Account Director (FIFA World Cup) (Financial Services Client)
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Account Director (FIFA World Cup) (Financial Services Client)

United States of America

Requisition ID: 13052

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 the office) in one of our office locations - - Stamford, CT, New York, NY, Charlotte, NC, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL or Atlanta, GA. We will also consider a remote-based working arrangement for qualified candidates with East Coast working hours as a prerequisite.

Octagon is searching for an Account Director to join our team as a leader and playmaker at the intersection of sports/entertainment and experiential marketing.

In this role, you will work closely with the Group Account Director to help oversee a team responsible for the strategic program development of our client's upcoming FIFA World Cup partnership. A strong focus will be on team leadership/management, client management, integrated planning across internal/external channels, concept development, and advance facilitation working with clients, properties, internal teammates, and agency partners throughout the process.

The work you'll do

• Contribute to day-to-day strategic planning, program development/execution, and measurement for our client's FIFA World Cup program.
• Coordinate the development of strategic plans, activation recommendations, finance trackers, budgets, competitive documents, and support the development of clients' scopes of work.
• Manage a fully integrated team, dedicated to the development of our client's FIFA program (including implementation/evolution of management routines across multiple constituencies including clients, internal agency teammates, cross-agency partners, property partners, and vendors).
• Work closely with our Experiences team to develop/activate programs in support of clients' goals and objectives.
• Manage documents such as budgets, status reports, inventory tracking, and meeting agenda and notes.

Who we're looking for

• 7+ years of work with an agency, brand, or property on the development of integrated brand campaigns, specifically within global sports and/or the FIFA World Cup.
• Superior verbal and written communicator able to scale and adapt communications for a variety of audiences to optimally and succinctly articulate agency positioning and expertise.
• A strategic, collaborative approach to solving problems with ideas – build relationships and influence a range of teams.
• Track record of success at cultivating positive agency, client, vendor, and property relationships.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.
• Strategic problem solver - can see possible impacts of a decision on many projects.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel domestically (and internationally) and work weekends or holidays as needed. Anticipated travel amount: (20-45%). A valid US passport will be required.

The base range for this position is $70,000 - 90,000. 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.

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