NEW YORK - October 11, 2021 - (Newswire.com)
Zinc Agency and Footprint Sports & Entertainment are proud to announce an international partnership that will provide world-class speakers and entertainment-related opportunities. Zinc Agency will be appointed as the official North American sales agent tasked to leverage the diverse client roster of Footprint Sports & Entertainment. The partnership brings together a pair of companies based in the two of the planet's best-known cities for entertainment, as Zinc is located in New York City and Footprint is headquartered in London.
Among the key clients of Footprint are some of the top athletes, coaches, managers and commentators from the world of sports, including elite personalities from Soccer (Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Owen Hargreaves, Nemanja Vidic), Rugby (James Haskell), Cricket (Kevin Pietersen, Jason Roy, Tom & Sam Curran, Ben Duckett), Road Cycling (Chris Froome) and presenters including Anna Whiteley (The Golf Channel) and Becky Ives (BT Sport).
"Soccer, Rugby, Cycling and Cricket, are enjoying a tremendous surge in popularity in North America, and particularity in the U.S., so we are thrilled to be teaming up with the proven experience and expertise of Footprint Sports & Entertainment," said Zachary Yabroff, who serves as Co-President of Zinc Agency with Will Steinberg.
"We're thrilled at the prospect of teaming up with Zinc who have proven to be best in class at what they do, and to have that level of expertise and network in North America which our clients have already started to benefit from. It's an exciting time to be involved in our industry with new technologies and platforms constantly transforming how we consume sport which Zinc have successfully capitalized upon as a result of the pandemic. We're excited to embrace these opportunities for our clients and with our new partners in North America," said Rhodri Burgess, CEO of Footprint Sports & Entertainment
Zinc Agency will develop unique experiences around the Footprint Sports & Entertainment roster that can include once-in-a-lifetime events and exclusive appearances with Footprint clients such as Chris Froome and Gary Neville. In addition to delivering turnkey experiences with the full Footprint roster, Zinc will also be able to coordinate appearances, speeches, brand campaigns and commercial endorsements targeting North American clients.
About Zinc Agency - Zinc is an agency focused on curating creative, one-of-a-kind experiences that leverage the power of talent in sports, music, fashion, the culinary world, theater, and any of life's other passions. Zinc's approach is to always deliver a truly memorable experience that allows our clients to build and strengthen relationships with their customers. For more information, go to www.zincagency.com or contact footprintse@zincagency.com.
About Footprint Sports & Entertainment - Footprint is a leading commercial partnerships and talent management agency representing leading personalities and brands in sport such as Gary Neville, Chris Froome, Kevin Pietersen, Anna Whiteley and James Haskell. Footprint have been responsible for some of the industry's headline commercial deals including H&M & David Beckham, Castrol & Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard & Yabo Sports, Kevin Pietersen & Hublot. They have and continue to consult for major brands in sport and across major International tournaments in mainstream sport. Their media arm have partnered talent with major digital and broadcast channels covering a variety of major sporting events and tournaments across the world, including ITV, Sky, BT Sport, CNN, Optus, PLP, NBC, DAZN, and BeIn Sports. For more information, go to www.footprintse.com.
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