Strategic Research Consultant Sports & Sponsorships

Are you a strategic thinker who can hold compelling substantive discussions with international brands and sports organizations? Are you analytically strong and able to translate research results into strategic advice? Do you enjoy seeing continuous improvement and setting new goals? And are you, like us, a big sports fan? Then our vacancy for Strategic Research Consultant Sports & Sponsorships is for you.

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Eva Gerritse

Business Lead Sponsorship Research

+31 6 1135 5095

Eva.Gerritse@blauw.com

What will you do?

TeamSport & Sponsorships conducts market research for international sports organizations and sports sponsors. Based on our research findings, we advise brands on how to increase the impact of their sponsorship and help sports organizations with insights that contribute to successful partnerships. We work for international brands such as PlayStation, Amazon, and FedEx, and with major sports organizations such as UEFA, Formula 1, various major teams, clubs, and associations.

As a Strategic Research Consultant, you are responsible for providing our clients with sound advice based on research results. You understand the challenges our clients face and know how to help them with research. You act as a strategic sparring partner for sponsor managers, partnership managers, and marketers. In addition, you contribute to business development by conducting substantive discussions with (potential) clients and challenging them with our vision and approach.

Your responsibilities:

You manage and enhance relationships with international clients;
You ensure that you understand the challenges faced by customers and provide them with sound advice based on the research results;
You will engage in strategic discussions about sports and sponsorships with marketers and sponsorship managers in international organizations;
You contribute to the team's commercial objectives by convincingly communicating our vision and approach to (potential) customers;
You write research proposals that align with the challenges and strategies of international sponsors and sports organizations;
You will supervise (junior) research managers on research projects;
You set the bar high, for yourself and for the team.

What do we offer?

An inspiring job at a leading international research agency in the field of sports tracking and sponsorship, with a competitive salary between €4,416 and €6,065. In addition to your base salary, we offer a bonus that rewards your commercial efforts. You will work with enthusiastic, ambitious, and sports-mad colleagues who want to move forward and encourage each other to make things a little better, smarter, or easier for our customers and ourselves. You will do this for the largest organizations and brands in the international sports world.

We are a match if:

You have at least 5 years of experience and a university level of working/thinking;
You are a persuasive discussion partner for international sponsorship and marketing managers;
You have strategic and analytical thinking skills;
You work independently and take initiative, but also have a keen eye for others;
The professional sports and sponsorship world holds no secrets for you;
The English language is no problem for you (speaking and writing);
You can talk to us about anything related to sports;
Bring your enthusiasm, ambition, and positivity to our team.

A good command of the Dutch language and living in the Netherlands is a requirement for this position.

What we offer you

Develop yourself

It is important to us that you continue to develop yourself. Employees are given the space to deepen knowledge and the freedom to choose their own route to success.

Cool club people

You'll work with colleagues who want to move forward and encourage each other to make it ever a little better, smarter or easier for our customers and ourselves.