Manager - Partnerships - FIFA World Cup 2026
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Description
THE·TEAM operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, THE·TEAM's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit the.team.
Fixed Term: Until Sept 2026
London Based
We are seeking an experienced Manager - Partnerships to lead the delivery of a high-profile global brand partnership campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Reporting to the Senior Director, you will support the global account team, manage client and rights-holder relationships, and drive campaign success while identifying opportunities for exponential growth. A key focus of this role will be approvals management, ensuring the correct use of intellectual property across global and local activations.
What You Will Be Doing
Headquartered in Los Angeles, THE·TEAM's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit the.team.
Fixed Term: Until Sept 2026
London Based
We are seeking an experienced Manager - Partnerships to lead the delivery of a high-profile global brand partnership campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Reporting to the Senior Director, you will support the global account team, manage client and rights-holder relationships, and drive campaign success while identifying opportunities for exponential growth. A key focus of this role will be approvals management, ensuring the correct use of intellectual property across global and local activations.
What You Will Be Doing
- Analyse global and local campaigns, providing clear feedback, and securing approvals from rights holders for IP use
- Support the account team in delivering best-in-class client service and campaign execution
- Oversee campaign planning, resourcing, multi-stakeholder coordination, rights delivery, and post-campaign reporting
- Budget planning, tracking, and delivery accountability
- Client communications across ongoing workstreams, acting as a trusted senior point of contact
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with senior brand stakeholders and key rights holders
- Proven experience delivering multiple complex workstreams in fast-paced environments
- Strong brand partnerships and rights delivery planning experience, particularly in football
- Experience working in approvals processes, including IP usage, brand compliance, and rights-holder collaboration
- Ability to analyse campaigns and provide clear, structured, client-facing feedback
- Experience advising clients on partnership activation strategies
- Football tournament experience highly desirable, ideally with FIFA, UEFA, or similar global rights holders
- Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage approvals workflows effectively
- Confident, polished client-facing communication skills
- Experience managing or working closely with approvals teams
- Language skills preferred: Spanish and/or Portuguese