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Sport & Entertainment - Account Manager / Senior Account Manager

LocationSydney, NSW 2000
Positions1 Position
  • Account Management
Job no: TBAH6
Category: Account Management

M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment creates change for brands through people’s passions. As the world’s leading passion-marketing agency, we're a mixed bag of sports-loving, culture-seeking, trend-hunting, creative communications experts. We span the spectrum of passion-marketing, from sport, film and entertainment, to style, food and wellness - and every emerging and niche trend in between. 

Our work reflects the new ways audiences cultivate their passions, consume media and share stories by delivering integrated communications campaigns including but not limited to sponsorship, experiential, PR, social and content.

The Opportunity:

Through your passion for sport & entertainment, you will contribute to creating effective and award-winning integrated campaigns that are impactful and distinctive and drive results for our clients. Your role will bring a blend of account management and project management, supporting the team in bringing together our multidisciplinary specialisms across PR & communications, creative and production to deliver best in class integrated work for our clients.

A snapshot of what you'll do:

  • Be a key day to day contact for our clients – understanding their business, challenges and managing their activity from start to finish.
  • Collaborate with the rest of the agency to help develop and execute first-class integrated campaigns, leveraging all disciplines - partnerships, activations, content, digital, social and PR and communications where applicable.
  • Collaborate with the broader M&C Saatchi Group where applicable to deliver on integrated clients and campaigns.
  • Assists with development for well-thought through briefs (creative, design and suppliers)
  • Drive project and campaign measurement, monitoring and tracking for campaign analysis.
  • Establish and foster relationships with third parties , including client agency village partners, sporting organisations, rights holders and production suppliers where applicable. 
  • Plus much more!

Skills & Attributions:

  • Passionate, creative and resourceful
  • Great negotiating and problem-solving skills
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Great time management skills

Your ideal experience:

  • 3+ years of Account Management experience running integrated campaigns (partnerships, activations, content, digital, social and PR)
  • Understanding of agency structure, creative process and roles of key stakeholders on every brief.
  • Worked in multi-disciplinary team environments  

What WE value MOST:

  • Walk in different worlds
  • Make Uncommon Sense
  • Run Towards the Fire (except if there is an actual fire when we run away from it)
  • Roll as one
  • Be excellent to each other

Best Bits About Working With Us:

Our big benefits fuel our big ambitions. We’re here to support and encourage our people at every turn. Our commitment to your individual needs stems from our diverse Flexible Flexibility work approach, flexing to how you want to work and how you want to take your leave. You’ll be saying "hello holidays" with our flexible public holidays, summer half Friday’s and even extra leave for taking your leave. And, to further our support to you, Family First, Health and Wellness paid leave are on offer, along with our Work From Anywhere in the world initiative (so you can stay connected across the globe). Plus, you can join our inclusive community led networks, supporting things you care about and your cultural and social wellbeing.

We’re committed to building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTQIA+ people. Our flexible work approach, employee-led diversity networks and inclusive career development approach all support and promote one of our core values ‘Walk in Different Worlds’ which helps describe our overall DE&I mission. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let our team know.

WHAT ARE YOUR BIG AMBITIONS?

We’d love to hear what your ambitions are and how we can help you realise them with us!

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