Employer
CAA Sports – A division of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), a leading entertainment and sports agency.
Position
Account Director – London
Role Overview
We have a new opportunity for a talented Account Director to join our award‑winning global Brand Consulting team. This is an exciting and dynamic role leading one of our flagship accounts in London. Our client is a global airline with an extensive portfolio of parternships across multiple sports and markets.
Reporting into the Vice President and working alongside other senior account leaders, the Account Director will need to draw upon their knowledge and experience working across a diverse spectrum of sporting properties, to help advise and guide the client on the best way to utlise and optimise their contractual rights and assets to deliver results that drive impact and attention.
We are looking for a strategically‑minded account and marketing leader with experience in managing a team across multiple partnerships and regions. Someone that can not only demonstrate the requisite organisational skills and attention to detail to manage an account, but also the passion and confidence to bring fresh and innovative thinking to help our client achieve its commercial and brand objectives.
Due to the global nature of the account, the Account Director will be required to travel for client meetings, events and activations. As the CAA Brand Consulting business continues to grow, the individual will also have the opportunity to work on additional projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day operations, client reporting and budgeting
- Develop a strong and supportive sense of leadership with the internal account team
- Build strong relationships with senior clients, rights holders and suppliers
- Be a true sports marketing consultant – providing strategic advise based on experience and insight
- Demonstrate excellent management skills to drive value for a client’s brand across a range of disciplines from creative development and content creation, to rights and activation delivery
- Become the custodian of an actionable strategy that maximises partnership assets, aligning with the brand and business objectives
- Project manage campaign activations from ideation to execution
- Event management and logistics including driver appearances
- Work closely with different stakeholders including rights holders, agency teams (Creative, Strategy, Planning, and Brand), external agencies
- Be accountable to client KPI’s and measure campaign effectiveness to demonstrate ROI
- Networking events and supporting with business development when required
Qualifications / Requirements
- Have a desire to challenge the norm and be inquisitive around new opportunities
- Must have significant agency or in-house experience at a client/camp
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