Intersport

Background

Location: Hybrid – work-from-home and office: 303 E Wacker Dr., Suite 2200, Chicago, IL

Type: Full-time, permanent position

Division: Administration

Reports to: Controller

Overview

Intersport, a leader in sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing and media for over three decades, provides expertise in the areas of:

• Agency Services: brand consulting, creative, content production, digital, experiential marketing field marketing, hospitality, social media marketing, and sponsorship consulting
• Properties – owned-and-operated live sports and lifestyle events and media assets airing on broadcast and digital networks

Intersport is seeking to add a smart and driven Staff Accountant (SA) to its Accounting team. The Intersport Accounting team is integral to providing company-wide day-to-day financial operations.

The SA should have a four-year college degree, ideally in accounting, a minimum of two (2) years of full-time relevant work experience in accounting. The SA will focus on basic accounting principles that help feed into the larger, overarching functions of the Accounting department.

Responsibilities

General

• Embody and reflect Intersport’s performance-based culture and commits him/herself and team to the highest standards for all work responsibilities
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver executional excellence

Accounting

• Full responsibility for quarter and year end closing, including project reconciliation and work in progress entries.
• Make journal entries; manage debits/credits
• Understand and take ownership of cash forecasting and reporting
• Monthly bank reconciliations
• Responsible for general insurance tracking and reporting
• Responsible for company P&L
• Track and invoice inter-company transactions
• Audit & Review of transactions related to all balance sheet accounts
• Ability to interpret financial information and report variances
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, troubleshoot and draw valid conclusions
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Four-year-degree in Accounting/Business or related field preferred
• A minimum of two (2) years’ full-time work experience accounting at the general ledger level
• Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel
• Attention to detail while maintaining ability to multitask
• Strong organization skills, problem resolution, critical thinking and communication skills
• Independent self-started, but also a team player
• Proactive and anticipatory approach to effectively managing a breadth of responsibilities
• Communicates effectively, in both written and verbal form
• Advanced computer skills, with an aptitude to learn new systems & procedures

Intersport is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Intersport

Background

Location: Chicago, IL (303 E Wacker Dr., Suite 2200)

Type: Full-time, permanent position

Division: Strategic Partnerships

Reports to: EVP, Assets & Properties

Overview

Intersport, a leader in sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing and media for more than three decades, provides expertise in the areas of:

• Agency Services: brand consulting, creative, content production, digital, experiential marketing, field marketing, hospitality, social media marketing, and sponsorship consulting
• Properties – owned-and-operated live sports and lifestyle events and media assets airing on broadcast and digital networks

Responsibilities

The Director, Strategic Partnerships will be responsible for generating sponsorship and media sales revenue in support of a municipal marketing client. This client is a city in the Chicagoland area that offers a breadth of brand marketing opportunities across its portfolio of sponsorable assets including:

• An 18,000+ capacity indoor sports and entertainment arena
• A concert hall for live music, theater and entertainment
• A mass-transit integrated convention center
• A mixed-use general entertainment district

The right candidate will have proven success in sponsorship and/or media sales, relationships with key clients nationally and in the Chicagoland area, and the ability to create new relationships among buyers. The right candidate must possess a consultative selling approach and be able to detail success in having sold six, and seven-figure sponsorship agreements.

Responsibilities

General

• Embody and reflect Intersport’s performance-based culture
• Commit him/herself to the highest standards of executional excellence

Business Development

• Prospect, pitch, and close six-, seven-figure sponsorship and media agreements with clients and agencies nationally

Client Management and Communication

• Provide anticipatory and responsive customer service to clients/sponsors/advertisers, both those existing and newly signed

Team Management

• Work collaboratively with all members of integrated team
• Manage, train, and mentor junior-level staff in sales support and partner servicing roles

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of six (6) years’ full-time experience in sponsorship and/or media sales
• Strong understanding of the sales process with a passion for pitching and closing new business
• Ability to detail a history of having sold numerous six-, and seven-figure sponsorship and/or media sales agreements
• Current key relationships with sponsorship and/or media buyers at clients and agencies nationally
• Ability to develop new relationships with sponsorship and/or media buyers
• Experience managing, training, and mentoring junior-level staff
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills with high-level presentation ability
• Flexibility to work both independently and collaboratively in an entrepreneurial environment
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Word, Excel

Intersport is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Intersport

Background

Location: Hybrid – work-from-home and office: 303 E Wacker Dr., Suite 2200, Chicago, IL

Type: Full-time, permanent position

Division: Strategic Partnerships

Reports to: SVP, Strategic Partnerships

Overview

Intersport, a leader in sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing and media for more than three decades, provides expertise in the areas of:

• Agency Services: brand consulting, creative, content production, digital, experiential marketing, field marketing, hospitality, social media marketing, and sponsorship consulting
• Properties – owned-and-operated live sports and lifestyle events and media assets airing on broadcast and digital networks

Responsibilities

The Director, Strategic Partnerships will be responsible for generating revenue across Intersport’s portfolio of owned-and-operated live sports with a specific focus on the College Basketball vertical. The right candidate will have proven success in sponsorship and/or media sales, relationships with key clients nationally, and the ability to create new relationships among buyers. The right candidate must possess a consultative selling approach and be able to detail success in having sold high level sponsorship agreements.

The CBB vertical consists of the following properties either in a sales and/or management capacity, encompassing 30+ school/university partners, and listed in chronological order:

· “Arizona Tip-Off”: www.arizonatipoff.com

· “Fort Myers Tip-Off”: www.fortmyerstipoff.com

· “Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off”: www.womensfortmyerstipoff.com

· “Citi Shamrock Classic”: Notre Dame Women’s Basketball game

· “Legends of Basketball Las Vegas Invitational”: new in 2023 – website forthcoming

· “Seattle Tip-Off”: new in 2023 – website forthcoming

· “CBS Sports Classic”: www.cbssportsclassic.com

· “Legends of Basketball Showcase (Cleveland)”: www.legendsofbasketball.com/showcase

· “College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships”: www.collegeslam.com

· “National High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships”

· “Women’s College All-Star Game”: new in 2024 – website forthcoming

Responsibilities

General

• Embody and reflect Intersport’s performance-based culture
• Commit him/herself to the highest standards of executional excellence

Business Development

• Provide expertise in assigned properties, inclusive of comprehensive and detailed knowledge of a wide breadth of integrated rights and benefits (i.e. assets) and be able to conceptualize and sell-in creative activation concepts that meet the business and brand objectives of partners and prospective partners
• Prospect, pitch, and close sponsorship and media agreements with clients and agencies nationally
• Provide high-level, peer-to-peer executive level client engagement among signed partners

Team Management

• Work collaboratively with all members of integrated team
• Manage, train, and mentor junior-level staff in sales support and partner servicing roles

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum of six (6) years’ full-time experience in sponsorship and/or media sales, preferably in basketball sales
• Strong understanding of the sales process with a passion for pitching and closing new business
• Ability to detail a history of having sold numerous six-, seven-, and eight-figure sponsorship and/or media sales agreements
• Current key relationships with sponsorship and/or media buyers at clients and agencies nationally
• Ability to develop new relationships with sponsorship and/or media buyers
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills with high-level presentation ability
• Flexibility to work both independently and collaboratively in an entrepreneurial environment
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Word, Excel

Intersport is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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