Associate Director, Experiential (B2B Events in London

Overview

THE·TEAM operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans. Headquartered in Los Angeles, THE·TEAM's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities.

Responsibilities

• Managing the UK account for one of our major tech clients.
• Producing a wide variety of projects, with a focus on B2B conferences.
• Robust project management, delivering multiple projects simultaneously.
• Core client lead with direct communications into senior clients and project stakeholders.
• Internal project lead, often with full project ownership and accountability.
• Scoping, budgeting, and building out proposals.
• Resourcing of project teams and recognizing/flagging the requirement for additional resources when relevant.
• Creating and managing key project documentation.
• Leading and working alongside internal account, creative, content, legal, strategy, and production teams to deliver projects from initial client briefing through to completion.
• Always having full oversight of all aspects of projects, being able to provide status reports when necessary, and regularly advising the team on next steps.
• Creating or providing input to deliverables briefs for creative/content team development.
• Ensuring the project deliverables align with the project strategy and KPIs as well as the wider project/campaign, and that the project team is delivering against them at all times.
• Managing budgets from initial scoping and regular reporting through to reconciliation, managing quotes, purchase orders, and invoices from suppliers.
• Ensuring adequate production resources have been scoped for the project in collaboration with the creative/content/production/strategy teams.
• Facilitating staff training and/or onboarding sessions ahead of projects.
• Stakeholder management between clients, agency, and also partners/rights holders, coordinating necessary approvals and rounds of amends at all stages of the project.
• Attendance on project, shoot, event, and rehearsal dates (this will likely include regular overseas travel).
• Anticipate, identify, and resolve any potential issues before they arise.
• Ensure risks and issues are being recorded, monitored, and proactively managed to minimise disruption to successful delivery.
• Mentorship or line management to junior members of the team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in a comparable position, agency, or industry.
• Highly collaborative, team player, strong influencer, and relationship builder.
• Excellent client/stakeholder management skills at all levels.
• Extensive experience in B2B event delivery and show production.
• Line management and/or mentorship experience.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly (including overseas travel).
• A can-do attitude to problem solving, and an understanding of the importance of hustle to make a little go a long way.
• Must be able to multi-task and be flexible enough to react under stressful circumstances.
• Exceptional communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Superior interpersonal skills and ability to create a rapport with people.
• Consistently able to craft a story through written communications.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized with experience in MS Office software and other digital platforms (experience in other digital collaboration tools including Slack, Miro, Smart Sheets, etc. is a bonus).
• Knowledge of the tech, sports and/or entertainment industries would be advantageous.

Equal Opportunity Employment

THE·TEAM does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. THE·TEAM is proudly an equal opportunity employer.