Strategic Partnerships + Sponsorship Manager

Job Title:

Strategic Partnerships Sponsorship Manager

Reports to:

Vice President Marketing Strategy Sponsorship

Department:

Marketing

Supervises:

Does not supervise staff

Date Written/Revised:

July 2025

Work Schedule:

40 hours per week Monday-Friday. Hybrid work schedule eligible. This role requires occasional night and weekend hours to support events philanthropy and representing MOPOP; some travel may be required.

Salary:

$75000 $90000

Position Summary

The Strategic Partnerships Sponsorship Managers focus is on generating revenue through the development of corporate sponsorships and memberships and securing new business opportunities to drive incremental revenue forMOPOP. The Manager is responsible for pipeline development outreach discovery meetings custom asset and proposal development program coordination and relationship management. This position is intended to be strategically driven to consider both the needs ofMOPOPand its partners and find mission aligned solutions. The Manager will report to the Vice President Marketing Strategy Sponsorship and work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Leadership Team.

Essential Job Duties (other duties as assigned)

Corporate Sponsorships Revenue Growth:

• Identify develop and maintain corporate relationships that align with MOPOPs mission and priorities.
• Grow and steward a diverse portfolio of corporate donors securing multi-year sponsorships.
• Develop and execute strategies to maximize revenue from corporate partnerships.
• Collaborate with Sales Marketing to create sponsorship proposals and fulfill benefits for corporate sponsors and donors.

Strategic Partnerships Institutional Collaborations:

• Expand MOPOPs partnerships beyond traditional sponsorships including collaborations with corporations on marketing campaigns and membership growth campaigns.
• Manage cross-sectoral relationships ensuring that corporate support aligns with MOPOPs community-centric fundraising and DEIA initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison between corporate donors and MOPOP leadership to enhance institutional engagement.

Contract Execution Compliance:

• Oversee sponsorship contract compliance ensuring all deliverables are met and reporting obligations are fulfilled.
• Manage and negotiate partner agreements vendor contracts and internal accountability timelines.
• Maintain precise sponsorship data tracking institutional giving dashboards and reporting processes.

Event Logistics Management

• Oversee corporate engagement at MOPOP events coordinating sponsor activations and event logistics.
• Manage hospitality hotel accommodations and travel logistics for VIPs corporate partners and media guests.
  

Leadership Internal Collaboration:

• Work cross-functionally with MOPOPs leadership team to align sponsorship and fundraising strategies.
• Lead internal strategic initiatives including the review of fundraising portfolios budgeting and program categorization.
• Contribute to MOPOPs organizational culture and DEIA efforts.
  

MOPOP Community:

• Support our internal culture which inspires and empowers our staff to live our mission to its highest standards.
• Contribute to a consistent customer service standard across all departments.
• Work to ensure customer service is ingrained at the core of the team and is reflected outward to our guests and other staff.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in corporate sponsorship fundraising or strategic partnerships with a proven track record of securing multi-year sponsorships and funding opportunities.
• Strong relationship-building skills with corporate donors key internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing sponsorship contracts including deliverables compliance and reporting.
• Ability to develop and execute fundraising strategies leveraging digital platforms social media and peer-to-peer fundraising.
• Knowledge of sponsorship funding research tools budgeting and fiscal management principles.
• Project management experience including handling vendor agreements partner contracts and stakeholder coordination.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to craft compelling sponsorship proposals and donor communications.
• Experience with donor data tracking and CRM systems with proficiency in reporting and dashboard management.
• Commitment to DEIA strategies within fundraising partnerships and organizational initiatives.

Benefits

This regular full-time position includes Medical/Vision insurance Dental insurance Life/AD&D/LTD insurance 3.08 hours of accrued Vacation per bi-weekly pay period Seattle Sick/Safe 7 Floating Holidays (prorated first year dependent on hire date) 8 Company Holidays paid throughout the year EAP 401k plan with vested match schedule once eligible and subsidized transportation benefits for Orca Pass or parking.

Why MOPOP

Were really glad youre thinking about joining the team at MOPOP! We believe pop culture is a universal language capable of building connections across a range of people no matter our differences in race religion gender age sexual orientation ability education socio-economic status ethnicity country of origin or any other characteristic that makes us who we are. For more than twenty years we have been showcasing how music film fashion video games sports and more spark those connections and create a lasting cultural impact.

MOPOP provides both a physical space and an emotional and intellectual opportunity for people from any background to explore find and build community and recognize their own creative potential. This applies not only to our guests but also to our staff be it in designing an educational program to engage the next generation of creators trying to reach a new audience with a marketing initiative preserving an artifact in our collection or providing excellent customer service to a visitor. If this sounds like something youd be into wed love to hear from you!

MOPOPs Mission and Commitment to Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility

Our mission is to activate the world-shaping power of pop culture through participative experiences discovery and play. We believe pop culture connects us and that it is powerful complex alive and who we are. MOPOP is actively committed to ongoing learning in the areas of diversity equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA). In partnership with our community we hope to also develop safe spaces for their application. This includes taking steps to continue increasing our awareness of institutional -isms as well as uncovering and undoing the ways they show up in museum culture. We recognize this is a process that requires intentionality energy and resources and we are developing a DEIA framework that can cultivate a work environment and museum experience that is truly welcoming for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having staff interns and volunteers with diverse backgrounds enables us to better meet our mission and encourage BIPOC women and LGBTQIA2S individuals to apply. We acknowledge that our work to build safe spaces and better systems for traditionally marginalized groups is ongoing and will require constant vigilance and expect all MOPOP employees to be part of our DEIA journey.

Please email if you need reasonable accommodations during the application or hiring process.