Sports Partnership Account Manager

Location: Johannesburg North
Work model: Hybrid (in office Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays), 6-month contract with the potential to go permanent.
Salary: Market-related

Why you'd want to work here:

• A 6-month contract with a real chance of going permanent
• Work at the meeting point of sport, media and live events
• Hands-on work with partners, sponsors and athletes
• High trust, zero micromanagement
• Family-oriented team with very little politics
• A fast-growing business where you can make your mark quickly

About our client:
A fast-growing, tech-driven African media group is looking for an Account Manager to join their team on a 6-month contract, with a view to making it permanent. You'll look after their sport partners, sponsors and brand ambassadors day to day, and help bring launches and live events to life. If you love sport and you're the person who keeps every detail, deadline and relationship on track, this one's for you.

What the job involves:

• Being the main day-to-day contact for your client, partner and sponsor accounts
• Managing relationships and deliverables for a roster of brand ambassadors across different sporting codes
• Building strong, long-term relationships and keeping clients happy
• Running partner and sponsor meetings, with agendas, minutes and contact reports
• Managing timelines, deliverables and quality control across projects
• Project managing the ambassador programme, foundation requests and marketing applications
• Planning production and running partner events and activations alongside the broadcast team, including weekends when needed
• Helping prepare and deliver proposals, presentations and reports
• Managing contractual commitments so both sides get what was agreed
• Tracking cost estimates, invoices and payments for each partner
• Writing creative briefs and trafficking artwork to the right teams on deadline
• Making sure all partner artwork that uses the brand is approved internally
• Keeping digital guard books of artwork for each client, sponsor and partnership
• Controlling merchandise and branding stock, including stock takes and sign-in and sign-out at every event
• Overseeing branding set-up and tear-down at events, with photo evidence for stakeholders
• Producing weekly reports on partnerships, content, the ambassador programme and the foundation
• Working with other departments and group companies

What you need to be considered:

• 3 to 5 years account management or project management experience, ideally in sport, sponsorship, events or media
• Have sports industry experience, or a real passion for sport
• Proven ability to juggle multiple accounts, projects and deadlines at once
• Rock-solid admin and documentation skills: status reports, contact reports, trackers and minutes
• You finish what you start and close the loop without being chased
• Initiative, professionalism and the ability to follow a brief to the letter
• Experience writing creative briefs and trafficking artwork
• Confidence in managing contracts, budgets, invoices and stock
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Availability for event and weekend work when needed

Bonus points if you:

• Have managed sponsor or brand activations at live events
• Have worked with athletes, ambassadors or a foundation
• Have worked alongside broadcast, streaming or production teams

Posted on 16 Oct 16:11, Closing date 15 Dec