Director, Brand Partnerships, City Of London

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Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music, entertainment and culture, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70+ cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com.

We are looking for an Partnerships Account Director to join our team on a Fixed

Term Contract for 12 months.

Looking after a key Wasserman client, this role is pivotal in the delivery of high profile partnership campaigns within the world of Football.

You will be responsible for overseeing client and team management across global partnerships. This role with entail management of the global account team - and working closely with the senior leadership team to identify exponential growth opportunities.

Based in London, the role will also be required to step in to help mentor and develop junior members of the team, as well as supporting the senior leadership team with new business client growth.

What You Will Be Doing

Work closely with the Senior Director to lead the account team to deliver first class client service and delivery
Understanding (and ideally experience) of football is a must!
Responsible for all elements of programme execution, budget planning and tracking, and client success
Campaign Management:
Oversee and ensure successful delivery of client campaigns –

campaign planning, resourcing, multi-stakeholder management, rights delivery, reporting.

Client Management:
Lead client comms across on-going workstreams
Develop and continue to foster a strong relationship with brand team
Develop strong relationships and work closely with key rights holders as required
Account Team Management:
Provide strategic guidance and insight to the team to ensure that brand and business objectives are met
Ensuring that the day-to-day management of the account continues

to function seamlessly from a top-down/bottom-up perspective.

Oversee resourcing and team workloads across campaign and rights delivery.
Develop strong relationships with all account leads and be main day to day contact
Ambassador/talent management:
Oversee the client’s global ambassador agreements - working closely with dedicated talent resource
Work across the detail of contracts and working with the talent and legal teams across contractual nuances (markets, talent/agents ways of working, commercial conflicts etc.)

What You Need

Extensive experience in a similar position with a proven track record of

success across Account Management, Brand Planning and Brand Activation

Prior agency experience including past success in managing brands that

invest substantial budgets in partnerships, ideally at a global level

Acumen to look at business performance and drive incremental account

growth

Understanding of brands, rights holders and competitor agencies
Strong understanding of financial processes, including both forecasting and reporting
Full comprehension and ownership of agency-client dynamic
Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated empathy and commitment to success, along with a proven ability to manage expectations
Confident, articulate, passionate individual with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as well as ability to listen
Strong project management style that can own and lead the client relationship and create the right team structure and environment to deliver proactively and beyond the client expectations
Not afraid to challenge/question the strategic direction to ensure the

client objectives are achieved

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Director

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Business Development and Sales
Industries
Entertainment Providers

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