Partnerships Account Manager, M&c Saatchi Sport

M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is the PR and partnership agency within the M&C Saatchi Group. We are a full-service passion marketing agency that connects brands to Australians through the things they love. We’re dedicated, smart and collaborative experts in our field. We're passionate about coming together to create and realise big ambitions for some of the largest brands in the country.

As part of the M&C Saatchi Group we come together to realise BIG AMBITIONS. And ours is to be the most connected creative company by organising original thinkers in uncommon ways.

We celebrate people who embrace our values and BIG AMBITIONS and the opportunity is here now for a Partnerships Account Manager to join our team in Sydney.

**The Opportunity - Partnerships Account Manager**

Through your passion for sport, entertainment, and partnerships you will contribute to creating effective and award-winning integrated campaigns that are impactful and distinctive and drive results for our clients. Your role will bring a blend of account management and project management, supporting the team in bringing together our multidisciplinary specialims across PR & communications, creative and production to deliver best in class integrated work for our clients.

**A snapshot of what you'll do -**
- Be a key day to day contact for our clients - understanding their business, challenges and managing their activity from start to finish
- Actively and intelligently contributes to creative ideation and fresh thinking that challenges the status quo
- Collaborates with the rest of the agency to help develop and execute first-class integrated campaigns, leveraging all disciplines - Partnerships, activations, content, digital, Social and PR and communications where applicable.
- Collaborates with the broader M&C Saatchi group where applicable to deliver on integrated clients and campaigns
- Actively seeks to participate and succeed in agency conducted training and educational opportunities - (particularly to fill skill-gaps/upskill)
- Develops a strong, trusted and respectful relationship with all existing and new Sport & Entertainment clients (Junior to mid Client)
- Shows an active interest in clients brand positioning and areas for opportunity
- Assists in the management of rights holders relationships alongside our clients. Working to deliver great client outcomes
- Assists with development for well-thought through briefs (creative, design and suppliers)
- Plus, much more our Talent Team will share the full job description in the interview stage

**Skill & Attributes**:

- Passionate, creative and resourceful
- Great negotiating and problem-solving skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Great time management skills

**Your ideal experience**:

- Previous experience in Account Management or Sponsorship within Agency or brand for a period of three years
- Business/Marketing/Technical degree/diploma or equivalent
- Worked in multi-disciplinary team environments
- Experience and examples of managing campaigns and projects autonomously
- Understanding of sponsorships, activations, social & content marketing
- Understanding of agency structure, creative process and roles of key stakeholders on every brief
- Understanding of (willing to learn):

- Experiential methods
- Presentation skills
- Customers and customer experience
- New types of workflows, budgeting and timelines
- New technologies and marketing concepts

**What WE value MOST**
- Walk in different worlds
- Make Uncommon Sense
- Run Towards the Fire (except if there is an actual fire when we run away from it)
- Roll as one
- Be excellent to each other

**Best Bits About Working With Us**

Our big benefits fuel our big ambitions. We’re here to support and encourage our people at every turn. Our commitment to your individual needs stems from our diverse Flexible Flexibility work approach, flexing to how you want to work and how you want to take your leave. You’ll be saying "hello holidays" with our flexible public holidays, summer half friday’s and even extra leave for taking your leave. And, to further our support to you, Family First, Health and Wellness paid leave are on offer, along with our Work From Anywhere in the world initiative (so you can stay connected across the globe). Plus, you can join our inclusive community led networks, supporting things you care about and your cultural and social wellbeing.

WHAT ARE YOUR BIG AMBITIONS?

We’d love to hear what your ambitions are and how we can help you realise them with us

We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

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