Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) one of the world's premier sports and entertainment companies, owns the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), Toronto Raptors (NBA), Toronto FC (MLS), Toronto Argonauts (CFL), Toronto Marlies (AHL), Raptors 905 (NBA D-League), TFC II (USL) and Raptors Uprising Gaming Club, the Toronto Raptors Esports franchise in the NBA 2K League. Its charitable arm, MLSE Foundation, focuses on funding initiatives to support youth through sport and recreational programs. In 2017 MLSE Foundation, with support of community and corporate partners, built MLSE LaunchPad, a 42,000-sq. ft. space dedicated to programming that support its four Pillars: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Ready For School and Ready For Work.

MLSE’s common purpose is to unite and empower employees to deliver extraordinary moments to our fans and each other.

Who We Are

We celebrate the diversity, individuality, and personality of our peers, striving to be the best in class, in every class. We believe in Respect, Resilience, Commitment, and Ambition. We work for, with, and around the people that inspire us to try, persist, and achieve more.

Our work goes beyond games, seasons, trophies, and tours. Our success is measured by more than a scoreboard. Our team is stronger when we stand united. We create, we celebrate, we build, and we become better!

What we choose to do next, means everything! It defines greatness, builds character, makes history, and brings the world to its feet.

So, are you in?

About the Team

Commercial Marketing is a cross-functional group that focuses on collaboration between MLSE’s commercial and brand businesses to ensure our biggest events, moments and opportunities gain further commercial value and partner satisfaction.

About the Role

The Coordinator, Commercial Marketing supports the core functions of the Commercial Marketing Team in a variety of ways. This includes supporting on project ideation, development of pitch materials, project management, administrative tasks, and working with different parts of the business to ensure collaboration and cross-functional success in everything we do.

We are seeking a high performing and motivated individual to ensure our operations are running smoothly and effectively and maximize team members’ focus on high impact activities.

This job is for you if you are passionate about our teams and brands and like to work in fast paced environments that produce new challenges daily.

Key responsibilities

• Help build & support end-to-end project management process
• Work closely with the rest of the Commercial Marketing team to ideate, build and pitch on a wide range of different projects and events
• Research on market trends to elevate project/event ideation + brainstorming
• Create standardized proposal + pitch templates that can be easily tailored to each new project
• Create pitch decks collaboratively with the rest of the team, often working with internal and external designers to bring pitch materials to life
• Gathering of key data points for post reports and support on populating each report for presentation
• Assist with smaller execution of events when needed to understand event flow and objectives

• Interest & excitement towards Marketing, Project Management & Events
• Experience in project implementation
• Strong track record of collaborating with cross functional partners
• Outstanding communicator, both written and verbal
• Curious and always willing to learn or take on a new challenge
• Problem solving and analytical approach
• Commercial + marketing acumen
• Collaborative and highly engaged approach
• Solid understanding of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator is a plus
• Knowledge of the sports and entertainment industry is a bonus

Please apply by: January 21, 2022

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the job application process. If you have difficulty using our online application system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email [email protected]. Please note this email is only for accommodation requests. Resumes sent to this email address will not be considered.