Account Manager, Client Marketing & Partnership Activation

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Bring a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to client challenges, identifying creative ways to maximize impact within available assets, budgets and resources.
• Look beyond conventional sponsorship activations to uncover new opportunities that connect the partnership with client objectives.
• Anticipate client needs and proactively bring forward relevant ideas, insights and recommendations.

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.
• 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.

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.