THE JOB / Account Manager (Sponsorship Consulting) (Healthcare Client)

CLIENT SERVICES / Responsible for leading Octagon’s client business and day-to-day management of client programs.

*Our headquarters are in Stamford, CT, but the location of this position can be flexible with a priority given to candidates open to hybrid work (3 days a week in office) in one of our office locations - - Stamford, CT or New York, NY.*

Are you looking for a dynamic opportunity building innovative sponsorship programs, working with a variety of sports properties from hockey to baseball? Do you want to work with some of the biggest properties in the New York metro area? As an Account Manager on our New York-based healthcare client’s account team, you will be integral to the oversight of integrated cause-based sponsorship programs! You’ll focus on assisting the client with all of their sponsorship elements on a daily basis, as well as larger planning mechanisms for upcoming projects. If you excel working amongst a smaller team, are ready to become the lead POC for clients, and possess an abundance of organizational and interpersonal skills; this opportunity is for you!

THE WORK YOU’LL DO

• Manage 3 – 5 sponsor properties on behalf of the client team, enhancing contractual rights and building impactful, fully integrated campaigns
• Support the development of integrated annual sponsorship activation plans, initiatives, and campaigns
• Oversee multiple sponsorship project work-streams from development through execution and results reporting
• Ensure all assets—on-site, experiential, digital, media and hospitality—are properly tracked, managed, and fulfilled
• Ability to act as lead day to day contact for the client – proactively handle requests and develop projects with clear objectives and strategic alignment
• Develop and deliver key documents to include senior executive presentations, strategic recommendations, competitive reports, standard process guides, and case studies
• Lead inter-agency projects and campaign development with key specialty areas including strategy, experiential, creative, and digital
• Independently interact with client and sponsor property team’s, leading weekly status calls with internal & external partners to ensure projects are properly tracking towards completion
• Guide client decision making across short-term activation strategy and long-term portfolio strategy
• Synthesize partner feedback and offer best-in-class examples, continually revising programs to fit our partner’s needs
• Build and cultivate positive client relationships
• Become an authority on our client's business and their competitive set
• Lead monthly and annual finance processes to ensure timely and accurate billing cycles
• Potential to support other agency brand partner initiatives, as reasonably assigned
• Become an authority on our client's business and their competitive set
• Manage monthly and annual finance processes to ensure timely and accurate billing cycles
• Potential to support other agency brand partner initiatives, as reasonably assigned

THE BIGGER TEAM YOU’LL JOIN

Recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in Sports”, Octagon is the global sports, entertainment, and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group.

We take pride in being Playmakers – finding insightful, bold ways to create play in our work, our lives, and in the world. We believe in the power of play to create big ideas and unlock potential for our clients and talent.

We can put ourselves in the shoes of fans because we ARE fans – of sports, entertainment, and culture at large. This expertise allows us to continually evolve the fan experience across sports and entertainment alongside some of the biggest brands and talent in the world.

The world needs play more than ever. Are you a Playmaker?

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• 3–5 years of work with an agency, brand, or property on integrated brand campaigns, specifically within U.S. domestic and global sports
• Understanding of sponsorships, terminology and make-up of the New York sports & entertainment landscape
• Superior verbal and written communicator - able to scale and adapt communications for different audiences to optimally and succinctly articulate agency positioning and expertise
• The ability to juggle multiple project-streams simultaneously, prioritizing appropriately based on strict timelines and client need
• The ability to work autonomously and independently, while knowing when to proactively speak up and seek collaboration or support
• Track record of success at cultivating positive agency client, vendor and property relationships
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Teams; PowerPoint; Word; Excel)
• Flexibility and willingness to travel domestically and work weekends or holidays as needed primarily within the Greater NYC region. Anticipated travel: Low (0-15%)

The base range for this position is $60,000 – 65,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Octagon is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.