects and proactively communicate next steps, timelines and potential issues to appropriate stakeholders
  
• Develop critical thinking skills by demonstrating the ability to anticipate major issues / obstacles and provide recommendations on how to move forward
  
• Work with the in-house legal department (and respective agencies/partners) to support the development of contracts/agreements for talent, ambassadors and influencers
  
• Make positive impact on the team, maintain optimistic can-do attitude even when plans change
  
• Ability to work outside traditional office hours including evenings and weekends as needed and to be available for business travel as needed

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Marketing, Advertising or related area or equivalent experience/training
• 2+ year of relevant experience
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time 

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Experience in partnerships, sports marketing, sponsorships, and events with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders 
• Prior experience working with outside agencies
• Knowledge and experience with planning and executing large-scale events and activations 
• Prior project management experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Must be a highly organized self-starter with the ability to prioritize and perform within a deadline structured environment, handling multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail is essential.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (e.g. Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Must be enthusiastic and able to interact in a professional manner with all departments within the airline, divisional leadership and with external partners, customers and vendors.

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Job Tags

Work at office, Flexible hours, Afternoon shift,

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