Steve Antrobus Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

United Kingdom / Spain

• Socios.com is the world leading Fan Token platform working with a global portfolio of over 120 sports organizations to provide a true fan engagement platform.My role is to manage a number of key strategic partnerships.
• Oversight and management of 19 key partners from Spain, Portugal, France and LATAM
• Lead and manage a global team
• Delivering strategic oversight and direction for each Partner in my own portfolio and advising globally
• Lead on strategic projects to deliver utility to the Fan Token proposition

United Kingdom

Supporting brands, sponsors and rights holders maximise their partnerships and commercial relationships.With years of experience in sports marketing and partnership management I help design activation strategies, evaluate sponsorship proposals and help build propositions to take to market.- Evaluation of rights - Partnershsip Sales and proposition.

CFA HQ, Manchester

Responsible for managing City Football Schools commercial relationships, internally and externally, as well as driving the international growth of City Football Schools.City Football Schools is a key provider to our Global Partnerships team as we have supported our commercial team to renew, up-sell and expand numerous partnerships by ensuring our delivery.

Manchester

Responsible for managing and maximising City Football Group’s (CFG) growing portfolio of partners across the Middle East. This remit includes all associated Partnership planning and activation programmes.Specifically the global strategic planning, activation and management of, Title Partner, Etihad Airways, relationship with Manchester City FC, Melbourne.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Account management across all Club Commercial Partners.Activation of Club Partner contractual rights.Event management on behalf of Partners.Delivery of Global Partner and Regional Partner activation projects.Support and development of new Partner pitches.

Madrid, Spain

• Account Director: Vodafone Spain 2006 – 2011Design, development and activation of sponsorship properties and ad-hoc events in Spain using integrated marketing platforms e.g.:
• Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 Design, development and implementation of local activation of Vodafone global sponsorship of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 Team, including local client promotions, experiential promotions.
• Ongoing local market football project (www.vodafonetufutbol.com)Design, development, sell in and implementation of local (Spain) Vodafone football presence.
• Vodafone TeamDesign, development and implementation of mentoring project designed to seek out and assist promising young sportspeople. 6 young talents will receive specialised training to develop on/off field skills.
• Cirque du Soleil Design and activation of local sponsorship agreement in Cirque du Soleil shows throughout Spain
• UEFA Champions League: Season 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 (Vodafone)Development and implementation of nationwide (Spain) football promotion (Vodafone Stars Challenge 3 and 4) designed to give amateur players a professional.

Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area

Working in a freelance capacity I delivered business coaching sessions to senior executives in a number of high-profile businesses across diverse industries.Focusing on improving presentation skills, team communications and general business vocabulary usage I enabled senior leaders to coherently, succinctly and professionally present themselves in.

• Category Manager: Off trade 2000 – 2001.
• Utilising Category Management tools, and all relevant advanced business research tools, including market and customer insight data to deliver Category Management services to key account managers.
• Leading strategically important customer initiatives (e.g., Customer Business Plans) to deliver improved business performance within that customer and broadly within the market(s).
• Collaborate with business unit team to support the overall direction (planning and execution) in order to deliver short-term business plan achievement and long-term accelerated performance.
• Creating and delivering channel, retailer, shopper and category insights, and turning those insights into actionable recommendations for key retailers.
• Building solid relationships with key customers.Account Manager 1998 – 2000Account Manager, responsible for 65+ accounts. With responsibility for sales, lending and promotional activity implementationResponsible for.

Slough, Aldershot

Manage staff, fleet and customer relations

Communications, Media Communication

B.A. Communications with minor in Drama Full sports scholarship (soccer) Communications Department Award

Education record

Activities and Societies: Sixth Form Committee Head of House