Account Director (Football and Golf)

We’re looking for a dynamic Account Director to manage and deliver a number of exciting partnerships in the football and golfing space. This fantastic opportunity will sit within our client services department at Octagon, and you’ll be the day-to-day point of contact for our client’s events and sponsorship team, leading all their partnership planning and development, event executions, marketing and digital promotion/activation and asset tracking in Europe. This position offers an opportunity to lead a senior account manager and account executive and work into a Vice President to learn and develop as a subject matter expert.

Key skills we’re looking for:

• Sponsorship Activation
• Brand Management
• Project Management
• People Management
• Strategic and Creative Thinking
• Leadership
• Rights Management
• Event oversight

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has a passion for and expertise in sports, entertainment and sponsorship marketing – football and golf experience a strong plus.
• Has ~10 years’ experience in related field.
• Is ready and excited to be the client’s go-to person for day-to-day team escalation, has excellent account management skills and can clearly present ideas, creative solutions and address challenges/obstacles head on.
• Has the ability to balance several workstreams and tasks simultaneously and consistently deliver high quality work to tight deadlines and when under pressure.
• Has prior experience serving as liaison between brand and partners, both internal and external.
• Has exceptional attention to detail, time management and organizational skills.
• Is comfortable managing and growing junior team members as well as reporting up to senior individuals.
• Has good experience in managing content focused sports campaigns and liaising with rights holders to make this happen.
• Enjoys working and being part of a big team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnership development, supervision and implementation of operational and tactical sponsorship activations including but not limited to:
• Development of activation plans based on annual client objectives and contractual deliverables.
• Rights holder (i.e. football clubs, golf associations) relationship management.
• Working with internal creative and delivery teams to deliver season long campaigns.
• Scope management, keep internal teams on time and within budget.
• Lead and build strong relationships with client and various internal client marketing teams and stakeholders, the go-to oversight person for all sponsorship activations.
• Delegate and manage internal team without blocking growth pathways.
• Lead and grow key relationships including rights holder and internal creative, strategy teams.
• Line management of one to two direct reports, providing day to day support and oversight, guidance and career development opportunities.
• Provide oversight for the account team’s day-to-day activities and quality control for all client facing materials.
• Budget management and financial reporting for areas of responsibility.
• Prepare presentation documents supporting strategies, ideations, sponsorship evaluations, POV’s, program overviews, recap summaries, finances and partnership opportunities.
• Project management and tracking of sponsorship assets.
• Help keep the larger agency team on task and on time – manage timelines and status documents.
• Develop a working knowledge and understanding of the client’s business initiatives and marketing trends.

You will also need to have:

• Solid Agency or rights holder experience working in a similar role.
• High level Power Point Skills, Excel and Outlook and a confidence to present internally and externally.

It’s not essential but will be advantageous if:

• You are fluent in any other languages.

WHO YOU’LL BE JOINING: Recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in Sports”, Octagon is the global sports, entertainment, and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group.

We take pride in being Playmakers – finding insightful, bold ways to create play in our work, our lives, and in the world. We believe in the power of play to create big ideas and unlock potential for our clients and talent.

The world needs play more than ever. Are you a Playmaker?

ABOUT US: Octagon is a global creative agency in sports, entertainment and culture.

Founded in 1982 with over 800 employees around the globe. Our Headquarters is in Stamford, Connecticut with further offices around the world.

Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law.

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