Account Manager (Sponsorship Consulting)(Healthcare Client) at Octagon | Stamford, CT | $60K/yr – $65K/yr

Octagon

Account Manager (Sponsorship Consulting)(Healthcare Client)

Stamford, CT (Hybrid)

$60K/yr – $65K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive sponsorship activation and client leadership across multi-stream campaigns in sports/entertainment.

Primary ownership: manage 3–5 sponsor properties and develop integrated activation plans
Must-have: 3–5 years of agency/brand sponsorship experience in U.S. or global sports
Standout: deep understanding of NY sports landscape and ability to lead cross‑agency campaigns

Job Description

Responsibilities

Manage 3 – 5 sponsor properties on behalf of the client team, enhancing contractual rights and building impactful, fully integrated campaigns
Support the development of integrated annual sponsorship activation plans, initiatives, and campaigns
Oversee multiple sponsorship project work-streams from development through execution and results reporting
Ensure all assets—on-site, experiential, digital, media and hospitality—are properly tracked, managed, and fulfilled
Ability to act as lead day to day contact for the client – proactively handle requests and develop projects with clear objectives and strategic alignment
Develop and deliver key documents to include senior executive presentations, strategic recommendations, competitive reports, standard process guides, and case studies
Lead inter-agency projects and campaign development with key specialty areas including strategy, experiential, creative, and digital
Independently interact with client and sponsor property team’s, leading weekly status calls with internal & external partners to ensure projects are properly tracking towards completion
Guide client decision making across short-term activation strategy and long-term portfolio strategy
Synthesize partner feedback and offer best-in-class examples, continually revising programs to fit our partner’s needs

Requirements

3–5 years of work with an agency, brand, or property on integrated brand campaigns, specifically within U.S. domestic and global sports
Understanding of sponsorships, terminology and make-up of the New York sports & entertainment landscape
Superior verbal and written communicator - able to scale and adapt communications for different audiences to optimally and succinctly articulate agency positioning and expertise
The ability to juggle multiple project-streams simultaneously, prioritizing appropriately based on strict timelines and client need
The ability to work autonomously and independently, while knowing when to proactively speak up and seek collaboration or support
Track record of success at cultivating positive agency client, vendor and property relationships
Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Teams; PowerPoint; Word; Excel)
Flexibility and willingness to travel domestically and work weekends or holidays as needed primarily within the Greater NYC region. Anticipated travel: Low (0-15%)

Octagon

4.0 Glassdoor

We are Octagon. A global agency in sports, entertainment, and culture. We strike deals. Set the pace. We’re playmakers. A group of creative thinkers and energetic doers inspiring and helping brands and talent to step up and stand out. Octagon is the world’s largest creative marketing and sponsorship consulting practice, and a pioneer and leader in athlete and personality representation and management. With our fingers firmly on the pulse, we set out a clear vision for the future. Our passionate team of 800+ around the world are relentlessly committed to helping you force fate and push forward. We work with hundreds of blue-chip corporate clients, more than 1000 Athletes & Personalities, and manage more than 10,000 events per year. Leading stakeholders in the sports and entertainment world continue to look to Octagon to provide leadership in understanding fans’ passions and how these insights can build more effective, efficient, and measurable marketing programs.

Founded in 1983

Stamford, Connecticut, US

1.3K employees (204 in marketing)

www.octagon.com

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