Position Overview:

The Account Executive / Account Manager is a vital position providing strategic leadership and oversight of client accounts and collaboration with internal teams to ensure quality of relationship and work product. The position is fast-paced and requires strong project management, strategy, creative, analytics and collaboration skills in leading day-to-day working relationships with client partners.

 

Must have experience in client management, sponsorship strategy and program execution across various sports and entertainment properties including: NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, college properties and outdoors.  

 

Job Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the client to implement and execute the program(s) as it aligns with the client’s goals and objectives

• Be a strong cultural fit and be an authentic advancer of our mission and values internally and externally

• Demonstrate strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, and individual initiative as a trusted advisor, leader and teammate

• Lead day-to-day client activity & support client to ensure all details are being communicated pre, post and during events

• Work alongside client partners to solve business challenges, successfully manage projects through problem solving and flawless execution

• Develop and present thoughtful strategic insights leveraging research and data

• Provide excellent partner service through quick response times and effectively delivering and meeting client expectations, ensuring highest level of satisfaction

• Understand the competitive landscape, industry trends, and client objectives

• Provide client with feedback on engagement, milestones, partner strategies, solution enhancements and other key initiatives

• Manage existing partner relationships and support business development with new and existing partners

• Genuine eagerness to work with, mentor, encourage and learn from a diverse and talented team

• Play an active role driving integration, collaboration, communications and best practice sharing across the organization

• Provide reports and updates to internal and external teams as needed

• Follow established work rules, policies and procedures

• Actively engage with other members of the company to continuously strive to improve processes, create efficiencies and reduce costs

• When applicable, travel for the purpose of planning and leading execution of programs

• Cooperatively take on other duties, roles or responsibilities as assigned

 

Job Requirements:

• College degree with 3-6 years of experience; Masters preferred.

• Minimum 2 years of experience focused in client delivery and client management within a consulting organization, agency, brand, or team/league.

• Thorough understanding of the sports, media and entertainment landscape

• Excellent business writing, presentation, communication and interpersonal skills

• Desire to work in a fast-paced, evolving, growing, dynamic and challenging environment

• Must possess keen listening skills and strong analytical and creative problem-solving mindset

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and foster key business relationships

• Creative, adaptive personality that can interface with senior-level executives

• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to follow through

• Experience in development and management of budgets

• Ability to remain calm under pressure, multi-task and prioritize workload while coordinating with others to proactively meet deadlines

• Ability to foresee issues developing before they happen and develop a solution as needed

• Must be comfortable working as an integral part of a team environment

• Ability to self-manage under deadlines

• Experience with 3rd party measurement and evaluation tools

• Strong attention to detail and Computer proficiency with MS Office products, PowerPoint

• Ability to work traditional and non-traditional office hours as needed

• Willingness to travel to various event locations and execute on-site as needed

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Please send resumes to the Bespoke job portal -  Jobs@bespokesportsmarketing.com