Overview

Account Director (Sports Sponsorships, PR Communications and Media) role at Octagon. This is a fixed contract until April 2026, with the potential to extend but no promises. The position is suitable for an Account Director or Senior Account Manager seeking a step up and who is energized by a dynamic, globally connected role. The role involves international sponsorships, travelling internationally on a regular basis, spending time on the ground with the client’s sponsorship team and attending key events across the globe.

You will be fully embedded in the client’s sports sponsorship team, collaborating globally across portfolios including Motorsports, Football, Golf, and Cricket, acting as an extension of the client’s internal team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute integrated sponsorship communications strategies and plans aligned with client objectives and wider corporate communications goals.
• Craft clear, tactical communications briefs to amplify sponsorship activations and marketing initiatives, ensuring a consistent and unified brand voice across touchpoints.
• Collaborate with internal teams, external partners, and rights holders to deliver cohesive communications for sponsorship campaigns, supporting strategic planning and on-the-ground execution at events.
• Provide communications guidance and support for sponsorship activations and broader marketing projects across the client’s business.
• Support wider Corporate Communications teams with engagement, briefing and reactive support across social, web, media relations, subject-matter experts and citizenship initiatives.
• Ensure regular alignment with the client’s business Communications teams to leverage sponsorships for corporate goals.
• Drive the delivery of sponsorship activations, events, and related activities including on-the-ground execution at key events as needed.
• Assist with regular reporting to demonstrate effective communications across activations, working with sponsorship data, reputation and advocacy teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in agency, client, or rights-holder environments, managing sponsorship PR and communications.
• Experience building and nurturing relationships with client stakeholders, staff, vendors, and partners.
• Outstanding attention to detail with strong organisational, time and project management abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to convey ideas clearly and assertively, inspiring confidence and collaboration in meetings.
• Ability to quickly grasp the client’s industry, brand, and product offerings.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute integrated sponsorship communications strategies and plans, ensuring alignment with client objectives and wider corporate communications goals.
• Craft clear, tactical communications briefs to amplify sponsorship activations and marketing initiatives, ensuring a consistent and unified brand voice across touchpoints.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams, external partners, and rights holders to deliver cohesive communications for sponsorship campaigns, supporting both strategic planning and on-the-ground execution at events.
• Provide communications guidance and support for sponsorship activations and broader marketing projects across the client’s business.
• Provide regular engagement, proactive briefing and reactive support to wider Corporate Communications teams covering social, web, media relations, SMEs and citizenship initiatives.
• Ensure regular alignment with the client’s business Communications teams to support corporate goals.
• Drive effective delivery of sponsorship activations, events, and other activities including on-the-ground execution at key events as needed.
• Assist with regular reporting to showcase effective communications across activations, coordinating with sponsorship data, reputation and advocacy teams.

The Bigger Team You’ll Join

Octagon is the global sports, entertainment, and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group. We are Playmakers—finding insightful, bold ways to create play in our work and in our lives. We believe in the power of play to create big ideas and unlock potential for our clients and talent. We are fans of sports, entertainment, and culture and work to evolve the fan experience across brands and talent worldwide.

Benefits

• 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, Cycleshceme, interest-free season ticket loans
• Flexible Workplace – flexible holiday and working options to balance work with life
• Internal programmes to support physical and mental wellbeing, learning and development opportunities

About Us

Octagon is a global creative agency in sports, entertainment and culture. We are part of the IPG family through Octagon R&CPMK and group agencies, including Futures Sport & Entertainment, FRUKT and No2ndPlace. We are part of the Interpublic Group of Companies. Founded in 1982 with over 800 employees globally. Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut with offices worldwide.

We inspire brands and people to play. At Octagon, it’s all in Play. Visit http://www.octagon.com/ for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you need an accommodation to participate in the application process, contact JobAppAccommodation@ipgdxtra.com.