Account Manager (Client Services)
Posted 3 weeks ago
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This Account Manager role involves leading client business and managing client programs for a Fortune 500 company's golf sponsorship platform. The role focuses on executing sponsorship portfolios, managing brand ambassador relationships, co-leading events, and maintaining client communication and budgets.
Responsibilities
- Implement client’s sponsorship portfolio, including title sponsorship, content coordination, media strategy, and brand ambassador fulfillment
- Lead all logistics for brand ambassador relationships, including appearances, lodging, transportation, food and beverage, and production services
- Help co-lead client’s events, including branded integration, athlete appearances, guest communication, and golf course logistics
- Lead weekly status calls and other key meetings with internal and external constituents, including continuous management of client budget
- Serve as a trusted agency contact for the client sponsorship team, player agents, internal client departments, and agency partners
- Ensure contractual compliance and fulfillment of sponsorship assets, and handle day-to-day logistics of implementing various property elements
- Ensure various agency partners are aligned and advised on timelines, and keep projects moving alongside target timelines and budget
- Supervise junior staff, including full-time and limited-term positions
Requirements
- 5+ years of sponsorship marketing/marketing platform management experience
- Proven background in client services and project management
- Sufficient understanding of the golf industry
- Experience in managing and forecasting against a budget
- Experience leading and growing junior staff
- Excellent communication, writing, and client service skills
- Excellent organizational skills and acute attention to detail
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years of sponsorship marketing and/or experience in managing marketing platforms
Skills
* Required skills
About Octagon
Octagon is the global sports, entertainment, and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group, recognized as one of the 'Best Places to Work in Sports'. They focus on creating 'play' in their work and lives, leveraging their expertise in sports, entertainment, and culture.