Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Clients & Markets

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

The Role

We are looking for an ambitious and motivated Sponsorship Associate to join our Events and Sponsorship Team – part of the wider Clients & Markets (C&M) team in PwC. The role will involve developing and activating our Tier 1 Sponsorship Campaigns. The C&M team provides a range of marketing consultancy related services to partners and managers across the firm. PwC Ireland has almost 20 business unit areas and works with clients across a range of service areas.

As an associate on the Events and Sponsorship team, your responsibilities will include:

• Working with the team to create, develop and deliver a best-in-class activations campaign for all our Sponsorship campaigns

• Supporting the development of all firmwide sponsorship activation plans, coordinating campaign activities using the full range of marketing channels, ensuring they’re managed through a consistent and tightly budgeted process

• Managing the PwC Community Fund programme

• Working with both internal and external design agencies

• Liaising with key internal stakeholders to ensure all sponsorships are effectively and efficiently working for the firm

• Forging strong relationships with rights holders to develop and implement joint sponsorship and marketing plans

• Demonstrating innovation and creativity in all sponsorship activity

• Campaign management to include planning, activation, and evaluation on all marketing initiatives

• Keeping up to date with best-in-class industry and external sponsorship offerings including the latest technology and other leading-edge sponsorship experiential practices

• Measuring effectiveness of our sponsorships and creating reports to showcase our plans and results

• Budget management of all our sponsorship portfolio

Requirements

Education / professional qualifications:

• Third level qualification in a business discipline would be preferable

Experience Required:

• 2-3 years of sponsorship experience either within an agency or large in-house team.

• Previous experience in a sponsorship role.

• Experience working in financial or professional services or in a similar B2B environment.

• Experience using sponsorship measurement tools or analysing data would also be an advantage.

• Experience working on a marketing team dealing with branding, logo and design requests would also be an advantage.

Skills:

The candidate will display as many of the following skills as possible:

• Excellent planning, communication and organisational skills.

• High degree of enthusiasm and adaptability to work in a busy and innovative team.

• Experience in sponsorship management, activation and evaluation of sponsorship.

• Good team player, with a willingness to learn and share knowledge.

• Very strong project management skills. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritise as appropriate and identify/resolve possible problems before they arise.

• Extensive Google Suite, Gmail, Sheets, Docs, Slides, experience in report preparation.

• Displays initiative, proactivity and energy to achieve results. Capable of working to tight deadlines.

Personal Qualities:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy and excellent organizational skills.

• Excellent communication skills and an ability to work with and empathize with colleagues and customers from varied backgrounds and cultures.

• Self-motivated and detail oriented with strong administrative discipline and an ability to set and manage priorities.

• Financially astute and bottom line driven, with a good aptitude for numbers.

• Must be proactive and results orientated, with a flexible approach to work and be capable of handling multiple priorities in an evolving environment.

At PwC, we celebrate talents from all backgrounds and welcome applications from people who identify as disabled, neurodivergent, or who live with other long-term conditions. We want our candidates to have every opportunity to thrive in our recruitment process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Therefore, we welcome the opportunity to discuss with candidates any barriers we can remove, or adjustments we can make to appropriately adapt our process fairly and support them to perform at their best. Please contact us to request any accommodations.

Why you’ll love working for PwC (Benefits)

We want you to love every minute of your career. But we get it: each stage of life comes with a new set of priorities and demands. This is why we support you with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone. Here’s just a flavor:

· A competitive compensation package with a defined career path

· Paid overtime up to Manager grade

· Defined Contribution Pension Plan

· Subsidized healthcare insurance

· Wedding leave and gratuity, paid maternity leave, new parent leave

· Flexible working arrangements

· “Everyday flexibility”: Supporting you with where, when and how you work for your wellbeing and enabling you to to be productive and balance your working and personal life

· “Hybrid working”: A blended arrangement where you can blend working from home, at the PwC office or client site depending on business, client and team needs

· “Flexible Friday”: A 3pm finish on Fridays through the Summer and ahead of bank holidays

· On-site gym and shower facilities, fitness classes and wellbeing services

· On-site restaurant, shop, dry cleaning service and phenomenal coffee, treats and eats in our newly refurbished food market Plant & Bean

· Commitment to digital transformation. All our employees attend our Digital Academy Training

· A dedicated team of Learning and Development professionals who work to deliver an evolving training framework. It’s our goal to continuously develop our employees' technical and professional skills

· Training is centred around the “PwC Professional” our global leadership framework. It focuses on developing your core skills to become an authentic and inclusive leader for all levels

· You’ll be paired with mentors to help you develop your skills, diversify your experience and support you in achieving your career goals

· We’ve over 3,000 people working in PwC Ireland, and we hire over 300 graduates every year along with 300+ experienced hires so there is always lots going on with different societies and social events and you can get involved in as many or as little as you want.

· Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is really meaningful to us also and last year we were certified by the Business Working Responsibly Mark. The Mark assesses outstanding CSR and sustainability and looks at leadership, policies, practices, performance, and impact in areas such as; employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, innovation, environmental practices, supply chain management and engagement with the local community, and we are one of only 29 companies in Ireland to achieve this.

· Creating a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve is hugely important to us and last year we signed up to Elevate - the Inclusive Workplace Pledge. By signing up to this Pledge, PwC have committed to building and supporting a workplace that is equal and representative of all members of Irish society. We are only 1 of 50 companies in Ireland who have signed up.

· Be Well, Work Well is our name for everything we do to help our people stay well and the support we provide when they need it; helping you perform at your best, at work, at home and everywhere in between. We know that there are many aspects to wellbeing, and so we’re constantly expanding our approach and offerings to our people.

· PwC is an equal opportunities employer. All appointments and promotions are made on the basis of performance and ability. We are committed to the continued development of the personal and business skills of our employees, and you will be treated in a fair and unbiased way and given every encouragement to realize your potential.

Diversity & Inclusion

PwC is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We are committed to an inclusive culture where you can be yourself, and where differences are celebrated and embraced.

We promote equality and dignity in all aspects of recruitment and employment, and all appointments and promotions are made on the basis of performance, competence and ability. We are dedicated to your personal and professional growth, and you will be given every encouragement at all stages of your career to realize your full potential. This ethos is embedded at every level of our business.

You can learn more by accessing pwc.ie/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html about how we are driving a culture of belonging at PwC and explore our range of inclusive programmes, initiatives, employee resource groups and more.

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