At Royal Caribbean Group we never rest on our laurels; we constantly strive to improve our work and be at the forefront of the industry. The work that we do is exciting, challenging, and innovative. You get to work both independently and as part of a collaborative and dynamic international team. We are passionate, we are innovative, and we are unstoppable.

About the role

The Partnerships Activation Executive is responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of partnership activations and supporting brand sponsorship activation across the EMEA region. This role ensures the successful execution of activation deliverables by acting as a primary liaison between partners and internal teams, ensuring all contractual activation obligations are met on time and to a high standard.

This position requires strong project management and stakeholder relationship skills, as well as the ability to juggle multiple priorities and drive initiatives to completion.

Key Responsibilities:

Ownership of Partnership Deliverables: Oversee the day-to-day planning and execution of contractual activation obligations, ensuring best-in-class delivery across all partnership touchpoints.

Sponsorship Activation Support: Plays a supporting role in the activation of sponsorships alongside sponsorship activation leads.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Work collaboratively with internal departments and stakeholders to gain partner approvals and ensure alignment of programs and initiatives.

Cross-Functional Teamwork: Foster strong working relationships with key departments, including marketing, social media, sales, and events, to champion partner needs and ensure successful execution of partnership initiatives.

Relationship Management: Cultivate and maintain relationships with external partners and act as the primary point of contact for activation activities.

Strategy Development: Support the development of partnership strategies that align with broader business objectives.

Performance Reporting: Provide regular updates to stakeholders, reporting on key performance indicators (KPIs) and partnership objectives.

On-site Activation Support: Assist with on-site activation of sponsorship

Requirements:

• Previous experience in partnerships management, project management or account management role

• Confident communicator with strong interpersonal skills

• Able to build and maintain relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders

• First rate initiative and problem-solving skills

• The ability to multitask, work under pressure and balance several different projects and deadlines at once

• Organized with good attention to detail

• Strong time management skills

• Experience in using Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, MSWord)

• Highly motivated with a positive "can do" attitude

• Able to work independently as well as part of a team

• Travel in role will be required

Key relationships

• EMEA Leadership team

• Market sales leadership

• International and local marketing departments

• EMEA Business Development

• Social media

Flash Sales & Promotion Campaigns

• Ownership of the end-to-end delivery of the weekly flash sales and monthly campaigns including writing T&Cs, briefing creative and delivering to trade partners through all touchpoints and channels.

Email Communications & Hubspot

• Own Weekly Trade Comms Plan (Social, HTML) considering business focus and needs, sharing across EMEA.
• Developing, monitoring and adjusting email marketing strategy for EMEA markets with the goal of increasing trade partner engagement and creative delivery of key messages.
• Build and deployment of Focus, Product, Deployment & Personalised Trade Comms.
• Weekly reporting and analysis of email performance.
• Copywriting responsibilities across HTML & Social.
• Trade Database, general housekeeping, performance & development plan for segmentation.

Trade Social Media

• Developing, monitoring and adjusting trade social media strategy.
• Create weekly industry leading and innovative social media content communicating brand USPs and destination to share with the EMEA markets.
• Working closely with creative agency to bring all content, including video content, to life.
• Regular reporting and analysis of social performance, adjusting processes accordingly to respond to report findings and EMEA markets' feedback.

Key Relationships

• EMEA International Representatives
• EMEA Sales Team
• Commercial Team
• PR Team
• Sales Admin Team
• Events Team
• Go-To-Market Team
• Marketing Team in Miami

What we offer. At Royal Caribbean Group, we are client-centric but put people first. We have a culture where everyone is trusted and valued in equal measure, whatever your role in the company. We are propelled by people. Our employees and crew are the driving force behind our success. Our aim is to recruit, develop and retain world class people, who come to Royal Caribbean to do the best work of their careers.

We are committed to employee development, and you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced people in the business. We regularly reward and promote success, encouraging staff to take on new challenges and responsibilities to aid progression.

Our remuneration package includes our competitive pension, private healthcare, life assurance cover to name a few. In addition, every permanent member of staff that works at Royal Caribbean is eligible for our cruise request program and friends & family cruise discounts.

With good transport links to our modern offices in Surrey, we have plenty of free parking, a free shuttle bus from the train station, on-site restaurant, and on-site gym. We take a flexible approach to work. We currently work a combination of days in the office and work from home.

Come join the team - Journey with us, succeed with us, grow with us.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions.

Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon.

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.

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