Account Director

About the Position

Account Director

We're seeking an experienced Account Director to lead key client relationships and project execution in our sports marketing and creative agency. This role involves strategic direction, best-in-class campaigns, and ensuring long-term client growth and satisfaction for global clients focused on key APAC regions.

Responsibilities

Client Leadership & Relationship Management

• Act as a key lead on day-to-day work across accounts.
• Build trusted, long-term relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Develop a deep understanding of local market teams’ needs & objectives.
• Provide strategic counsel on sponsorship, brand positioning, and campaign effectiveness.
• Lead regular client meetings, reporting, and performance reviews.

Account and Program Leadership and Delivery

• Lead with a ‘can do’ attitude and proactive ownership of projects and process, upholding the highest quality standards.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the account team which includes leading client status meetings, managing programming tracking documents, developing informative & thoughtful POVs, and crafting insightful wrap-up reports.
• Manage multiple projects concurrently, with a proactive approach (events, activations, campaign support, new opportunity assessment etc).
• Conduct pre-planning, management, and implementation, including vendor vetting, contract review and negotiation, and event activation plans and supporting communication documents.

New Business Development

• Actively identify, create and pursue new opportunities with the client.
• Participate in new business development efforts to identify new clients to the agency.
• Generate forward-thinking, creative ideas to improve sponsorship-led programs and develop differentiated use of existing partnerships.

Financial Acumen

• Oversee and drive financial health of accounts remaining financially aware and helping ensure that the company’s financial targets are achieved.
• Review of actual v SOW fees and timesheet tracking on a continual basis ensuring the agency’s fees/time billed is on track.

Team Management

• Lead and manage a team of reports who will support you on the account, inspiring loyalty, and commitment providing relevant level of support while instilling confidence, motivation and empowerment.
• Provide feedback on a regular basis and ensuring career progression is supported, allowing team members to become effective, independent and increasingly capable of working well with less supervision.

Requirements

• Knowledge and Experience:

  • 6 - 8+ years’ experience working in account management, project management or client service with a brand, agency and/or team or sports or entertainment property.
  • Extensive experiential, sponsorship activation, event, experience is a desirable.
  • Extensive experience of owning and growing positive and effective relationships with senior client stakeholders, resulting in account growth and evolution; ability to cultivate strong relationships with staff, other internal stakeholders, vendors and partners.
  • Exceptional attention to detail, alongside organizational, time and project management skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software (specifically PowerPoint, Excel and Word).
  • Strong Chinese language ability.

• Others:

  • You have a passion and/or interest in the power of sports and/or entertainment, gaming, music and/or celebrity & lifestyle culture.
  • Willingness and flexibility to travel and work weekend/holidays as needed.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative sports marketing and creative agency
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• Collaborative and supportive team environment

About the Company

We are a leading sports marketing and creative agency, dedicated to delivering best-in-class campaigns and strategic direction for our global clients. Our team is passionate about sports, entertainment, and creating impactful marketing solutions.

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