Account Director - Events

About the Role:

Fuse is seeking an experienced, ambitious, and motivated Account Director to join the Events and Live Experiences Team. The role will be to support the smooth and timely planning and delivery of both large and small-scale events for one of our longest standing clients at Fuse, who sponsors a major British tennis event and the largest music festival in the UK.

About You

You will have strong interpersonal and project management skills, excellent attention to detail and be confident when liaising with clients and rightsholders. You will have experience working on large scale events in the sports and entertainment sectors, as well as having an interest in both these areas. Proven experience in end-to-end event planning and implementation, as well as strong production experience and knowledge.

The role will report to a Senior Account Director.

Responsibilities

Main day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• End-to-end management of a range of hospitality and events
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with key clients and stakeholders
• Management of suppliers to deliver production of hospitality and event spaces
• Health & Safety planning including the collation of contractor policies and insurance and the provision of risk assessment documentation
• Creation of event schedules, and management of build/installation, live days and de-rig
• Overall development, production and delivery of event branding, collateral and gifting including proposals, deadlines, design, content, budget, and approvals  
• Oversee integration of product / digital offerings into hospitality and events as required
• Source, brief and manage appointed staffing supplier to support with onsite delivery
• Creation of detailed staffing matrix and briefing
• Lead in the creation and management of key project documents including project plan, master budget, client-facing presentations, status documents and guest communications
• Budget management, reconciliation, client invoicing and post-event reporting
• Assist with other ad hoc projects and events as requested by the Leadership Team or Senior Account Director
• Co-ordination of regular stakeholder calls, producing status reports, meeting notes and actions to ensure the project is kept on track
• Day to day management of junior resource (full time and part time)
• Close liaison with the project lead to ensure smooth planning and delivery of client KPI’s

Desired skills & experience

• A passion for sport and entertainment
• Agency experience is necessary
• Experience in the planning and delivery of large, high profile major events and hospitality, in the sport / entertainment sector
• Proven experience in end-to-end event and hospitality management, including venue sourcing, F&B management, production agency management, H&S processes and implementation, and branding/collateral production
• Previous team management experience, with strong communication and presentation skills (written and oral)
• Personable and able to build strong professional relationships
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and proactive
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, able to multi-task and work under pressure whilst remaining professional and calm and ensuring the accuracy of projects from inception to completion
• Ability to manage and prioritise tasks to meet tight deadlines
• Experience working to and managing set budgets
• Working on projects with multiple stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and data management skills
• Highly proficient in the full MS Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & TEAMS
• Must be eligible to work in the UK

Location

The role is based at Fuse, Omnicom Media Group offices at Bankside 2, London (SE1 0SW). Fuse offer flexible working, with employees being office based 50% of the time. Travel and on-site attendance at events will be required.

About the Agency:

Our late, great founder David Pinnington set Fuse up in 2008 in a way that completely disrupted the sponsorship agency landscape at the time - integrated into media, backed by data. We are extremely proud that Fuse has since become one of the leading global agencies in the industry, allowing us to attract incredible clients and talent.

We work with our brand clients to deliver growth through the power of sport & entertainment marketing.  Our services cover strategy, brokering, planning & creative, rights consultancy, major events, PR, and measurement.  Fuse Ignite is our rights holder consultancy, building world class sponsorship propositions and providing go to market sales expertise across Omnicom and beyond.

Our work has won numerous awards, and our people are frequently recognised by the industry as top performers in their field. We place high importance on our trusted relationships, sound moral judgement and good governance delivered through transparent processes.

Fuse has a team of 120 in our London HQ and 300 more in 16 offices across the world.  We work with clients including PepsiCo, Vodafone, Google, Philips, McDonald’s, Uber, Nissan, British Gas, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Jaguar Land Rover, Just Eat Takeaway, and Klarna.