Sales Specialist - Sponsorships
- Location
- USA Remote, FL (Remote)
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-level
- Listed
- 17 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Full-cycle sales from prospecting through close
- Relationship management with sponsors
- Discovery and needs analysis
- Proposal creation and contract negotiation
Also useful
- Sponsorship or partnership sales experience
- Experience in technology or B2B software markets
- Familiarity with events and marketing programs
What You'll Do
- Prospect and develop new sponsorship opportunities through outbound outreach, referrals, networking, and industry research.
- Manage the full sponsorship sales cycle, from initial outreach and discovery through proposal, negotiation, contracting, and close.
- Build relationships with existing sponsors to drive renewals, upsells, and expanded participation.
- Conduct discovery conversations to understand sponsor goals around lead generation, brand awareness, thought leadership, customer engagement, and business development.
- Recommend sponsorship packages, exhibit opportunities, speaking engagements, workshops, hospitality experiences, and event add-ons based on sponsor objectives.
- Maintain an accurate sponsorship pipeline, opportunities, activities, and forecasts within the company's CRM.
- Partner with event, marketing, operations, and customer-facing teams to ensure sponsor commitments are properly communicated and executed.
- Clearly communicate sponsorship benefits, deadlines, deliverables, registration requirements, and event policies.
- Track progress against individual and team revenue and pipeline goals.
- Research new industries and organizations that could expand the sponsorship ecosystem beyond traditional partners.
- Support sponsor retention by helping partners understand how to maximize their event participation and ROI.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in sales, sponsorships, partnerships, events, business development, or a related client-facing role.
- Demonstrated ability to prospect, build relationships, and move opportunities through a sales pipeline.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable conducting discovery calls, presenting solutions, negotiating, and asking for the business.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple sponsors, opportunities, deadlines, and events simultaneously.
- Experience working with CRM and sales pipeline tools.
- Ability to collaborate across sales, marketing, event operations, and leadership teams.
- Event, technology, channel, SaaS, or B2B industry experience is a plus.
What Success Looks Like
- Growing net-new sponsorship revenue and pipeline.
- Meeting or exceeding sponsorship sales targets.
- Increasing sponsor renewal and expansion opportunities.
- Bringing new organizations and industries into the sponsorship portfolio.
- Maintaining strong sponsor relationships from initial conversation through the event.
- Consistently identifying the right sponsorship solution based on a partner's objectives rather than simply selling a package.
Working Conditions
- Remote or Hybrid, depending on location
- EST or CST preferred
About ConnectWise
ConnectWise is an industry and Global leading software company with over 3,000 colleagues in North America, EMEA and APAC. As a community-driven software company dedicated to the success of technology solution providers, our suite helps over 45,000 of our partners manage their businesses better, sell more efficiently, automate service delivery, and remotely control technology so they can consistently deliver amazing customer experiences.
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The Sponsorship Sales Specialist is responsible for driving sponsorship revenue by identifying, developing, and closing new and existing partnership opportunities across events and programs. This role builds strong relationships with prospective and current sponsors, understands their business and marketing objectives, and recommends sponsorship opportunities that deliver measurable value.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
ConnectWise is an Equal Opportunity Employer, dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.
ConnectWise provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, marital status, familial or parental status, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. Other duties may be assigned as needed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact us at or.
From ConnectWise's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 23, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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