Account Manager, Client Marketing & Partnership Activation

Responsibilities

• Account Management & Program Delivery
• Serve as day-to-day agency partner to client marketing and sponsorship stakeholders, building strong relationships and a deep understanding of their business priorities.
• Manage multiple client activation workstreams simultaneously, overseeing project timelines, deliverables, budgets, approvals and cross-functional coordination.
• Develop a strong working knowledge of the client’s partnership portfolio, including available rights, assets, promotional guidelines and activation parameters.
• Work closely with internal partnership specialists and global teams to navigate asset availability, approvals and operational requirements.
• Coordinate the development and delivery of client programs, ensuring work is executed efficiently, accurately and to a high standard.
• Develop and maintain client-facing materials, including activation plans, presentations, status updates, executive summaries, competitive landscape assessments and post-program reporting.
• Support event and tournament-time activation delivery, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders as needed.
• Strategic Thinking & Problem-Solving
• Bring a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to client challenges, identifying creative ways to maximize impact within available assets, budgets and resources.

Requirements

• 4–6 years of relevant experience in account management, integrated marketing, partnership activation, or client marketing, ideally within an agency or brand environment.
• Demonstrated ability to translate client objectives and marketing assets into creative, activation ideas and programs.
• Strong creative instincts, intellectual curiosity and a passion for developing ideas that connect brands with audiences in meaningful ways.
• Entrepreneurial, resourceful approach to problem-solving, with the ability to navigate challenges.
• Strong account management and project management skills, with experience managing multiple workstreams, timelines and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing and presenting compelling client recommendations and materials.
• Understanding of integrated marketing and how experiential, content, social, talent and other channels can work together to deliver cohesive programs.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively across client teams, internal agency disciplines and global stakeholders.

Preferred

• Familiarity with sports sponsorships, partnership rights, promotional guidelines and activation processes is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with major sports properties, athletes or talent is a plus.

Benefits

• Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.