NFL franchise building game-day content and partnership monetization
The Cincinnati Bengals operate a media and sponsorship engine built on Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign) — a stack optimized for rapid video and graphic production across game-day and social channels. Active hiring skews heavily toward sales (4 roles) and operations (2 roles) with director-level leadership gaps, reflecting a push to scale partnership revenue and systematize CRM discipline. Pain-point clustering around partner retention and sponsorship inventory optimization signals the franchise is moving from ad-hoc activation to repeatable, process-driven monetization.
Notable leadership hires: Managing Director, Sales Director
The Cincinnati Bengals are an NFL franchise in the AFC North, founded in 1968 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The organization operates across 201–500 employees with a media production and sponsorship-led business model. Core operations span game-day show production, in-stadium video board content, short-form social media creation, and partnership activation. Current priorities include scaling corporate partnership revenue, improving partner retention, and implementing consistent sales and CRM processes across the sponsorship function.
The team relies on Adobe Creative Cloud tools, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, and InDesign, alongside Iconik for asset management. This stack supports game-day content, in-stadium video boards, and short-form social production.
Cincinnati, Ohio. The franchise operates across the United States, with current hiring focused exclusively in the U.S. market.
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