Disney’s Corporate Alliances team develops and manages complex, long-term strategic marketing relationships with top global brands. The Corporate Alliances team is dedicated to creating incremental value through creative storytelling between The Walt Disney Company and its partners. Our team’s mission is to be the world’s premier marketing partnership organization.
The Business Development Center of Excellence is located in Orlando, FL, and is responsible for building new bespoke Corporate Alliance partnerships – everything from early market research, through ongoing engagement with prospective alliance partners, to internal ideation and stakeholder alignment, and ultimately contract negotiation and signature. As part of this team, you will be the visionary that brings all segments of The Walt Disney Company together to meet our client’s objectives. This dynamic team represents The Walt Disney Company in business dealings with some of the world’s leading brands (e.g., Coca-Cola, Chevrolet)
Responsibilities:
Collaborate effectively within a large, matrixed organization across domestic and international business units
Creatively identify and research high-value, strategic partnership opportunities
Manage complex projects to drive toward desired outcomes while leading specific workstreams
Build consensus and leverage strong relationships, influence and persuasion to complete complex tasks
Develop partnerships that require extensive diligence and storytelling skills
Review, improve, and develop processes necessary to do the work efficiently and effectively
Work well in a team, driven with a bias for action, and maintain a collaborative “team first” approach
Present and share relevant and concise business information to stakeholders
Seek and appreciate different perspectives and approaches
Understand each partner’s business and needs via consultation, communication, and research
Appreciate and understand the Disney brand and company objectives and values
Create custom, multi-dimensional presentations and communicate the ideas to clients in a way that generates excitement and optimism
Display a high degree of social intelligence to understand individuals’ needs, manage and prevent conflict, and influence outcomes
Act as a liaison between the Disney business segments and legal team to facilitate smooth communication and resolution of Alliance contractual language.
Basic Qualifications:
5+ years of professional work experience; 3+ years of experience in brand partnerships, co-marketing, sponsorship, corporate strategy/acquisitions, and/or brand management
Ability to build and utilize financial and forecasting models
Strong business acumen and ability to understand basic financial statements
Ability and propensity to turn vision into action while following through on numerous parallel workstreams
Comfortable with ambiguity and determining how to proactively find resolutions
Ability to develop advanced PowerPoint/Keynote presentations with an emphasis on telling our story in a concise, compelling way
Experience with negotiating contracts
Possess facilitation and influencing skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills; storytelling
Preferred Qualifications:
3+ years of business development/consulting experience
Experience in fact-based negotiations or equivalent contract analysis
Experience working with legal resources and stakeholders throughout a negotiation process
1+ year of international experience
Education:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Business, Marketing, Brand/Product Management, Advertising or any math-based curriculum
Preferred Education:
MBA
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