Senior Account Manager

Wasserman•Toronto, ON

7d•CA$70,000 - CA$75,000•Hybrid

About The Position

THE·TEAM operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Headquartered in Los Angeles, THE·TEAM'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 THE.TEAM. 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. In Canada, we’ve proudly been recognized as the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada’s ‘Agency of the Year’ for 5 of the past 6 years. As THE·TEAM supports hybrid working environments and also acknowledges the benefits of in-office collaboration, our global policy is 3-days per week in-office. We are seeking a dedicated Senior Account Manager with 4 - 6 years of experience across a mix of agency and/or brand work. If you’re a strategic thinker, a natural-born leader, obsessive about creating exciting work, and adept at forming and strengthening bonds with various personalities, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

Excellent listening and communication skills, with the ability to distill client requests into clear strategic direction and actionable next steps
Strong campaign instincts, with an understanding of how ideas travel across channels and how strategy, creative and client objectives connect
Confident leading integrated teams, building alignment and helping different disciplines work toward a shared outcome
Comfortable shaping presentation narratives, building deck structures and turning complex thinking into clear, compelling client-facing materials
Proactive and resourceful, able to take ownership of workstreams and see them through with minimal oversight
Demonstrates a positive can-do attitude that knows how to own outcomes
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across fast-moving client business
Comfortable writing and presenting ideas, briefs, strategic recommendations, agendas, reports and recaps
Able to build trusted relationships with clients, internal teams and external partners
Actively participates in and contributes to agency culture, with awareness of Toronto communities, groups and opportunities

Responsibilities

Act as the primary day-to-day lead on client business, driving clarity, momentum and alignment across internal and client teams
Bring campaign-led thinking to client work, helping shape strategic direction across digital, OOH, social, retail, XM and integrated marketing channels
Develop clear, compelling briefs that translate client objectives, audience insights and business challenges into actionable creative and strategic direction
Lead integrated agency teams, ensuring strategy, creative, account, partnerships and other cross-functional contributors are aligned around a shared campaign vision
Build and manage deck frameworks that clearly organize campaign thinking, strategic narratives, creative territories, recommendations and client presentations
Partner closely with strategy, creator partnerships and creative teams to ensure ideas are rooted in insight, connected to client objectives and translated effectively across channels
Guide internal workflows from briefing through presentation development, ensuring teams are aligned on priorities, responsibilities and decision points
Manage client communications and ensure client status agendas, meeting notes and contact reports are accurate, detailed and up-to-date at all times
Anticipate client needs, identify strategic opportunities and help shape proactive recommendations that strengthen the client relationship
Contribute to account growth by identifying ways to deepen the work, expand strategic value and strengthen THE·TEAM’s role as a trusted partner