WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are thrilled to be recruiting a highly organised and proactive Senior Account Executive or Account Manager (depending on experience) to join the Partner Management team in one of Octagon’s flagship clients in Formula 1.

This role will support the day-to-day delivery of the Mastercard McLaren partnership, working closely with the Account Director, Senior Account Manager and Account Executive to ensure the smooth running of all partnership management activities. You’ll serve as one of the primary liaisons with our clients’ sponsorship contacts to fulfil assets and support program development and activation across multiple groups while maintaining operational excellence across the account.

You’ll be part of a team responsible for managing, tracking and optimising the rights package to support Mastercard’s global marketing and business objectives. This includes supporting local market activations, maintaining internal tools and trackers, and helping to deliver best-in-class partnership servicing.

Our ideal candidate will have a strong interest in Formula 1 (particularly team partnerships), a strong client management background and a passion for brand marketing. You’ll be a highly-organised team player with a positive attitude, keen eye for detail, eager to learn and grow within a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Key Responsibilities

Account Management

• Support the team in the day-to-day delivery of a high profile F1 team partnership
• Work closely with the Account Executive and wider team members to ensure key account tools including asset trackers, status documents, contact reports, action tracking, and rights inventories are maintained to a high standard.
• Place and manage merchandise orders and asset requests, ensuring timely delivery and accurate tracking.
• Support with the preparation of client presentations, reports and toolkits.

Operational Excellence

• Help ensure all partnership activations are delivered on time, on budget and to a high standard.

• Ensure contractual compliance and fulfilment of sponsorship assets, and manage the day-to-day logistics of executing various property elements.

• Manage approvals processes and rights requests.
• Maintain accurate records of partnership assets and usage across the season.

Relationship Management

• Serve as one of the primary liaisons with our clients’ sponsorship contacts on day-to-day delivery of the Mastercard McLaren partnership.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and agency partners.
• Represent the team professionally in meetings and communications with clients and suppliers.
• Support the wider team in fostering a collaborative and positive working environment.

Team Contribution

• Demonstrate a proactive, can-do attitude and willingness to take ownership of tasks.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and high standards.
• Be a reliable and enthusiastic team player, supporting colleagues across the account.

Requirements

The following are essential:

• 3-5 years’ experience in a marketing, sponsorship or events role (agency or brand side).
• Asset management experience
• Proven success in building positive client relationships
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint and Excel); experience with Smartsheet is a plus.
• A passion for sport, particularly Formula 1, and an interest in brand partnerships.

Benefits

We’re pleased to offer wide range of benefits, including but not limited to the following: 

• Core benefits (available from start date) – unlimited holiday allowance, AXA private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox
• Flexible benefits (available after probation) – Gymflex, dental insurance, travel insurance, health cash plan, Cyclescheme, interest-free season ticket loans
• A Flexible Workplace – we have a number of initiatives in place to ensure that our team have the flexibility to balance work with their lives, this includes unlimited holiday and flexible working options

We also run a number of internal programmes to support physical and mental wellbeing, alongside learning and development opportunities to support career development and progression. 

ABOUT US:    

We’re the global sports, entertainment, and lifestyle-marketing arm of IPG. A collection of 800 fans bound by a single mission: To create work that earns attention. 

HOW WE SEE THE WORLD 

We live in a world where time is our most precious commodity, and our audiences’ patience has never been shorter. As an industry, we’ve never had to work harder to gain the attention of the people we’re trying to reach. The way we see it, there’s two ways to go about it. 

Attention is either bought or it’s earned.  

Paid attention ensures your brand will be heard – and that's a good start. But attention that’s earned ensures your audience listens to what you're saying. 

At Octagon, our purpose is to create work that earns attention. Through smart partnerships and generous ideas, we compete for, capture, and ultimately earn the attention of those who matter most. 

Have we got yours?