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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline\">About</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">:</span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">SailGP is racing redefined. The world’s most exciting racing on-water, SailGP was established in 2018 and is headquartered in London. The annual, global championship Races for a Better Future accelerating change in everything it does.</span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The fan-centric, inshore racing takes place among the sport’s top athletes in some of the most iconic waterfront destinations around the world and offers the sport’s largest monetary prize. Rival national teams battle it out in identical supercharged F50 catamarans, engineered for intense racing at electrifying speeds exceeding 60 mph/100 kph.</span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Role Summary: </span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">The Sponsorship Director, Europe &amp; Middle East is a senior commercial leader responsible for driving partnership revenue and expanding SailGP's commercial footprint across Europe and the Middle East region. Reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer based in the UK SailGP office (London), this role is the primary driver of new business across EMEA, owning the full sales cycle from prospecting through to closing on sponsorship, partnership, and licensing opportunities.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Key Responsibilities: </span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic\">Partnership Sales &amp; Revenue Generation</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive sponsorship sales strategy across the EMEA regions to meet and exceed annual revenue targets</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Identify, prospect, and close sponsorship and partnership sales across a range of categories including tiered deals across the League and Events</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Build and manage a robust pipeline of prospective partners, leveraging CRM tools (Monday.com) to track activity and forecast accurately</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Develop compelling, tailored sales proposals and presentations that articulate SailGP's unique value proposition to brands and agencies</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Leverage SailGP strategic agency relationships to drive sponsorship sales across Events, League and Team partners</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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