Senior Account Director

We’re partnering with a leading sports and entertainment agency to appoint a Senior Account Director to lead the delivery of experiential partnerships for a major global FMCG client across high-profile sport and entertainment properties.

This is a senior client and project leadership role, managing complex activations across multiple markets, stakeholders and partners. You’ll oversee projects from planning through to delivery, working closely with specialist production and supplier partners rather than being responsible for technical production directly.

The Role

• Lead and oversee experiential partnerships across major sport and entertainment properties
• Manage complex projects across multiple markets, stakeholders and partners
• Own day-to-day client relationships and ensure high-quality delivery against brief, budget and timelines
• Work closely with external production, design and supplier partners to deliver activations from planning through to onsite execution
• Lead and support team members working across major sporting properties.
• Build strong relationships with rights holders, agencies and delivery partners
• Provide senior leadership onsite across major events and activations
• Support account growth and new business opportunities where relevant
• Contribute to wider team development, processes and capability-building

Requirements

• Experience leading large-scale experiential activations within sport, entertainment, FMCG or an agency environment
• Strong client and stakeholder management skills across complex, multi-market projects
• Proven experience managing external production and supplier partnersStrong project management and commercial acumen, including budgets and timelines
• Experience working across major sporting properties, ideally F1, football or similar
• The confidence to lead teams and take ownership of onsite delivery
• A collaborative, commercially minded approach, with the ability to operate strategically while remaining close to execution

**Please note: this is a 12-month fixed-term contract (FTC).**