Duties & Responsibilities

• Accountable for strategic sponsorship portfolio definition including prospecting / onboarding properties

• Responsible for analysing Aviva’s current sponsorship strategy and optimising it for success, understanding each business unit’s target audiences, business objectives and needs

• Develop clear objectives for the sponsorship portfolio and robust measurement criteria, including working with the Insights Team on the wider impact on the Aviva brand

• Future proof our portfolio by continuing to assess and adapt the strategy

• Steer the implementation of our sponsorships by working with internal colleagues as well as with our chosen Sponsorship agency

• Target, build and maintain strong senior-level relationships, including our CMOs, ensuring that Group Brand and Sponsorship is viewed as a key strategic partner across Aviva

• Lead a small team of 2, ensuring that these Sponsorship employees are motivated and developed accordingly

Skills & Experience required

• Extensive experience working within a Sponsorship focused role, either embedded in a corporate business, like Aviva, or within a highly regarded sponsorship agency

• Autonomous, strategic thinker, with a proven record of success in partnership development

• Entrepreneurial / commercial mindset

• Confidence and credibility when dealing with senior leaders / partners

• Strong communication skills – both verbal and written

• A true self-starter, demonstrating high-energy, pace, determination, and resilience

What will you get for this role?

• Annual salary of £80,000 to £90,000, depending on skills, experience and qualifications

• Generous defined contribution pension scheme

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply)

• Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take ownership, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too, we’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Daisy Holmes a call on +44 7436 672007 or send an email to daisy.holmes@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.