Responsibilities

• The position of Account Manager is client-facing and expected to maintain an in-depth understanding of clients’ businesses and forge partnerships with client-side counterparts, partners and vendors.
• Lead day-to-day management of client's sponsorship platform including overall project management (e.g. project plans, timelines, agency integration and deliverables)
• Develop and lead on sponsorship rights and asset management processes
• Coordinate and manage activation programming with client functional teams and relevant agency partners in connection with client's sponsorship platforms
• Provide strategic thinking and POVs for sponsorship initiatives. Specific initiatives could include event activation development, talent / influencer strategy, customer engagement, hospitality programming, media integration strategy, etc.
• Manage client-vendor relationships and coordinate necessary deliverables on behalf of client
• Provide proactive strategic thinking and recommendations for client and agency at large
• Manage project budgets and invoicing deadlines
• Lead key meetings with internal & external constituents
• Provide support to Director and VP on overarching account management and planning

Requirements

• Prior sports sponsorship experience required
• Client-based account management experience; specific disciplines could include partnership marketing, event marketing, activation management.
• Project management experience with the ability to manage multiple projects independently and with a larger team
• League and/or team experience, an understanding of the business of sports, sports media, IP rights and sponsorship
• Experience with on-site event management, event execution and vendor management
• Ability to think strategically, creatively and can problem solve independently
• Ability to handle precise asset management records, allocation, tracking and reconciliation
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Excellent time management, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time