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Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis · 6 hours ago

Senior Account Director, Brand Integration

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$110K/yr - $130K/yr

9+ years exp

Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis is a company that represents clients across various industries, including entertainment and social good, focusing on storytelling through diverse mediums. They are seeking a Senior Account Director for their Brand Integration Team, who will lead brand integration strategies, develop partnerships, and manage client communications while mentoring junior staff.

Telecommunications

Responsibilities

Leading brand integration and sponsorship outreach and strategy on various client (brand and non-profit) teams

Support strategies for multi-media partnership deals, along with content development and reviews

Assisting in developing and executing comprehensive communications strategies

Considered a thought-leader of sorts, for the agency and clients

Partnering with PR, Talent and Social Media teams to create integrated strategies for clients

Training and mentoring junior staff on the inner workings and executions of brand integration, PR, media relations, social campaigns, and overall work approach. This is incredibly important to us!

Managing and building on existing network of brand reps and entertainment/fashion/sports/tech industry contacts

Planning, managing and executing brand marketing and partnership strategy on behalf of corporate and non-profit clients for product launches, campaign launches, etc

Planning, managing and executing sponsors for large-scale events, film and TV integrations, media partnerships, etc

Achieving deliverables for a full roster of clients (average of 6 – 8)

Participating in and/or leading new business meetings, creating proposals, as needed

Regularly bringing new opportunities for clients – media meetings, key introductions, etc

Working with senior management to respond to client requests and ensure requests are taken care of in an efficient manner

Support administration of accounts including developing agendas, meeting recaps, activity reports, client status reports, and budget trackers

Qualification

Brand integrationPartnership marketingSponsorship salesCommunications plansTeam managementStrategic thinkingCreative writingNetworkingProject managementDetail oriented

Required

You have at least 9 years of brand integration, partnership marketing and/or sponsorship sales experience with demonstrated success in the following areas: securing top-tier brand partners for paid partnership and sponsorship opportunities, developing and executing marketing and communications plans for entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, technology or non-profits, creating out-of-the-norm media moments, and managing staff

You've managed a team with direct oversight for at least 3 years (of those 9 mentioned above)

You have a genuine interest in developing junior talent and empowering them to be A performers!

You have a strong value and understanding of the rapid pace of consumer behavior and the influencer landscape

You are a strong writer – persuasive, concise, creative, and quick!

You have a growing list of relationships with in-house teams at brands and the agencies that represent them across a variety of verticals and know how to leverage those relationships to secure impactful partnerships

You are a strategic thinker, bring new ideas to the table, and love a good brainstorm

You have strong decision-making abilities and accountability; this is an important role, own it!

You have an innate curiosity and an entrepreneurial spirit

You are incredibly organized, detail oriented and able to excel at managing multiple projects simultaneously

You're willing to work select evenings/weekends and travel when necessary

You enjoy overdelivering rather than meeting expectations and take genuine pride in being part of something good

Preferred

You have secured and executed a six figure ++ sponsorship

You are incredibly passionate about making a difference with your work and have experience working on cause marketing campaigns

You have experience working with corporate clients and understand how to adjust to their specific needs

You have experience working on paid integration opportunities in TV and Film and have a deep understanding of marketing opportunities with studios, networks and streaming services

Previous experience working with teams in multiple locations (LA, DC, Austin, Austin, SF etc.)

Experience work with a project manager on an integrated communications teams (assisting with talent integration, media relations, social media, creative, brand integration)

Interests beyond brand marketing – we never like to stay in our lanes here and particularly like to combine entertainment and social good

Previous experience using marketing databases and research tools like WINMO