Guild Education
Senior Marketing Manager - Olympic and Team USA Partnership
Edtech.com's Summary
- Lead day-to-day partnership management and long-term strategy with USOPP and Olympic stakeholders
- Manage executive-level engagement with Team USA and LA28 stakeholders
- Drive sponsorship activation across digital, social, events, and storytelling platforms
- Develop and execute flame-to-flame activation plans leading up to LA28
- Define Guild's long-term LA28 strategy and oversee agency evaluations
- Experience required: 6-10 years in sports marketing, brand partnerships, or sponsorship strategy
- Strong preference for experience with the Olympic ecosystem and agency management
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex partnerships and engage C-suite leaders
- Compensation: Base salary $125,000 - $150,000 plus bonus eligibility and stock options
- Supports cross-functional teams including legal, brand, communications, and events
Senior Marketing Manager - Olympic and Team USA Partnership Full Description
At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.
If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board.
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This is a rare opportunity to sit at the center of one of the most recognizable partnerships in sports. As a Senior Marketing Manager - Olympic and Team USA Partnership, you'll serve as Guild's lead relationship owner across USOPP and the Olympic ecosystem, managing executive-level stakeholders, shaping LA28 strategy, and driving sponsorship activations that connect Guild's mission to a global audience.
As a Senior Marketing Manager you will own:
Relationship Management (USOPP & Olympic Ecosystem)
- Serve as Guildâs primary point of contact for USOPP and Olympic ecosystem stakeholders
- Own day-to-day partnership management and long-term strategic relationship development
- Drive executive-level engagement with key stakeholders across Team USA and LA28
- Ensure alignment across legal, brand, communications, events, and executive teams
- Identify and unlock incremental value within the Olympic ecosystem (athletes, governing bodies, sponsors, affiliates)
Marketing Activation
- Lead end-to-end sponsorship activation strategy across digital, social, storytelling, events, and executive engagement
- Develop and execute flame-to-flame activation plans leading into LA28
- Translate sponsorship rights into measurable commercial impact
- Partner closely with Brand, Comms, Field Marketing to deliver high-quality activations
- Ensure cohesive narrative and visibility across key tentpole moments (e.g., Milan, LA28 milestones, athlete initiatives)
LA28 Strategy & Agency Management
- Define Guildâs long-term LA28 strategy, including positioning, investment pacing, and activation roadmap
- Clarify role ownership and cross-functional governance for Olympic efforts internally
- Lead agency evaluation and sourcing (as needed) to support activation scale
- Develop a multi-year strategic plan that aligns Olympic investments with Guildâs enterprise growth objectives
Qualifications:
- 6-10 years of experience in sports marketing, brand partnerships, or sponsorship strategy
- Experience working within or alongside the Olympic ecosystem strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, high-visibility partnerships with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to design and execute integrated marketing activations tied to sponsorship rights
- Executive presence and comfort engaging C-suite leaders and external partners
Strong commercial instinct - able to translate sponsorship into tangible business value - Experience navigating matrixed organizations and leading cross-functional alignment
- Agency management experience strongly preferred
We are committed to equal pay for equal work and believe in compensation transparency. All salary ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region. This role offers a competitive total compensation package, including a base salary of $125,000 - $150,000 PLUS variable (bonus) compensation eligibility and stock options. Compensation offered will be based on a combination of factors such as experience, competencies, and internal equity.
Posting Date:
Friday, March 13, 2026
*This role will stay open for a minimum of 3 days.
Guild partners with the countryâs most innovative employers, including Chipotle, Target, Walgreens, JPMorgan Chase, Hilton, Spectrum, PepsiCo, Tyson, and more, to build the talent needed for today and a resilient workforce for tomorrow. Guild helps employers identify, develop, and mobilize internal talent, enabling workers to gain skills for in-demand roles and companies to stay agile.
By connecting employees to real-world learning, coaching, and career support, and providing companies with actionable talent insights, Guild transforms all talent into high-impact contributors and positions companies for long-term, sustainable growth. For more information, visit https://www.guild.com.
Guild is a female-founded, certified B Corp. The company has been recognized by Fortuneâs Change the World list (2021, 2025), the Forbes Cloud 100 (2020â2025), Great Place to Work (2022â2025), CNBCâs Disruptor 50 (2021â2024), TIMEâs 100 Most Influential Companies (2022), Inc.âs Best-Led Companies (2021), Fast Companyâs World Changing Ideas (2020), and B Labâs Best for the World (2019), among many others.
Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Collective Health and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Vacation policy to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
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