Brand Partnerships Coordinator, PBA

Lucky Strike Entertainment, formerly Bowlero Corp, is one of the world’s premier location-based entertainment platforms. With over 360 locations across North America, Lucky Strike Entertainment provides experiential offerings in bowling, amusements, water parks, and family entertainment centers. The company also owns the Professional Bowlers Association, the major league of bowling and a growing media property that boasts millions of fans around the globe. For more information on Lucky Strike Entertainment, please visit ir.luckystrikeent.com.

Must be located in Central or Eastern time zone. 

Sports background required

We Are Lucky Strike Entertainment.  

Bowling, Arcade, Family Entertainment Centers. One company. Twelve brands. A career built around unforgettable experiences. Hospitality at our core; we put people first by creating meaningful connections and delivering memorable experiences to every guest, every time. 

Summary 

The Coordinator, Brand Partnerships supports the sale and fulfillment of corporate partnerships across the PBA Tour and Lucky Strike Entertainment, splitting time between helping the commercial team win new business and making sure every contractual asset the PBA sells is delivered accurately, on time, and documented for the partner. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, a strong writer, and comfortable with Excel, PowerPoint, and AI tools. 

What You'll Do 

• Track and support fulfillment of contractual partner assets across broadcast, digital, social, in-venue, and experiential platforms, and maintain trackers showing what's delivered, outstanding, or at risk. 

• Translate signed agreements into account plans and coordinate with marketing, events, production, and broadcast to confirm sponsorship elements run as sold. 

• Manage the creative approval process: collect partner assets, route creative for sign-off, and confirm logos, lock-ups, and brand guidelines are correct before anything runs. 

• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for assigned partners, managing timelines, meeting prep, and new-partner onboarding. 

• Build partner recap decks and proof-of-performance reporting, including impressions and media value, to support renewals and upsell. 

• Support on-site activation, branding, hospitality, credentialing, and travel at PBA Tour events. 

• Research prospective partners and categories, maintain outreach lists, and draft and track outreach and pipeline activity through proposal, negotiation, and signature. 

• Build sponsorship proposals, pitch decks, and recap materials from commercial team direction, and maintain the spreadsheets, trackers, and AI-assisted reporting the commercial team relies on. 

What You'll Bring 

• One to two years of sports experience: at a team, league, agency, venue, brand, or media company in partnerships, activation, marketing, or events. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write concise, polished, professional emails to partners and internal stakeholders. 

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail across many deliverables, deadlines, and partners at once. 

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, and comfortable with direct, professional outreach and communication with partner and agency contacts. 

• Analytical, curious, AI-proficient, proactive, and adaptable in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift. 

• Able to travel to PBA Tour events and work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as the event schedule requires. 

The pay range for this position is $50,000 - $60,000 per year 

Lucky Strike Entertainment offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package which includes healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.  Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position.  More details regarding benefits are available here: www.bowlerocorp.com/careers/benefits