Corporate Sponsor Officer

Description:

About the Role

The Corporate Sponsor Officer is responsible for coordinating a number of administrative aspects of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute’s member-based Sponsorship Program. As guided by the Ehrenberg-Bass Sponsorship Manager, the Corporate Sponsor Officer acts as a contact point for the Institute’s clients (Sponsors) and works closely with the Institute’s Directorate and senior research staff to arrange seminar presentations, appointments and associated services for them.

About UniSA’s Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science

The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science (the Institute) is the world’s largest centre for research into marketing. We are an independent, non-profit, research Institute. Our team of 60+ marketing scientists are advancing marketing knowledge and marketing myths, and teaching marketers how marketing really works and how brands grow. We help Institute sponsors all over the world to develop and benefit from a culture of evidence-based marketing.

Core Responsibilities

• Act as contact point to the Institute’s Sponsors, and the liaison between the Institute’s researchers and clients
• Resolve operational problems related to the servicing of Sponsors
• Coordinate administrative aspects of the Ehrenberg-Bass Sponsorship and ensure a high level of quality service is provided to Sponsors
• Manage diary entries for the Institute Directors and key research staff
• Maintain and revise a current database of Sponsors

Essential Skills and Experience

• Experience working in fast-paced executive support or office administration roles with highly developed attention to detail, accurate data entry and associated tasks
• Highly developed level of written, oral and interpersonal communication skills appropriate to successfully communicating with a diverse range of people at all levels
• Strong organisational skills and experience in meeting deadlines and prioritising competing demands
• Problem solving and planning skills with proven use of initiative to meet objectives
• Experience working in administrative support role for a member-based service provider (desirable)