Creative Artists Agency · 9 hours ago
Account Director - Brand Consulting
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$115K/yr - $165K/yr
7+ years expCreative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, and they are seeking an Account Director to lead strategy and management for a global technology client. The role involves overseeing sports partnerships, managing a junior team, and collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders to achieve client objectives.
AssociationBrand MarketingCommunitiesSports
Responsibilities
Strong knowledge of the sports property landscape, including new and established national and global sports properties
Develop and deliver overarching strategic vision based on client’s business objectives
Highly skilled at partnership strategy development; ability to clearly identify, communicate and assess key partnership benefits to ensure successful “sell in” to client
Established relationships across the sports partnership landscape
Highly skilled at partner negotiation with ability to demonstrate key results/examples from experience
Direct management of sports partnerships including leading the communication directly with properties, and working with clients & agency partners at an executive level
Lead and manage overall direct relationship with client
Direct team in the overall planning of campaigns, events and activations, working with internal account team, client team and external agencies
Work with CAA Data & Analytics team to develop KPIs and measurement criteria across partnerships
Lead other team functions (e.g. Creative, Experiential, Social Impact, Insights / trends, etc.) to ensure goals and objectives are met
Develop relationships across CAA to find and promote new opportunities to client
Manage and train junior staff members
Qualification
Required
7+ years experience in sports & entertainment consulting environment, agency, property or brand
Established relationships with properties and entities in the sports & entertainment marketing world
Best-in-class client servicing and relationship building, across partners, clients and internal/external stakeholders
Experience working with high-profile Talent and Athletes
Experience managing junior team
Partnership strategy development with successful client sell in
Excellent negotiation skills
Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs and suite of products
Proficient in budget development
Ability to lead and execute partnership deals, from contract negotiations to partner fulfillment, across major League, Team, and Talent deals
Ability to lead and influence the client with opinions as a subject matter expert
Solution-oriented
Ability to travel and attend work events outside normal business hours on an as needed basis
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
Agency experience highly preferred
Experience in mobile telecommunications a plus
Experience with NFL, World Football, and/or College sports is a plus
Bachelor's Degree Preferred
Benefits
Benefits
Discretionary bonus
Company
Creative Artists Agency
Creative Artists Agency is an entertainment and sports firm that specializes in digital media, publishing, sponsorship, and endorsements.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Temasek HoldingsTPG
2023-09-07Acquired
2017-09-26Private Equity
2017-04-18Private Equity
Leadership Team
Seijean Gahng
Vice President, Partnerships APAC
A
André Vargas
Executive - Head of Data
Recent News
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