Vice President, Account Management - Brand Consulting

Creative Artists Agency•Los Angeles, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a leading entertainment and sports agency with global expertise in various sectors including filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales, licensing, and brand marketing. The Vice President, Account Management will be part of the CAA Brand Consulting division, focusing on leading day-to-day account teams for key brand consulting clients, with a specific emphasis on the strategic concepting, management, and execution of Olympics partnerships. This role involves direct client interfacing, managing junior team members, and collaborating cross-functionally with internal and external vendors, agencies, and properties within the Olympics ecosystem, while also identifying new opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Marketing, Communications, Business or similar discipline
12 – 15+ years’ experience in negotiating and managing Olympics partnerships
Must be flexible and have the ability to travel and be on-site at events
Previous experience managing a team including writing and delivering performance reviews
Must be financially literate with excellent budget management and forecasting skills
Must have exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Proven strategic development and stakeholder management/influence skills
Strong market and industry knowledge and presence
Must have excellent thought leadership skills
Understanding of the client’s industry and latest developments
Strong negotiation skills
Must have strong experience with Microsoft 365 especially, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
Excellent multi-tasking skills with an ability to balance and progress multiple projects and project components at one time, on tight timelines

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver overarching strategic vision based on brand objectives for the Olympics
Lead coordination of key stakeholder engagement and involvement including clients, other agencies and Olympics rightsholders
Negotiate with Olympic rightsholders including OCOGs, NGBs, NOCs, talent and beyond
Lead overall activation and hospitality planning, pulling in specific functions, as needed
Demonstrate creative and innovative thought leadership, keeping ahead of trends and providing proactive inspiration and recommendations
Creation of key project documents such as budgets and briefings
Oversee the team who will manage the day-to-day partnerships, ensuring continuity across properties and strategic, creative thinking
Oversee the development of integrated marketing and sponsorship activation plans, showcasing how digital, social, PR, retail and other channels come to life, working with internal account team, client team and external agencies
Work with CAA Data & Analytics to oversee the management of measurement evaluation and ideate around ways to expand measurement
Work with other team functions (e.g. Creative, Experiential, Social Impact, Insights / trends, etc.) to ensure goals and objectives are met
Act as a resource for the teams in trouble shooting and problem solving
Lead, manage and inspire a team of direct and indirect team members
Create presentations for key meetings internally and externally
Develop and deliver compelling written and verbal communications
Build, maintain and play key role in driving year over year business and account growth