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Sports marketing leader

Ronnie
Beach

I make brands part of the culture of sports through campaigns, partnerships and moments fans remember.

Portrait of Ronnie Beach

Sports Marketing Executive
15+ years building brands through sports marketing

15+Years in sports marketing
20+Industry accolades
20+Brands represented
01 / Work spotlights

Work
spotlights.

Partnership platforms built on a clear audience truth, with the strategy and execution to break through.

American Express · Jersey Assurance

Peace of mind for every jersey.

A program that gave fans peace of mind buying jerseys for their favorite players. Built with the NBA and Fanatics: buy on Amex, and if your player gets traded, trade in the jersey. It became a 13-honor run across the industry's biggest stages.

Cannes LionsClio SportsThe One ShowD&AD
DoorDash 'In Your Bag' NBA campaign creative
DoorDash × NBA · In Your Bag

Right audience, right message.

Evolved the DoorDash × NBA partnership into a season-long platform built for how Gen Z watches basketball. A live 50-point trigger unlocked fan rewards, Paige Bueckers bridged NBA and WNBA audiences, and “Bag Labs” brought it to life at NBA All-Star and WNBA All-Star, plus in-arena with the Warriors and Knicks.

Hashtag Sports ShortlistGen Z AudienceOmnichannel
TKO and Polymarket brand lockup
Polymarket · Current account

Leading partnerships at Polymarket.

Leading partnership marketing for the platform bringing prediction markets to sports, building the brand's presence around the moments fans care about, from UFC to MLB.

Partnership ArchitectureEmerging Category
02 / Brand experience

Client
brands.

Financial services, technology, food, travel, telecom, entertainment and consumer brands.

AdobeAmerican ExpressAmerica's NavyAnheuser-BuschBack MarketBPChaseChurch & DwightCoinbaseDelta Air LinesDoorDashHi-ChewHiltonPolymarketSamsungTruGreenUnileverVerizonWendy's
03 / Recognition

Awards.

Recognition for the campaigns and partnerships behind it.

American Express · Jersey Assurance
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Honors across the world's top creative shows.

A concentrated run of recognition for one enduring idea.

Cannes Lions BronzeANDY Awards GoldClio Sports Gold + BronzeOne Show BronzeD&AD 2 WoodNY Festivals 2 Silver + BronzeStevie Awards SilverEvent Marketer GoldEpica Awards SilverHashtag Sports Shortlist
Hashtag Sports
05

Five Hashtag wins.

Brand of the Year (DoorDash), Agency of the Year (Wavemaker), Best Women's Sports Partnership (DoorDash x Round21), Best Social Media Campaign (DoorDash x LAFC), and the fan-voted athlete partnership (Paige Bueckers x Playa Society).

Additional recognition
03

Work with staying power.

Sports Sponsor of the Year finalist at the SBJ Sports Business Awards, a Hashtag Sports shortlist, and a Clio Sports shortlist for DoorDash’s The Brunson.

04 / Capabilities

What
I do.

Helping brands win through sports, across negotiation, strategy, management, experiential, amplification, and talent.

Partnership Negotiation

Deal structures built to work for brands, properties and fans.

Strategy Shaping

Platforms rooted in a real audience truth, not a logo slap. Valuation and measurement keep value maximized and optimized as we go.

Partnership Management

Day-to-day leadership that keeps complex partnerships moving.

Experiential

World-class live experiences fans actually remember.

Amplification

Content that authentically weaves brands into partner ecosystems, so even what few experience in person is seen by many.

Talent Relations

Trusted relationships across the industry to secure the best talent at the right cost.

05 / The ecosystem

The entire
sports ecosystem.

Experience and relationships at every level of the sports world, from leagues and teams to the talent and partners who bring it to life.

NBANY KnicksJalen BrunsonNFLSeattle SeahawksMLBNY YankeesWNBANY LibertyPaige BueckersNHLNY RangersBrooklyn NetsNASCARBubba WallaceF1MLPGolden State WarriorsGolden State ValkyrieKevin DurantShaquille O'NealMiami HeatNCAALearfieldCollege GamedayFIFABoardroomOvertimeBleacher Report

League · Team · Talent · Amplification

06 / Experience

Experience.

Agency, property and partnership leadership across sports and entertainment.

Vice President, Brands

Leading the Polymarket partnership account, setting the structure, organization and strategy for a high-growth partnership.

Clients: Polymarket

Allied Sports

Group Director, US Sports Lead

US Sports Lead for brand partnerships. Led partnership strategy and execution across a portfolio of major brand accounts.

Clients: DoorDash, Coinbase, Church & Dwight, Wendy’s, BP, Navy, and more

Wavemaker / WPP Media

Account Director, Business Leadership

Led American Express NBA partnership campaigns including Jersey Assurance; oversaw Verizon’s sports portfolio.

Clients: American Express, Verizon

Momentum Worldwide

Manager, Marketing Partnerships

Generated $50MM+ in partnership revenue and managed a sponsor portfolio across MSG properties.

Clients: Anheuser-Busch, Chase, Unilever, Hi-Chew, and more

The Madison Square Garden Company

B.S., Sport Management

SUNY Cortland

Education
07 / Portfolio archive

More
work.

Fan experiences, launch moments and partnership activations from the archive.

Guests at the American Express and Hilton 'Get Closer to the Action' kickoff event
American Express × Hilton

A card launch built around passions.

A Conrad New York kickoff that turned travel, sports, dining and music into four immersive guest experiences.

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Dancers and basketball players flood a New York City court in DoorDash’s Basketball 2.0 music video
DoorDash × NBA / WNBA · Basketball 2.0

Rewrote a basketball anthem.

Kurtis Blow’s 1984 classic returned for a new generation in a DoorDash music video produced by Hit-Boy and starring Lola Brooke, Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Sue Bird.

The DoorDash MLS House experiential build at MLS All-Star
DoorDash × MLS · MLS All-Star 2024

A house built for soccer fans.

A home-inspired build at MLS All-Star that put DoorDash and its new Groceries vertical with ALDI at the center of the fan’s watch-party ritual. Nominated for Best Brand Experience or Activation.

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Neon basketball court at the American Express Basketball Deconstructed experience
American Express · NBA All-Star 2018

Basketball, deconstructed.

An interactive Los Angeles experience where basketball art, technology and culture met, recognized with a Clio Sports Silver.

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Long dinner tables set across the 50-yard line of a football field
American Express × Seahawks · 2016

Dinner on the 50.

Hundreds of Card Members entered through the tunnel for a four-course meal, player Q&A and field-level fan experience.

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New York Rangers fans gathered for a playoff watch party in Bryant Park
Chase × New York Rangers

Rangerstown showed up.

Free playoff viewing parties turned the city into a shared Rangers home crowd, including a Bryant Park gathering of about 17,000 fans.

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New York Rangers fans holding Delta boarding passes before a charter flight
Delta × New York Rangers

The 17-minute fan flight.

A free Delta charter carried Rangers fans from LaGuardia to Newark for an Eastern Conference Finals game against the Devils.

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Jalen Brunson and Action Bronson tasting sandwiches for DoorDash's The Brunson content series
DoorDash × Knicks · The Brunson

His own official sandwich.

A content series crowning New York’s favorite point guard with his own sandwich. Jalen Brunson and Action Bronson tasted contenders from three iconic shops and named a winner. Shortlisted at Clio Sports.

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Open to the right conversation

Let’s
talk.

For partnerships, speaking opportunities and collaborations at the intersection of brands, fans and sports culture.