Nikki Hope

Nikki Hope is a sports marketing, sales, and partnerships professional with extensive experience in corporate sponsorships, fundraising, event management, and community relations. She has been in collegiate athletics since 2021 and serves as Director of Sales, where she develops sponsorship opportunities, negotiates agreements, builds partner relationships, and drives revenue growth for athletics. Her career path began with an interest in sports medicine that shifted to sales at a cable company, leading to 20 years in marketing and advertising starting in 2006. Previous roles span university advancement and philanthropic giving through the Trailblazer Club, recruitment marketing for a charter school, automotive marketing, media sales as an assistant to an account executive at a sports radio station, and hospitality management. She brings strong expertise in sales strategy, sponsorship marketing, relationship management, event execution, and digital marketing, supported by certifications in instructional design from UC San Diego Extended Studies and grant writing and management from Fresno State. Based in St. George, Utah, she thrives on multitasking and wearing multiple professional hats.