Senior Account Manager (Soccer) (Home Improvement Client)
About The Position
Octagon is looking for a Senior Account Manager to play a key role in the day-to-day management of US Soccer, Major League Soccer, and Mexico National Team sponsorships and activations for a major Home Improvement client. You will help shape strategic direction, oversee partnership planning and activation, and ensure seamless execution across multiple internal teams and external partners. In this role you will be responsible for strategic program development, presentation development/delivery, and driving collaboration with clients, properties, external partners, and internal teammates across the agency. The position is best suited for a candidate with a deep knowledge and passion for the soccer industry.
Requirements
- 5–6 years of work with an agency, brand, or property on integrated brand campaigns, specifically within U.S. domestic and global sports
- Superior verbal and written communicator - able to scale and adapt communications for different audiences to optimally and succinctly articulate agency positioning and expertise
- Strong organizational and leadership skills, with a commitment to developing talent underneath and around you
- Experience delivering integrated sponsorship activations and campaigns
- Track record of success at cultivating positive agency client, vendor and property relationships
- Proven ability to manage multiple programs, timelines, and teams under pressure
- Coachable, adaptable, and eager to work in a fast-paced environment
- Proficient in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience in soccer industry highly preferred, but not required
Responsibilities
- Support the development of integrated annual sponsorship activation plans, initiatives, and campaigns
- Oversee multiple sponsorship project work-streams from development through execution and results reporting
- Ensure all assets—on-site, experiential, digital, media and hospitality—are properly tracked, managed, and fulfilled
- Act as lead day to day contact for North American based clients – proactively manage requests and develop projects with clear objectives and strategic alignment
- Develop and deliver key documents to include senior executive presentations, strategic recommendations, competitive reports, best practice guides, and case studies
- Lead inter-agency projects and campaign development with key specialty areas including strategy, experiential, creative, and digital
- Support annual budget planning and tracking
- Manage and develop junior team members; be a team leader cultivating an inclusive environment for all team members
- Build and cultivate positive client relationships
- Become an authority on our client's business and their competitive set
Benefits
- Hybrid work (2-3 days week in office)
- The base range for this position is $65,000 – 75,000.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
