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Steve Kirkpatrick has 25+ years in sports marketing and sales, working within both agency and client-side business environments. His career includes expertise gained in sponsorship revenue generation, property representation, new business development, experiential marketing, event marketing, and digital ad sales.As Director of Business Development for New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Steve focuses on generating revenue through sponsorship sales and corporate partnerships with leading national, regional and local brands seeking to reach and engage with a motorsports-lifestyle consumer.As the VP of Business Development for Inspira Marketing Group, Steve was instrumental in driving agency growth via client acquisition and new business development. Previous to Inspira Marketing, Steve spent 7+ years in business development with Gigunda Group. Steve won business and grew clients with leading brands Nike, State Farm, Ben & Jerry's and Sony Electronics among others. In 2009, the Gigunda team won an EX Award from Event Marketer Magazine for best experiential tour while launching the Sony alpha dslr camera.Steve started his career with the sports marketing agency Advantage International (now Octagon).Specialties: New business development, event marketing, experiential marketing, sports marketing, digital ad sales, B2B marketing, B2C marketing, program development, sponsorship sales / property representation, sponsorship activation, SalesForce, creative development / brainstorming, sales management, sales process development, networking, proposal writing, budgeting, staffing and leadership.

Listed skills include Sponsorship, Relationship Marketing, Marketing, Business Development, and 14 others.