Partnerships Account Executive - Liverpool

Partnerships Account Executive - Liverpool

Who are we : Everton Football Club is one of world sport's most respected and revered names - a by-word for innovation, professionalism and community.


During the course of a glittering history spanning three centuries, we have been shaped and guided by our aspirational motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum - nothing but the best is good enough.


One of only three clubs to have been a founder member of both the Football League and Premier League, our Men’s Senior Team has played more games in English football's top-flight than any other, winning nine league titles, five FA Cups and a European Cup Winners’ Cup.

In summer 2025, we embarked on an exciting new journey at Hill Dickinson Stadium, a world-class waterfront arena on the banks of Liverpool’s iconic River Mersey. The newest, most sustainable and most accessible stadium in the Premier League, our new home is also a state-of-the-art 365-venue for non-footballing events and conferences.

On the pitch, we remain committed to developing and supporting teams across our Men’s, Women’s and Academy set-ups that inspire, bring pride and continue to compete at the highest level of the game.

About the opportunity: We have an exciting opportunity for a Partnerships Account Executive to join the Club’s Partnership Management Team. 

In this exciting role you will support the delivery of exceptional service to existing and future club partners, ensuring all partners receive their full allocation of rights and additional added value.  

You will build and nurture excellent relationships with relevant personnel from your designated partner portfolio. Developing key internal stakeholder relationships will also be a critical aspect of your role, as you seek to ensure club partners have the toolkit they need to activate their partnerships to their full potential.

Working closely with the Partnerships Manager and Senior Partnerships Manager to deliver best in class account management to your partners, you will ensure that the operations and administration that underpins delivery and management of the club’s commercial partners is recognised as being exceptional at every level making Everton ‘great to partner with’.

Other key responsibilities include: 

• Supporting the delivery of best-in-class partnership management for your designated partner portfolio, ensuring the delivery of contractual rights through strategic partnership activations that deliver against pre-agreed objectives 

• Establishing yourself as the initial point of contact across all of your designated partners, taking ownership of actionable tasks whilst building great relationships with key partner contacts and internal stakeholders 

• To be responsible for the approval of partner marketing material that makes use of Club IP, ensuring the creative meets all Club brand guidelines 

• Developing and leading on a productive and efficient communication structure with partners, ensuring that all files, contact reports and CRM systems are maintained and communicated to the wider team

• Utilise all available measurement and reporting programmes in order to build a reporting structure to track partnership performance, whilst taking responsibility for producing case studies to fully review partner activations 

• Responsible for managing and maintaining partner inventory usage and tracking 

Who we are looking for;   We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking problem solver who has a genuine interest in sport and partnerships.

With the ability to work as a collaborative team player and build internal relationships whilst displaying a high level of professionalism and integrity, our successful candidate will also demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience in account management, client services, or partnerships (preferably within sport, media, or entertainment)

• Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining strong client relationships

• A highly organised individual who is proactive in their approach and possesses strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with key partner contacts 

• Excellent IT skills and proficient in using Microsoft packages including Excel and PowerPoint are essential for this role 

This position is on a permanent contract working 35 hours per week.     

The location for this role is within our Club’s iconic headquarters in the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, with the opportunity to work flexibly with our Hybrid working approach.   

The closing date of this advert is Thursday 16th April 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substantial amount of applications.       

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The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.          

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.        

Equity & Inclusion

Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, and those from racially diverse communities. We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team via email - [email protected]

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.    

Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom Salary: 0 Job Type: Permanent Job Reference: JP1540155LivE