Account Supervisor – Hs&E

Account Supervisor – Hs&E

Requirements

• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-pace environment, working on multiple partnerships and activations at a time
• Proven leader, experience managing a team
• Tremendous organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and competing priorities
• A strong writer, listener, communicator and presenter
• Solutions oriented and proactive problem solver with foresight and the ability to develop creative solutions
• Experience with sponsorship measurement techniques
• An advocate for and supporter of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Responsibilities

• Support Associate Director/Director and account team in the management and implementation of clients’ marketing campaigns and client portfolios
• Oversee development of negotiation strategy and approach based on proposal assessment, property knowledge, and client direction
• Direct logistics and execution of partnerships, events and promotions with respective rights holders and vendors
• Oversee general partnership operations, ensuring teams are working effectively, communicating efficiently and organizational structure is productive
• Utilize creative and innovative thinking skills to develop partnership concepts and strategies for clients
• Oversight of the financial execution of all agreements and contracts, ensuring all billing and payments are properly executed through the finance team
• Facilitate communication with internal counterparts, vendors, rights holders and upper management
• Build and maintain long-term business relationships (internal and external)
• Develop, maintain and advance professional and personable relationships with clients and partner agencies at appropriate level
• Manage day-to-day communication and coordination between client (or Business Solutions team), rights holders and vendors
• Contribute to the development of client strategies and objectives
• Seek new partnership solutions to deliver on clients’ goals and evaluate current health of client business via analysis of relevant business metrics (ROI/ROO); introduce advanced measurement solutions to help guide long-term activation approach and establish annual benchmarks for success
• Ensure client portfolios are being managed up to the highest standards
• Contribute, build and maintain positive and dynamic culture across the agency, inclusive of team-building efforts and social activities
• Manage the professional development of each direct report
• Support HS&E’s new business efforts, when applicable, with strategic solutions, insights and concept development ideation
• Build close relationships with key Horizon stakeholders on brand strategy and activation teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of marketing and sponsorship experience at an agency, team, league, rights holder or brand with a proven performance record
• Experience in sports partnerships at the professional level on a domestic and global scale
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Deep understanding of the sports landscape
• Experience managing a staff of no less than two (2) account team members
• Experience working across organization and interfacing with a variety of stakeholders
• Proven experience developing persuasive presentations and comfortable presenting to C-Suite level clients
• Past experience with sponsorship strategy development, activation concepts, compliance (measurement analysis experience is a plus)
• Ability to conduct comprehensive client-facing research
• Ability to effectively manage a variety of overlapping projects
• High level of proficiency with Excel, Word and PowerPoint