Hybrid Account Manager

at Footballco

• Job title: Account Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $70,000 - $80,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Account Manager managing digital marketing campaigns and stakeholder relationships at Footballco, the largest soccer content business. Collaborating cross-functionally and overseeing project delivery while enhancing partner engagement.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & planning – work with the sales, strategy, planning and creative teams to support in putting together innovative digital marketing campaigns to sell into clients
• Campaign & Partnerships activation – deliver North American campaigns and partnerships and ensure they over deliver against predefined objectives & KPIs within allocated budgets.
• Delivery & Project management -covering anything and everything within the commercial department from media partnerships to fan parties, adopting and developing processes and tools to ensure seamless and timely delivery of projects
• Creative understanding - guide content and creative teams using your understanding of media platform formats and styles of creatives that work best on each platform
• Stakeholder management - develop a detailed understanding of all stakeholders, your clients ecosystem and build relationships both internally and externally on a cross-functional level.
• Campaign optimisation & reporting – keep across all campaigns to ensure they are performing and being optimized.
• Creation and delivery of timely and accurate reports – highlighting key learnings and insights that will ensure we are constantly evolving and progressing our approach.
• Create reports and case studies that help Sales teams to showcase Footballco’s capabilities.
• Up sell & renewals – ensure we are perfectly positioned off the back of successfully delivering campaigns to renew and always seeking for opportunities to unlock new projects and briefs
• Team management – work closely with the VP, Commercial & Operations to ensure we build a team and culture that ensures everyone is clear in which direction they are pulling and incentivised to go the extra mile as well as managing and developing future junior team members

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ experience working in a senior account handling role within an agency, right holder or brand environment preferably in sport
• Extensive knowledge of media, digital marketing and the social media space
• Experience of working with brands, leagues or broadcasters
• Excellent organisational and project management skills with the ability to juggle and prioritise multiple clients and tasks
• Delivering compelling client presentations
• Managing finance including budget tracking, reconciling and invoicing
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent people management and communication skills with the ability to communicate and collaborate at all levels
• Ability to work across multiple teams
• A high degree of self-motivation
• A committed, positive and proactive approach
• Strong commercial awareness
• Strong interpersonal skills and a good attitude to help build culture on a new team

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• Paid time off