Director of Partnerships and Sponsorships

Outdoor Voices is an active lifestyle brand. We believe in freeing fitness from performance, and embrace activity with ease, humor, and delight. We feel that Doing Things – moving your body and having fun with friends – outlasts a win when it comes to inspiring sustainably active lives. Our mission is to get people out there and Doing Things together, to redefine recreation as part of everyday life.

Outdoor Voices has built an incredible product, brand, and community, and we're now looking to scale our growing customer base. We are searching for a world-class Director of Partnerships and Sponsorships with strong relationships and a wide network. Reporting to the President, this role will manage the OV Sponsorships and National Partnerships program focusing on landing celebrity and partner deals that drive mindshare and awareness. This effort is central to making OV the authority on recreation.

* Work closely with the President to direct all deal flow on all Partnerships and Sponsorships opportunities. Be and agent for OV. * Develop a framework for the OV Sponsored program to guide prospecting, signing, and deal hand-off. * Collaborate with Digital and Marketing to establish calendar and cadence. * Build National partnerships from non-profit to product collaborations that drive sales and awareness to OV’s top line. * Identify, evaluate, and recommend Sponsorship and Partnership relevant opportunities, and strategic collaborations that cause a stir in the market. * Structure creative deals - leveraging the opportunity, equity, and to keep costs down while generating exponential mindshare. * Make sponsorships and partnerships into the #1 acquisition channel for OV.

**What We’re Looking For:** * A leader in driving partnerships for OV including product collaborations, sweepstakes, and sponsored content. * Someone to represent OV and build an engaged community of celebrities, bloggers, and partners. This is about getting deals done with world class talent to grow Outdoor Voices into the next great activewear brand. * Someone with a proven record making connections and building a network around a brand. * A collaborator with the marketing, PR, creative, digital, and stores organizations to facilitate and pass external opportunity into the business. * Someone driven by hitting key KPIs: awareness, sessions, and sales. **What You have Done:** * Proven knowledge and 6+ years of experience on doing endorsement, sponsorship, and partnership deals. * Lead partnerships on the brand side driving to new customer acquisition and mindshare. * Managed a rolodex of relationships with celebrities, influencers, and bloggers. * Demonstrated exceptional interpersonal, networking, and verbal and written communications skills. * You enjoy activity!