Sport & Entertainment - Account Director

M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is the PR and partnership agency within the M&C Saatchi Group. We are a full-service passion marketing agency that connects brands to Australians through the things they love. We’re dedicated, smart and collaborative experts in our field. We're passionate about coming together to create and realise big ambitions for some of the largest brands in the country.

As part of the M&C Saatchi Group we come together to realise BIG AMBITIONS. And ours is to be the most connected creative company by organising original thinkers in uncommon ways.

The Opportunity

The Senior Account Director at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is responsible for driving fully integrated campaigns, leveraging all of the specialisms within the agency including PR and influencers, partnerships, social, content and experiential. Through your passion for sport, entertainment and culture, you will lead some of our biggest clients in creating effective and award-winning integrated campaigns that are distinctive and compelling and drive measurable results for our clients. You’ll think differently about connecting to consumer passion points, taking an earned first approach, maximising rights and entitlements and always thinking multi-channel.

A snapshot of what you'll do:

• Establishes trusted relationships with existing and new clients to develop and deliver world-class work that maximises our agency’s capabilities
• Work closely with Strategy, Creative and Specialist Leads to contribute best-in-class partnership ideas and opportunities to creative briefs and responses
• Coordinates the efforts of the entire agency to deliver fully integrated campaigns on time and on budget
• Shows an active interest in clients' brand positioning and areas for opportunity
• Drives project and campaign measurement, monitoring and tracking for campaign analysis
• Efficiently plans and prioritises team’s work including the work of other departments with well-considered timelines and stakeholder management 
• Establish trusted relationships with your team and promote a collaborative, team-based culture between departments within the Agency
• Accurately scopes and forecasts project work, striking the balance between perceived value for clients, and profitability for the agency
• Actively hunts down opportunities for incremental revenue with existing clients through OOS, proactive ideas, and championing big ideas

Skills & Attributes:

• Inclusive leadership
• Relationship management
• Commercial acumen
• Decision making
• Strategic thinking
• Presenting & Communicating

Your ideal experience:

• Demonstrable experience of taking the strategic lead on major partnership and sponsorship deals and delivering outcomes that deliver above client expectation
• Experience working with major media / rights holders, brand collaborations and ambassadors .
• Experience building and leading relationships across both large and small clients Experience leading client relationships with exposure to Board-level decision makers
• Proven experience of working collaboratively with Creative, Strategy and Comms teams to develop and sell ideas 

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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