Manager, Media & Strategic Partnerships | Notre Dame

The Role

Manager, Media & Strategic Partnerships

LOCATION: Notre Dame, IN

About the Role

The Manager, Media & Strategic Partnerships serves as a key operational bridge and strategic liaison between Notre Dame Athletics and Notre Dame Global Partnerships (NDGP), connecting content, partnership success, partnership development, analytics, and external partners to deliver high-impact sponsored media campaigns. This role owns the end-to-end digital sponsorship fulfillment process, brings a commercial perspective to content strategy and distribution, and helps drive incremental partner value and revenue across Notre Dame Athletics channels.

What You’ll Do (Key Responsibilities & Outcomes)

Digital Partnership Fulfillment & Project Management

• Oversee the complete digital sponsorship fulfillment process between Notre Dame Athletics content teams and NDGP Partnership Success, ensuring campaigns are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with partner commitments.
• Create, maintain, and execute the master digital sponsorship fulfillment calendar; lead distribution kick-off calls and develop comprehensive distribution plans from launch through post-campaign analysis.
• Coordinate campaign workflows, timelines, approvals, posting schedules, and deliverables across internal and external stakeholders.

Cross-Functional Partnership, Brand Stewardship & Content Strategy

• Serve as the operational bridge among Notre Dame Athletics content teams, NDGP Partnership Success, NDGP Partnership Development, and key partners, aligning stakeholders around campaign objectives and execution.
• Act as an internal commercial resource within the Athletics external affairs team, bringing a market- and revenue-focused perspective to content strategy, planning, timelines, and partner integrations.
• Champion Notre Dame Athletics brand standards and partner integration guidelines while collaborating with creators and designers to develop innovative branded content, mockups, partner pitches, and on-set executions.

Analytics, Partner Reporting & Revenue Support

• Partner with social media and data teams to compile, interpret, and evaluate digital performance analytics and track campaign results against target KPIs.
• Translate performance data into compelling proof-of-performance recaps, actionable insights, and strategic recommendations for partners, leadership, and internal stakeholders.
• Support revenue growth by identifying opportunities to strengthen partner value, improve content performance, and develop high-value concepts for current and prospective partners.

Event Coverage & Departmental Initiatives

• Attend after-hours, weekend, and game-day sponsored events, including activations, golf outings, NIL appearances, partner meetings, and other functions, to support and manage relevant content execution.
• Provide production oversight for partner shoots and contribute to broader department initiatives as business needs evolve.

What You Bring (Qualifications & Experience)

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 4-6 years of relevant experience
• Prior experience in social media content creation, digital sponsorship fulfillment, sports marketing, or a related field; experience within college athletics or a major sports organization is preferred.
• Expert-level understanding of major social media platforms, including Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and platform-specific audiences and content practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi-platform digital fulfillment calendars, complex workflows, deadlines, and cross-functional campaign delivery.
• Strong commercial mindset with experience translating partner objectives into brand-aligned content and measurable value; experience collaborating with corporate sales or partnership teams is strongly preferred.
• Ability to evaluate and interpret social media performance analytics and translate data into clear partner reporting, proof-of-performance recaps, and actionable recommendations.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-management skills, with the ability to connect creative, administrative, commercial, and analytics stakeholders.

Key Leadership Attributes

• Builds trust across Athletics, NDGP, creative, sales, analytics, and partner teams and drives clarity around ownership, timelines, and outcomes.
• Balances brand integrity, audience experience, and partner objectives to identify solutions that create measurable value and support revenue growth.
• Owns complex workstreams from concept through delivery, anticipates risks, and maintains high standards in a fast-moving sports environment.
• Leads through relationships and subject-matter expertise, effectively influencing stakeholders without relying on formal authority.

Work Environment & Travel

• Position is based on-site at the Joyce Center, FIM 2nd Floor Office, in Notre Dame, Indiana.
• Availability to work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and game days, is required for athletic events, sponsored activations, and partner functions.
• Minimal travel is expected; the role requires regular in-person collaboration with Notre Dame Athletics and NDGP stakeholders.

Additional information

At Legends Global, our people power every success. You’ll work alongside exceptional talent, learn from world-leading experts, and contribute to projects that set the standard across sports, entertainment, hospitality, and live experiences. If you’re driven to operate at the highest level, build with purpose, and help partners win on the biggest stages, you’ll thrive here.

Compensation

Competitive salary commensurate with experience, skills, and qualifications. Legends Global offers a competitive total rewards package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, paid vacation, and a 401(k) plan.

• DEPARTMENT
• Notre Dame Global Partnerships (NDGP) - Partnership Success
• REPORTS TO

VP, Partnership Success, NDGP; to Associate Athletics Director of Media Partnerships, Distribution and Revenue, Notre Dame Athletics