Sports Partnership Manager

Sydney
- Full-time on going
- Reporting to the Account Director

What's in it for you?
- Access to top tier clients and complex business challenges
- Continuous development through our mixed learning approach
- All the tools, equipment and mentors you need to be successful in your role
- Our organisation encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives
- We have a bright, open plan and dog friendly office (we love our furry friends)
- We encourage and fully support flexible working
- Parental leave
- Fun social events - Annual ski trips

Details regarding the role

Create is a high performing, dynamic team within OMD. We specialise in creative, innovative and connected solutions for our clients that fuel their business growth. We deliver award-winning work across 4 key pillars: Social & Innovation, Entertainment Partnerships, Sport Partnerships and Creative Solutions.

The Sports Partnerships Manager will be responsible for helping devise, lead and deliver all sports partnerships for the Suncorp Account. You will drive strategic and creative responses that deliver on the client briefs and campaign objectives with background support from your Assistant.
- Lead and manage your Assistant across all projects ensuring quality control and efficiency
- Understanding the fundamentals of best-in-class project management
- Ensure all projects and campaigns are run with our consistent account management procedures
- Management of day today client activity and liaison
- Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders across your client base to become the trusted advisor
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the business planning teams and wider trading team across the Suncorp portfolio
- Develop strong relationships with key media partners to ensure awareness of latest offerings, updates and new opportunities
- Develop and foster strong relationships with sports partners
- Assist in ideation and development of all long form content and identify opportunities to ensure that this content is supported across TV, Digital and Social
- Focus on campaign measurement and reporting

About your skills and experience
- Experience and understanding of sponsorship assets, broadcast, digital & social
- Experience with media planning and market disciplines to allow a holistic view of campaign responses
- High level of emotional intelligence Collaborative team player
- Active and engaged personality that possess a growth mindset
- Forward thinking and solutions focused
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Experience managing large scale media sponsorships and partnerships
- Keen interest in Sports and an understanding of media landscape and rights holders would be advantageous
- Creative and curious thinker

A bit about us
We are a proud part of the OMD global network, the world's leading marketing and communications agency. As part of the Omnicom Media Group, we provide services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries and employ 11,000+ staff.
Since launching in 2000, OMD Australia has grown to become Australia's largest media and communications agency, consistently winning awards including:
**Great Place to Work | Ranked #3, Platinum Status**: Top 50 for 13 consecutive years (2009-2021) B&T | Media Agency of the Year 2019, 2020 & 2021, Culture 2020 B&T Women in Media | Employer of the Year 2019 & 2020 Adnews | Media Agency of the Year 2020, Overall Agency of the Year 2020 Mumbrella | Media Agency of the Decade 2009 - 2019, Culture 2019 Adweek | Global Media Agency of the Year 2019 & 2020

We are a committed Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and are dedicated to ensuring that all employees, and prospective employees, can work in an environment that is free from any form of employment discrimination based on race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, physical or mental impairment/disability or any other status. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.