Regional Team Tennis Manager
Universal Tennis, United States
Job Description
Why Partner with Universal Tennis:
Universal Tennis is a Silicon Valley company on a mission to revolutionize the game of tennis and pickleball through technology and data. We want to work with people who are team-oriented, willing to roll up their sleeves and always maintain a high bar for excellence.
Our innovative tools and technology make tennis better for all players and providers, with our gold-standard UTR tennis rating system at the core, the most accurate singles and doubles tennis rating system, powering level-based play around the globe.
Universal Tennis creates opportunities and pathways for players from all over the world, in all stages of life, to find better matches and unlock a more fun and flexible experience.
Backed by impressive investors in sports, technology and media including Amazon, Roger Federer’s Team8, Novak Djokovic, Endeavor/IMG, Tennis Channel, Tennis Australia and Larry Ellison.
To learn more, Watch this Video and visit www.universaltennis.com.
The Opportunity:
The UT Team Tennis Manager (TTM) is a regional outbound facing contract role managing, recruiting, and operating a specific UT Team Tennis market in a designated city. TTMs’ goals are to build relationships with their local tennis community and drive the rapid expansion and overall success of the UT Team Tennis ecosystem in their market and on the UT platform.
This is an opportunity to leverage connections in your tennis community to generate revenue - the more you connect people and grow the game, the more you will make. It is a win-win collaboration.
As a TTM, you will focus on the overall operations and management of your designated league market; finding ways to get tennis players of all levels and ages to become more active and engaged in their tennis community. You will use your talents and enthusiasm for the game to energize the local tennis community, network with and recruit potential players, create, run, and grow league opportunities, and communicate with local players.
In the league’s pre-launch capacity, you will focus on raising awareness, generating interest and creating value for the customers. During this phase, you will be responsible for educating and establishing a successful UT Team Tennis brand. Post-launch, you will be responsible for the overall league growth through the continued recruitment of new players and retention of current players. You will be the sole point of contact for all players and captains in your market. But you will not be alone - the Universal Tennis corporate team will be available for training, support, concerns, or reporting any technical problems.
To thrive in this opportunity, you’ll need to influence, sell, and build strong relationships with coaches, captains, and players of all ages and levels, be a strategic thinker, be quick on your feet, as well as friendly, tech-savvy, and an amazing communicator. This role is perfect for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who wants to control their own livelihood but keep a hand in the tennis world without having to spend all their time on the court.
What you Will Do:
- You will manage, recruit and engage your local tennis community through UT Team Tennis and the provided technology via the UT Team Tennis League Software.
- You’ll develop strong and trustworthy connections through leveraging your current tennis relationships, creative marketing, visiting local tennis facilities and targeted outreach amp; selling via phone, text, email, social media and in-person communications.
- You will analyze league and player success and present monthly analytics reports to see if they are aligned with the UT Team Tennis implementation plan and success thresholds.
- You’ll work closely with the UT Circuit Managers team to implement the strategic plan for getting players to register and continue to register in leagues on the UT platform in your specific market.
- Time commitment of 4-6 hours per week: initial software training, recruiting team captains/players, managing the league, and serving as the direct contact for captains throughout the season.
Who Are We Looking For:
- Active/established Tennis player and/or coach or influential tennis figure 1-2 years experience coordinating or captaining team tennis leagues
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to own and complete tasks from ideation to execution to measurement
- Digital/social marketing proficiency - twitter, IG, FB, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to convince/sell/recruit and network within tennis
- Comfortable and experienced using software/CRM
- Ability to document and give feedback from clients to certain UT team members
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- High standard of execution, extreme ownership, highly respon