M+C Saatchi Sport + Entertainment creates change for brands through people’s passions. As the world’s leading passion-marketing agency, we're a mixed bag of sports-loving, culture-seeking, trend-hunting, creative communications experts. We span the spectrum of passion-marketing, from sport, film and entertainment, to style, food and wellness - and every emerging and niche trend in between.

Our work reflects the new ways audiences cultivate their passions, consume media and share stories by delivering integrated communications campaigns including but not limited to sponsorship, experiential, PR, social and content.

The Opportunity

As a Partnerships Account Director, you will responsible for leading strategic and creative thinking by building trust with senior clients and guiding campaigns from concept to execution. You’ll manage internal and client teams to deliver impactful, results-driven work. With a fresh approach to sponsorship and activation, you will connect brands to consumer passion points across owned, earned, and paid channels, leveraging PR, social, content, experiential, and digital to maximise reach and effectiveness.

A Snapshot Of What You'll Do

• Orchestrate maximum effectiveness from individual campaigns, from brief through to implementation and evaluation
  
• Manage fully integrated campaigns leveraging all disciplines including PR, events, sponsorship, partnerships, social and digital
  
• Closely monitors program KPIs on all campaigns, anticipate any issues and optimise campaigns accordingly to ensure success
• Demonstrates deep understanding and expertise within the partnerships and sponsorship landscape
• Inspires the team to be experts in their field, and curious about trends and changes to the industry
• Develops strong relationships with both senior and junior clients
• Gains deep understanding of client’s business and delivers over and above projects
• Consistently seeks out ways to convert potential opportunities and grow revenue
• Maximise and oversee revenue and profitability from all project and retainer programs
• Plus much more!

Your Ideal Experience

• 4+ years experience in a Partnerships role, ideally within an agency environment
• Strong strategic understanding of partnerships and activations
• Solid grasp of marcomms, including events, experiential, digital, and sponsorship
• A natural creative thinker with a knack for developing and nurturing standout ideas
• Skilled at interpreting client needs to identify and scope opportunities
• Excellent time management and organisational abilities
• Confident in prioritising tasks by importance and urgency
• Experience in client liaison and relationship management
• Proven track record contributing to or leading strategic planning
• Financial oversight of key projects and retainers, with a focus on profitability

M&C Saatchi Group Ambition

As part of the M&C Saatchi Group we come together to realise BIG AMBITIONS. And ours is to be the most connected creative company by organising original thinkers in uncommon ways.

We’re committed to building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTQIA+ people. Our flexible work approach, employee-led diversity networks and inclusive career development approach all support and promote one of our core values ‘Walk in Different Worlds’ which helps describe our overall DE&I mission. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let our team know.

We celebrate people who embrace our values and BIG AMBITIONS.

What WE Value MOST

• Walk in different worlds
• Make Uncommon Sense
• Run Towards the Fire (except if there is an actual fire when we run away from it)
• Roll as one
• Be excellent to each other
  

Best Bits About Working With Us

Our big benefits fuel our big ambitions. We’re here to support and encourage our people at every turn. Our commitment to your individual needs stems from our diverse Flexible Flexibility work approach, flexing to how you want to work and how you want to take your leave. You’ll be saying "hello holidays" with our flexible public holidays, summer half day’s and even extra leave for taking your leave. And, to further our support to you, Family First, Health and Wellness paid leave are on offer, along with our Work From Anywhere in the world initiative (so you can stay connected across the globe). Plus, you can join our inclusive community led networks, supporting things you care about and your cultural and social wellbeing.

WHAT ARE YOUR BIG AMBITIONS?

We’d love to hear what your ambitions are and how we can help you realise them with us!

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