General Mills
Associate Manager, Sports & Wellness Partnerships
Minneapolis, MN · Senior · Full-time
No sponsorship$95k-$159kDetected 19 days ago
Brand StrategyNegotiationCommunicationPublic Speaking
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57Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role90
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level III)83
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day.
- We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together.
- Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.
Responsibilities
- build relationships across the industry to identify opportunities.
- Translate cultural insights into partnership concepts that are authentic to the partner, relevant to the brand, and compelling to consumers, then create persuasive recommendations and pitches that clearly communicate the idea, strategic fit, and potential value.
- Lead partner-facing communications across idea development, presentations, deal negotiation, and contract execution, working closely with internal legal and external partners through detailed contracts, revisions, approvals, rights, obligations, and other partnership requirements.
- Influence across internal teams and external partners without relying on formal decision-making authority.
- Support the development and execution of partnership activations, content, experiences, and integrated campaigns, managing deliverables, approvals, and partner inputs from signed agreement through launch and closeout.
- Monitor sports culture, news, trends, athletes, teams, leagues, creators, fan behaviors, emerging sports, and media shifts; build relationships across the industry to identify opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- 5+ years of related experience in brand partnerships, sports marketing, sponsorships, licensing, talent partnerships, or work spanning multiple marketing communication touchpoints
- Experience creating, selling in, and executing ideas connected to a brand strategy or consumer opportunity.
- Strong strategic and creative thinking, with the ability to move between cultural insights, big-picture opportunities, and executional details.
Nice to have
- Experience evaluating or negotiating sponsorship platforms, talent opportunities, licensing arrangements, partnership rights, or other commercial deals.
- Experience working with national brands or across a portfolio of brands.
- Additional Considerations
- Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.
Compensation
- The salary range for this position is:
- $95,300 - $159,100 Annual At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role.
- The salary range for this role represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc.
- As such, pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.
- Beyond base salary, General Mills offers a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being.
- You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.
Benefits
- We are proud to offer a foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks.
- Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors.
Company info
- SALARY RANGE The salary range for this position is: $95,300 - $159,100 Annual At General Mills we strive for each employee's pay at any point in their career to reflect their experiences performance and skills for their current role.
Equal opportunity
- EMPLOYER (EOE)
- General Mills is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital or familial status, status regarding public assistance, or membership or activity in a local human rights commission.
- If you need to request an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please fill out our online accommodation request form by following this link: Accommodation Request.
- General Mills is an equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Experience evaluating or negotiating sponsorship platforms, talent opportunities, licensing arrangements, partnership rights, or other commercial deals.
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