We are thrilled to be looking for a dynamic and persuasive Senior Account Executive to work on the exciting Olympics and Paralympics program, for one of our key clients. This could be the perfect role for you if you have strong project management skills, are a real team player and have an interest in working in rights management with one of the industry’s biggest rights holders.
A love of sports is not a prerequisite – a passionate marketer is our priority – but this could also be great opportunity for you to apply your personal interests and passions to your work.
YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
- Day to day coordination and consultancy for the Olympics and Paralympics related projects with a global team
- Support on regular communications with internal and external stakeholders
- Management and maintenance of mailbox, contact list, newsletters to facilitate regular project updates
- Facilitation of property activation across multiple global markets, galvanizing brand teams to tap into available assets and opportunities
- Develop and keep trackers and asset ordering management
- Consolidate global campaign / activation info
- Support the approval processes with the rights holder
- Support on event delivery, where required
- Reporting on asset utilization and campaigns
THIS COULD BE YOUR NEXT RIGHT MOVE IF:
- You communicate clearly. You can write well, you speak in an engaging way and can explain your thoughts and ideas succinctly
- You’re a natural at building rapport with just about anyone at any level in an organisation
- You pay attention to the detail
- You are adaptable to working remotely, with people in different countries and continents
- You enjoy solving problems and finding creative, incremental solutions to challenges
- You can collaborate across marketing disciplines, departments, and time zones
- You are patient, level-headed and cool under pressure
YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO HAVE:
- English proficiency (German would be advantageous but not a prerequisite)
- Experience or knowledge of working with sponsorship properties
- Previous work on Olympics, or with other major rights holders / events would be advantageous but not a prerequisite
- Solid agency experience working in a similar role
- High level PowerPoint Skills, Excel and Outlook and a confidence to present internally and externally.
BENEFITS
• We’re pleased to offer wide range of benefits, including but not limited to the following:
• Core benefits (available from start date) – flexible holiday allowance, AXA private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, Employee Assistance Programme.
• Flexible benefits (available after probation) – Gymflex, dental insurance, travel insurance, health cash plan, Cyclescheme, interest-free season ticket loans
• A Flexible Workplace – we have several initiatives in place to ensure that our team have the flexibility to balance work with their lives, this includes flexible holiday allowance and flexible working options
• We also run a number of internal programmes to support physical and mental wellbeing, alongside learning and development opportunities to support career development and progression.
ABOUT US
We’re the global sports, entertainment, and lifestyle-marketing arm of IPG. A collection of 800 fans bound by a single mission: To create work that earns attention.
HOW WE SEE THE WORLD
We live in a world where time is our most precious commodity, and our audiences’ patience has never been shorter. As an industry, we’ve never had to work harder to gain the attention of the people we’re trying to reach. The way we see it, there’s two ways to go about it. Attention is either bought or it’s earned. Paid attention ensures your brand will be heard – and that's a good start. But attention that’s earned ensures your audience listens to what you're saying. At Octagon, our purpose is to create work that earns attention. Through smart partnerships and generous ideas, we compete for, capture, and ultimately earn the attention of those who matter most.
Have we got yours?
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