Account Executive (Sports, Entertainment, Lifestyle)

Posted 03 July 2019
Salary £21000 - £23000 per annum
Location
Job type Full time
Discipline MarketingAgency
ReferenceGG12037_1562167496
Contact NameGina Godsiff

Job description

Account Executive
Wilmslow, Greater Manchester
£21,000 - £23,000

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Account Executive to join a global business based in the heart of Wilmslow, Greater Manchester. Specialising in Sports, Entertainment, Media and Lifestyle, this fully integrated agency helps deliver meaningful campaigns for some of the world's biggest brands.

As an Account Executive, you will have the opportunity to work with a whole host of global brands, rights holders and talent across all sports as well as wider entertainment and lifestyle industries. Strong communication and organisation skills, combined with good general sports and football knowledge, is absolutely key in this position. Your primary focus will be supporting the partnership activation team in creating, selling, managing and activating partnership programs for well-known names across the globe.

You will be providing general support to the account team across consulting and activation clients including;
*Creating maintaining and updating internal records and logs
*Collating and organising partnership rights inventory
*Assisting the team with the generation of creative activation ideas
*Participating in weekly status calls / meetings and assisting in the creation and updating of regular client reporting
*Supporting the management, planning and delivery of events and player appearances on behalf of client
*Working closely with the client on content creation, marketing assets and partnership materials
*Arranging and attending activation events / trips
*Coordinating and creating season-long reports and activation debriefs on behalf of client
*Sourcing and managing third party suppliers where required

It's essential you've got 1-2 years' experience already, ideally in an agency environment. You'll need to be armed with a strong skillset of great communications and flawless attention to detail. Organisational and time management skills are a given, but you should also be comfortable presenting and creating presentations.

It would really help if you have a real passion and knowledge for sport, with a good understanding of football and talent. You'll need to be able to be proactive and work independently, as well as in a team. In return, you'll get to attend regular events, travel nationally and internationally and be rewarded with a very competitive benefits package.

If you're interested in finding out more information then please get in touch with Gina at Adam Recruitment and click Apply today!