Account Executive

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are thrilled to be looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Senior Account Executive to work on the world’s exclusive premier club competition. The position is to support our team in delivering a partnership with Europe’s premier club football competition for one of our key clients. If you have a passion for international events, excellent organizational and communication skills, are a real team player and love football then this could be the role for you.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Helping a world-renowned brand leverage the UEFA Champions League with its key customers

• Ensuring global campaigns and promotions are in line with the Rightsholder and brand guidelines

• Maintaining a content library with 1,000+ images and videos to be used in above-the-line and below-the-line campaigns in the build-up and during the UEFA Champions League season and final

• Coordination of merchandise production and distribution related to the marketing programs

• Overseeing the approvals team with two direct reports

• Coordination with the Rightsholder and other stakeholders on campaigns and promotions

• Collaboration across multiple departments and business units to provide creative assets (e.g., imagery, logos or videos) for campaigns across the globe

• Producing guidelines and toolkits for markets and internal stakeholders on how to leverage the Partnership

• On-site event support during the competition

• Support with purpose-driven activations and promotions that leverage the client’s partnership with the UEFA Foundation for Children

This could be your next right move if:

• You have a passion for football and a good knowledge and understanding of the landscape - key properties, governing bodies, clubs and players

• You pay attention to the details and anything worth doing is worth doing right every single time. You stay focused and nothing gets missed

• You’re a natural at building rapport with just about anyone at any level in an organisation

• You think on your feet and use your initiative. You like learning new things and can quickly adapt when things change

• You communicate clearly. You can write well, you speak in an engaging way and can explain your thoughts and ideas succinctly

• You are patient, level-headed and cool under pressure

• You are a real team player

You will also need to have:

• A degree Qualification/ equivalent or Solid Agency experience working in a similar role

• High level Power Point Skills, Excel and Outlook and a confidence to present internally and externally

BENEFITS

• We’re pleased to offer wide range of benefits, including but not limited to the following:

• Core benefits (available from start date) – flexible holiday allowance, AXA private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, Employee Assistance Programme.

• Flexible benefits (available after probation) – Gymflex, dental insurance, travel insurance, health cash plan, Cyclescheme, interest-free season ticket loans

• A Flexible Workplace – we have several initiatives in place to ensure that our team have the flexibility to balance work with their lives, this includes flexible holiday allowance and flexible working options

• We also run a number of internal programmes to support physical and mental wellbeing, alongside learning and development opportunities to support career development and progression.

ABOUT US
We’re the global sports, entertainment, and lifestyle-marketing arm of IPG. A collection of 800 fans bound by a single mission: To create work that earns attention. 
HOW WE SEE THE WORLD
We live in a world where time is our most precious commodity, and our audiences’ patience has never been shorter. As an industry, we’ve never had to work harder to gain the attention of the people we’re trying to reach. The way we see it, there’s two ways to go about it. Attention is either bought or it’s earned. Paid attention ensures your brand will be heard – and that's a good start. But attention that’s earned ensures your audience listens to what you're saying. At Octagon, our purpose is to create work that earns attention. Through smart partnerships and generous ideas, we compete for, capture, and ultimately earn the attention of those who matter most.
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