Account Manager, Partnerships

About the role

160over90, a global marketing agency part of Publicis Groupe, is hiring an Account Manager for its Partnerships team working for a major client. The client is an international business active in multiple markets, with interests in sailing, tennis and Formula One and other regionally focused properties. The Account Manager sits in the Communications function of the client account, working with an integrated team spanning Partnerships, Creative and Strategy across the London and New York offices.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver global media relations, including press office, proactive story and content development, hosting, event management and thought leadership
• Collaborate with the client's agency network to implement an integrated communications strategy
• Build and maintain relationships with rights holders, ambassadors and key stakeholders across the sport partnership portfolio
• Map and plan partnership assets to support content strategies and media amplification plans
• Sourcing and managing specialist third-party suppliers for consumer-facing content
• Organise communications requests from the client and route them to rights holders and ambassadors
• Support media management and amplification at events and help the client's in-house comms team develop strategy in key markets
• Draft media materials and toolkits, maintain media lists by region and property, and keep relationships with key journalists
• Create sport partnership content, incentives and opportunities for internal communication and employee engagement
• Maintain evaluation and reporting practices to measure communications performance

Required profile

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant agency or client-based experience in PR and communications
• Specific experience amplifying sport partnerships with rights holders and ambassadors
• Knowledge and expertise across a variety of sports

Required skills

• Excellent writing and grammar, able to draft project plans, content calendars, press releases and media alerts
• Ability to manage and delegate with clear upward reporting
• In-depth knowledge and network of sport media and journalists
• Strong understanding of digital and social objectives, and of the creator landscape
• Ability to benchmark metrics such as circulation, reach, DUU, sentiment, engagement rate and completion rate

The advert also states that Publicis Groupe offers medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K and parental and family care leave, among other benefits.